Book: Love Bites
Author: Ravinder Singh
with Richa S Mukherjee
Publisher:
HarperCollins India
Do you think the
Lockdown has helped you take a closer look at your life and get closer to
people?
Love Bites is the story of Meera, a who is bored during the pandemic induced
lockdown and had nothing to do until she meets Kevin, a boy who lives in the
apartment above hers. While they are unable to see each other, thet communicate
through their balconies. With music wafting in and messages, food and
condiments making their way across the balconies using a basket, an unusual
story writes itself. Like life, this story also has its share of bumps, and
maybe their story was meant to have a different ending.
Penned by
Ravinder Singh with Richa S Mukherjee, Love Bites is a flavourful love
story that seems oddly relevant to me. With bite sized moments of love, the
authors have added different condiments of emotions in the story that are like
a delicacy which infuse a completely different flavor with each bite a reader
takes. The story gets its foundation from visual storytelling and since the
protagonists are locked up in their respective homes, we experience their story
through other senses like taste, smell and sound. Each moment has been
painstakingly written keeping in mind this aspect which makes it a wonderful
read. The climax of the story was surprising and just like a dessert, leaves
you wanting for more.
In a short story,
defining characters is quite a difficult task, but in just one scene, the
authors managed to paint a picture of how Meera and Kevin visualize each other.
The characters have their own quirks and the details of how they come up are
quite lovely.
The story gets a
4.63/5 from me and I would implore everyone to go and get a taste of this
amazing dish prepared by the authors.
Grab a copy here.
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