Book Review- Agniputr by Vadhan

Book Details-
Book Name- Agniputr: When Agni First Spoke
Author- Vadhan
Genre- Multi-Genre Fiction
Publisher- Bloomsbury
Pages- 354
Price- ₹299

Blurb-
Many years ago, an extraordinary cripple disappeared from a remote village, ending a time of terror. Not many knew that he gave his life to confine a malevolence, the Sutram, to its subterranean womb or that in doing so, he had prevented the apocalypse.

Deep beneath the Earth the evil has lurked, fraying its shackles and plotting its escape, all the while gathering immeasurable power. Until now.

When ace lawyer, Raghuram Surya, received an order of requisition from the Government of India for his ancestral castle, he was unaware of the Sutram beneath it or his own legacy.

He will have to choose between the world’s end or his own.

Before long, the lawyer takes on India’s most powerful politician, Kiromal, a man utterly obsessed with power. Kiromal and his sinister Tantric advisor intend to use the evil beneath the castle to play God.

Raghuram finds an ally in Sheila, a scientist who is tasked to investigate the Sutram. Using Quantum science to interpret a Vedic verse, they have to unravel the secrets of creation to stop the destruction. Through it all, they have to be one step ahead of Kiromal just to stay alive.

Now is the time of final reckoning. Will Kiromal harness the evil to rule the world?

Or will the Sutram break free to eradicate the planet?

Or, are Raghuram and Sheila merely pawns in an even deadlier game?

Review- Agniputr is one of the finest fantasy thriller book written by an Indian author. Vadhan with his book ensures bright future of Indian Literature in fantasy genre.

Book Cover and Title- Book Cover raises questions about the book and content without disclosing the story. Title is apt and gives hint about the genre. Blurb is interesting and increases curiosity about the content.
Overall, First Impression of the novel attracts readers.

Language and Narration- Language of the book is lucid and easy to comprehend. Narrating style of author is commendable. Story flows smoothly in different eras easily and binds readers with the book.
However few spelling mistakes are there in the book which should be corrected in the next edition of the book.

Characterization- Raghuram and Shiela are the two main characters with many other characters which add flavour to the story. Author has given sufficient attention and importance to every character.

Theme- This is multi genre book which covers Mythology, Science-Fiction Suspense, Drama and Thriller. All the above themes are merged well to deliver a finest book.

Storyline and Plot- Storyline is interesting. Author has artistically raised some question about the story in the prologue which are answered at the end of the book.
The blend of Vedas and quantum physics with pinch of thriller binds readers with the book. Author beautifully handles the changing of themes from thriller to mythology to politics and also changing of timeline is done so swiftly.

Ratings-
Book Cover and Title- 4/5
Language and Narration- 3/5
Characterization- 3.5/5
Storyline and Plot- 4/5

Final Rating- 3.5/5

All in all, Agniputr is brilliant book which serves us one of the finest fantasy thriller written by an Indian author.

Book Review- Should I... Fall In Love by Shradha Khanna

Book Details-
Book Name- Should I... Fall In Love
Author – Shradha khanna
Genre – Romantic Fiction
Publisher – RIGI PUBLICATIONS
Pages- 142

Blurb-
A story of Fear..... of not finding forever after and questioning your heart. Naina has always been a strong headed, lively and carefree person. She always felt that there was a reason for everything. She believed in love, commitment and sacrifice, but when her three year old relationship crumble down in front of her she lost all the hope in love and marriage forever. With time and help of her friend, Naina starts afresh in a new city with a new job and people around. For the first time in her life she was not looking for love but a deep urge to stand on her own feet made its way in her life. Little did Naina know her life was going to change? Nothing could prepare her for the storm of love in the shape of Nihal, the confident, persistent and handsome guy she met at her boss housewarming party. Read on to know, will Nihal be able to penetrate the cold walls covered around Naina's heart or her insecurities are more than enough to lead them on different paths in life. A story where thinking that questioning your heart with "Should I", can stop you from "Falling In Love".

Review- Should I.... Fall In Love is a simple, realistic love story of emotional yet strong Naina and Nihal. Shradha has done amazing work with her debut book by keeping it simple and realistic. Kudos to the author for her amazing debut.

Book Cover and Title- Book Cover is intriguing and attracts readers. Title is appropriate with the content and gives us hint about the content. Blurb is interesting and further discloses about the story.

