Author – Shikha Kumar
Publisher – Vitasta
Genre –Fiction/Romance
Pages – 284
Price – Rs.175
Sneak from the cover
Shreya – I’m a highly qualified Delhi girl earning an enviable salary.
My parents are having a tough time finding a suitable groom for me. However,
recently they have a proposal from this very interesting guy from Mumbai. I
almost get mesmerised when he starts talking to me. I think I like him very
much.
Kunal – I’m owner of a textile company in Mumbai. My mom wants me to
get married. Again. She has recently suggested a suitable girl from Delhi. What
my mom doesn’t know is that I’ve already met Shreya before once in my life and
I’ve been looking for her ever since. I have a vendetta to settle.
The Cover
A pretty damsel with
a handsome hunk, flowers, wine – the ingredients to a romantic fairytale. But our
two headstrong protagonists stand tall facing opposite directions, just like
their thoughts, which go poles apart. I actually loved this cute promo of the
book.
My View
I am a big fan of
romantic fiction and so when this book was offered, it instantly caught my
interest. The story, I would say is like a Bollywood film. The first half sees
Shreya and Kunal being fixed in matrimony by their families. Like every girl,
Shreya too nurtures a dream of meeting her knight in shining armour. So when,
she hears the sophisticated and suave Kunal from Mumbai on phone, his enigmatic
voice almost instantly sweeps her heart away. They say, love is blind and the
feeling is so strong that Shreya doesn’t even mind her one abrupt face to face
interaction with her hubby to be.
A fairytale wedding
follows and just when Shreya thinks destiny has given her another chance in the
form of Kunal, one night changes it all…
The ghosts of their
past come to haunt Shreya and Kunal on their wedding night. Shreya, oblivious
of the fact that Kunal is the same person who she settled her scores with years
ago, is shocked at the devil reveal his true face in Kunal on her first night.
For Kunal however, Shreya is that one storm which blew away all the love and
happiness from his life years ago. His only aim in life to spoil each and every
moment of Shreya’s life and make her suffer the way he did years ago.
Halfway through the
book, the story takes a leap from love to hatred and revenge. The poor reader
secretly wishes for things to end on a happy note for this angry young couple.
However, that is when the story, just like some impatient movie scripts starts
losing its sheen. The more Shreya and Kunal try to be opposites, the more
opposites attract. Love gradually springs, however, everything starts getting
so predictable that the reader wonders if there were some more twists and
turns.
If you love romcoms,
the book is for you. Enjoy every scene as if you are watching a soap or a movie
and don’t apply much brains in the story. Being a debut, the author deserves
appreciation for her hard work in the brilliant portrayal of the love hate
relationship, however, the applaud would had been a tad louder had there been
some more effort towards making the second half less predictable. However, this
is something almost all romcoms fall prey to n I hope with such an expressive
style, the author will surely impress us with her books.
What I loved about
the book
I just found the
cover too cute. Also the first half kept me totally engrossed. Despite being a
debut, the portrayal of emotions and relationship is appreciable.
What could have been
better
Towards the end, the
story got very predictable and I was telling myself what would happen next as I
proceeded. Some fine tuning by the editor would have made the experience more interesting sans the drag towards the climax.
My rating
2.5/5
About the Author
Shikha Kumar has a
BTech degree in Computer Science and is a manager with TCS. She enjoys
travelling, reading
I received a copy
from the author for my honest review. writing and watching movies. This is her
first attempt to present her writing abilities to the world.
