This paranormal novel #SirensCall has everything for a book lover like me with a dash of extra thrown in! Not only was the story very solid but the characters of Sam and Opal too were so well etched even though they were not the main lead in the book! Lily and Sam had good help …
Crossed & Knotted Book Review I started reading the book thinking it would be stories of star-crossed lovers and unrequited love; it is all that and so much more. If I say that the title of the book is so apt, the stories truly are knotted and merged with one another so much so that …
Olivier Lafont was not really on my radar looking for authors, in fact before I agreed to review his book I thought someone is pulling a prank on me asking me to review a book shortlisted for the Tibor Jones South Asia Prize!! I am so glad I did plus I want to thank +Gina …
This is the second book by that I have read by Amit Shankar and I like his writing style more and more. The ideas he has expressed through the struggle, rise and fall of Avantika are indeed deep and thought provoking. The character and flaws of Avi, her self-absorption, her denial, her struggle …
My Review & Thoughts on Breach……. Breach is a thriller that actually managed to thrill the day lights out of me! It made me check my computer again and all my innocuous, decent friends look like nefarious hackers. Anyone with a decent grasp of computers made me wary and on my guard; suddenly …
When I think of Paulo, I think of deep understanding and thinking out of the box. As I had picked his latest book I was full of anticipation, especially since the name of the book had a lot to say. My first thought was, will he justify adultery? Will he condemn it? What would …
Summerita is a mystery and after reading her second book, I am still to decide what motivates her to pen two such different novels. Her previous book Against All Rules and this one are poles apart and she has done a good job recreating the medieval ages for her readers. It is a light-hearted historical …
A Second Spring is a story of unsaid promises and unrequited love; the kind that sometimes takes years to get over with. Sometimes it changes your outlook and you are just living and not enjoying life. This is a heart-wrenching tale of pinning for love and finding it in the unlikeliest of place! Avantika is …
The book talks about love and sex wondering if they can be an alternate for each other through the hero Yuvi and his love story. He falls for a girl called Simran, his neighbour and then he himself complicates his love story. The story is straightforward enough and goes on a pretty predictable route. …
The name says it all! Yes, they are rescued – literally and by love. The title, Rescued By Love is so apt, the characters are so apt, the story is so apt, the conflict, the setting of Ladakh every damn thing about the book begs you to keep reading! I finished Rescued By Love in …
Against All Odds. Book Review A straight and simple story about a discrimination that is so rampant in the world yet no one discusses it until it happens right at their home. Against All Odds talks of ‘class divide’, the one that is so strong in all societies no matter how rich or poor but …
Hope is eternal to our survival, we humans continue to strive, move and just live against all odds, surviving & striving due to hope. It is the glimmer of light on dark moonless night. Hope is the seed that keeps Nadia going too, it drives Lucas as well even though he would never accept it. …
BOOK REVIEW A main character that is 60 and her story still holds interest leaving the reader with hope and a positive vision for future; that is Full Circle for you. In our lives we come across various elderly who never got a second chance at love and life. Even in the late 30 …
The name Isolated Incident is just so simple a name for something that is not so isolated at all. It is not just that the book talks of how insurgency and terrorism has affected lives but how anywhere in the book no one is accused and never points fingers. Just the desolation and depression, mind …
BOOK REVIEW Mira is a small town girl and her character has all the traits of a typical middle class girl, the clothes, the bangles, the bindi’s but she wants to soar! Her aspirations make her a super lady with strength to put in the hard work for achieving her dreams. She has her dreams …