Language and Narration- Language of the book is simple and easy to comprehend. Writing style of Shradha is lucid and binds readers with the book. Few quotes in the book are worth noting.
There are few editing errors in the book which should be improved in next edition of the book.

Characterization- The two main characters of book are Naina and Nihal. Naina is a workaholic who uses work to be busy and ignore her painful past. She is happy with her life but deep inside misses 'Love' whereas Nihal is dashing, flirtatious guy who meets Naina during work.
The way Shradha has sketched her characters is beautiful. Characters are realistic to most, thus story connects with the readers.

Theme- Theme of the book is Friendship, Love and self realisation while fighting with self insecurity.

Storyline and Plot- Though plot is not so unique and predictable at most of the times, the perfectly woven sub-plots and connecting characters binds readers with the book. Story is fast paced where scenes are happening quickly which makes book reading an interesting experience.

Ratings-
Book Cover and Title- 3.5/4
Language and Narration- 3/4
Characterization- 3.5/5
Storyline and Plot- 3/5

Overall Rating- 3/5

Note- I received this book from Kalamos Literary Services in exchange for an unbiased and honest review.

 

Book Review- The Way She Loved by Nitin Kumar

Book Details-
Book Name- The Way She Loved
Author- Nitin Kumar
Genre- Romantic Fiction
Publisher- Notion Press Publishing
Pages- 194
Price- ₹190

Blurb-
Every relationship has ups and downs. But, only those relationships that sustain separation and pain will stand the test of time.

Ayush, a small town boy, falls in love with Arpita who is older than him and already has a boyfriend. After much struggle, he succeeds in getting into a relationship with her. They fall in love but end up going their separate ways.

Ayush is deeply affected by the breakup and is plagued by unanswered questions.
What were the reasons behind Arpita’s change in behavior? Did she really love him? Would he learn to live with the pain?

Does Ayush come to understand The Way She Loved?

Review-
Review- The Way She Loved is a romantic fiction authored by Nitin Kumar where he serves us the typical, yet unusual story of Ayush and Arpita. The author succeeded in describing the emotions one has when he/she is in love. The book delivers a beautiful story of pain and true love.

Book Cover and Title- Book Cover is colourful and eye-pleasing. I absolutely loved the cover. The title is appropriate for the story and creates  curiosity about the book. The blurb is interesting.
Overall, the first impression of the book attracts readers.

Language and Narration- The language and narration of the story is simple, yet lucid. I loved the quotes in the book. The narration is simple and graceful.

Characterization- The way the characterization is done shows the strong skills of author. Ayush and Arpita are the main characters of the story. As the story continues, different shades of characters evolve, making them more realistic.

Storyline and Plot- Though the plot is not unique, strong characters and smooth storyline make this book an interesting read. Few twists and turns in the story makes its readers hooked with the book.

The way the author portrays love is very beautiful and would win your heart.

There are a few editing errors in the book but those aside, The Way She Loves is a good book to read if you're into romantic fiction.

Ratings-
Book Cover and Title- 3.5/5
Language and Narration- 3.5/5
Characterization- 4/5
Storyline and Plot- 3/5

Overall Rating- 3.5/5

Book Review- My Blind Father by Anuj

BOOK DETAILS-
Book Name- My Blind Father
Author- Anuj
Genre- Child Psychology/Fiction
Publisher- Kalamos Literary Services
Pages- 149
Price- ₹175

BLURB- “My Blind Father…” it is a story of Om, who is thanking god for the blindness of his father. It is story which if left untold then every child will wish their fathers could be blind. Om is writing this story when his father is on death bed. He is telling his life story and how his father helped him to live completely, live to the fullest of life, how to drink every drop from the glass of life.

Children were suppressed from the beginning of the civilizations. Women were suppressed by men. And they both together suppressed the child. Osho said ‘there will be liberation of child after the liberation of woman.’ Now this is the time. ‘My Blind Father’ is the beginning of child liberation in India.

This story will take you into the depths of child psychology to understand the child, to help the child, to provide them an environment where then can grow to their best potentials. From the beginning of civilization we are growing by ignoring child. Because it is very easy to ignore a child, you can tell them to shut up. You can force them to sit silently, so we forget how to understand a child. Your world is perfectly well without understanding a child. But now you can see the results. Ignoring a child, disrespecting the freedom of a child is producing criminals in the society. Now we need to understand a child to make our society crimeless. This book is to help everyone to understand the child. To make our civilization more civilized.

REVIEW- 'My Blind Father' is Child Psychological book  where we meet OM, main protagonist of the book and his blind father. This book tells us about OM's Childhood, School life and Adulthood and how his father supported him lead a successful life.

Book Title and Cover- Book Title is surely interesting and creates curiosity about the book. Cover is eye pleasing and suitable with the content. Blurb is short and up to the mark. Overall First Impression of the book draws attention of readers.

Language and Narration- Language of the book is simple and easy to comprehend. Narration is lucid and is done in first person.
Author has done commendable job to make this book interactive.

Characterization- OM is the main protagonist of this book. He's nine years old and quite mature for his age. He has some great views about life which are strongly shaped and supported by his father, who is blind.
I loved the father-son duo relationships. Author breaks stereotypes while writing this beautiful father-son relation.

Merits-
1. The Father-Son Relationship.

2. This story asks you to think about various topics

3. Important lessons and Messages in the story

Demerits-
1. Few editing errors and misspelled words.

RATINGS-
Book Title and Cover- 3/5
Language and Narration- 4/5
Characterization- 3.5/5
Storyline- 3/5

Final Rating- 3.5/5

Book Review- The Kissing Circles by Nitin Tewari

Book Details-
Book Name- The Kissing Circles
Author- Nitin Tewari
Publisher- Invincible Publications
Pages- 315
Price- ₹195

BLURB-
"A boat race. Sounds fun" "Not for me. Oh, but I can be a cheerleader." No doubt a Toddy effect. "Yeah dude. So Pandey is going to design the next aircraft carrier ship." "And Bansal, you're going to brand this into the first Water Olympics." "And I shall win the race and marry Kala in the most lavish wedding Mevalloor has ever seen" Yeah, welcome to the world of Ordinaries!
In 2007, at the height of the Global IT boom, Manoj Bansal and Rajesh Pandey, two newly-releasedprisoners of Engineering with mediocre grades and a looming IT future, set out for Trivandrum for their Corporate Learning Programme (CLP). Torn between their past miscues and topical aspirations, they hope to find their true calling.Whilst in a confused, depression ridden transitory phase, they soon run into their fellow trainee, Adish Matthew - a Malayali Computer engineer, and a village simpleton Mutthur Sankunni - the no-hope skipper of MaruthiVallam, gearing up for the annual Vallamkali. Bound by a common thread of mediocrity, they shun the modern world's great expectations and take off on a spree to discover the tranquility of the God's own country. Until one day...when a Tsunami of mishaps rocks their life, impelling them to join hands and transfigure into the four kissing circles, fighting the most irrelevant battle of our times:
To be or not to be, extraordinary.

REVIEW- The Kissing Circles is debut novel by Nitin Tewari and serves one of the most realistic, entertaining yet inspiring novel. This book is rich in vocabulary and amazing Narrating style of the author keeps you hooked.

Book Title and Cover- Book Title is catchy and appropriate with the content. Cover is apt with the title. Both, Book Title and Cover catches attention of readers.
Blurb is rather simple and could have been improved.

Language and Narration- Nitin has amazing narrative skills. The Multi Point Of View Narration is what makes this book very realistic and readers can feel the characters closely.
Though it was confusing for the first few chapters but as the chapters continue, the magic of book starts binding its readers.
As I said earlier, this book is rich in vocabulary and with amazing Narrative skills, author binds his readers with the book.

Characterization- All the three characters Manoj Bansal, Rajesh Pandey and Adish Matthew are portrayed really closely and thus readers can relate to them on very instances.

Theme- The book covers Friendship, Love and few Morales along with fun and entertainment.

Storyline and plot- The book can be very confusing till few chapters however after story building readers can enjoy and relate to the story.
You can complete this book in a day given the fast paced story, well knitted plot and beautiful description of Kerala and the set up of the book

RATING-
Book Title and Cover- 3/5
Language and Narration- 4/5
Characterization- 4/5
Storyline and Plot- 4/5

Final Rating- 4/5

All in all, The Kissing Circles is an interesting read and I would recommend this book to all the book lovers.

Book Review- Blemishing The Odds by Harish Penumarthi

Book Details-
Book name: Blemishing the Odds
Author: Harish Penumarthi
Publisher-: Half Baked Beans Publishing
Genre: Fiction, Young-Adult Romance
Pages- 165
Price- ₹275

BLURB- Say hello to Raghav, an immature, insensitive person who is apathetic about everyone else except himself. His life revolves around his parents and his friends. He is among the bad books of all his Teachers. Until one day, when Trisha, a new entrant; mesmerizes him at the very first glance. He finds a friend, savior, nurturer and an inamorata in her. Just when he thinks that everything has been set out in a picture perfect manner, life throws a series of ghastly surprises at him. Will he change for good or stick to his immature stand of “My Life, my rules” and screw it all up? This tale journeys across all the ups and downs a student could possibly encounter. The transformations that a student may endure, the courage and guts one needs to have in order to dodge all predicaments and eventually sketch the perfect end to all his agonies.

REVIEW-  Blemishing The Odds is Young-Adult Fiction novel and as the title suggests, it's a story about a guy who faces the pre planned obstacles life throws towards him and how he blemishes them all to be successful.

I received free copy from the publisher in exchange of an honest and unbiased review.

Book Title and Cover- Book Title is appropriate and discloses what is inside the book. Cover is eye pleasing and suitable with the YA- Teenage Love theme.
Blurb is straight and further discloses about the book. It could be improved in the next edition of the book.
Overall, First Impression of the book, attracts the readers.

Language and Narration- Language of the book is lucid. Narrative style of author is amazing and binds the readers with the book. Dialogs are short, crisp and appropriate, as the story covers the teenagers.

Characterization- Raghav is the main protagonist of the book and is a spoilt brat who later changes himself to become a responsible guy.
Trisha is Raghav's love interest. She's a typical girlfriend and an amazing lover.

I loved the character development of Raghav. Harish artistically develops his characters as the story continues. The transformation of Raghav from a spoilt brat to a responsible guy was amazing.

All other sub characters are handed properly with the plot. The family scenes were relatable.

Storyline and plot- Blemishing The Odds is one of the beautiful YA fiction novels, which not only serves an entertaining tale but also inspires us to face and win against our odds.

Story is filled with humor and readers will relate with the character Raghav. It was fun to read about the mischievous deeds Raghav did with his friends and his pure romance with Trisha.

RATING-
Book Title and Cover- 3.5/5
Language and Narration- 4/5
Characterization- 3.5/5
Storyline and Plot- 3/5

Final Rating- 3.5/5

Overall Blemishing The Odds is simple yet interesting YA fiction. Read this book to cherish School Days and Nostalgia.

Book Review- The Aravalli Princess by Arti Rai

Book Details-
Book Name- The Aravalli Princess
Author- Arti Rai
Genre- Multi Genre
Publication- Blue Hill Publications
Pages- 210

Blurb-
Troubled by her father's stubbornness and conservative temperament, the spirited young woman Sukanya desperately wants to run away from her dad's villa. To find a way out she enrols in a postgraduate course in travel and tourism. With her all weather friend Ailsa Smith, she meets an American writer and businessman, Eric, at Jaipur Literature Festival in a comedy of errors. Eric recognises her talent and inspires her to write a novel as a means to be famous and thus earn freedom from her dad's castle. The Aravalli Princess is a saga of a budding writer , adventure , ambition and friendship.

Review- The Aravalli Princess tells about Sukanya and how she follows her dreams by defying her dominating father and how she does it.

Book Title and Cover- Book Title is appropriate with the content. However, Cover could be made more attractive.

Blurb is crisp and fine.

Language and Writing Style- Language used in the book is lucid and easy to comprehend. Writing style of author is simple and easy to follow.

Storyline and Plot- Talking about Storyline and Plot i must say that this book is unputdownable. All the scenes are described with utmost care that makes this story feel real. Story flows smoothly with enough pace to hold attention of the readers. Plot is strong with twists and turns and character building is one of the strong hold of this book. All the characters are described well.

Author has amazing skill to describe all sort of emotions in few words. Also this story not only entertain you but also teaches few important life lesson.

Rating-
Book Cover and Title- 3/5
Language and Writing Style- 3.5/5
Storyline and Plot- 3.5/5

Final Rating- 3.5/5