The Maharaja’s Fake Fiancée-Alisha Kay

Book: The Maharaja’s Fake Fiancée
Authors: Alisha Kay
Publisher: Self Published

Would you fake an engagement to save your dreams?

The Maharaja’s Fake Fiancée by Alisha Kay is the story of Nivy Sharma, a free-spirited actress, and Veerendra Singh, the Maharaja of Devgarh who broke her heart five years ago. Fate comes into play when one day both of them are running from the people their parent’s have fixed up for them and they run into each other. To stave off the advances of these people, they decide to put up an act of being engaged till the time Veerendra’s sister gets married. Life, however, has other plans for them, and the story goes on to narrate what happens when old flames rekindle.

The plot of the story is quite well-done and the ingredients that Alisha has put in to cook up this tale feel amazing. The plot has an interesting curve that goes up and down, making the reader turn the pages without a break. The relationship between Veer, Nivy, Jessie and the other characters are well defined and add to the story. The sweet-sour exchanges between Nivy and Veer are amazing, and they seem almost real in they way they have been detailed and described. The plot has flavors of sweet and spicy, and some of the scenes are quite graphic and detailed, hence advisable to mature audiences only. The idea of love has been explored nicely with Jessie on one hand and Nivy and Veer on the other. Alisha has also wonderfully explored the idea of uncertainty and fears in a relationship and how that can affect the people who are in that situation. I loved the scene with the dhaba, and the one with the earrings as it was just the primary characters and their emotions driving it. The climax was a bit cliché, but well done so no complaints on that end.

Coming to the characters, I would say that Veer as a character did impress me, especially with the layers of emotions he exhibits, along with the love he brings out. Another character who deserves a mention is that of Rani Ma, and how her steadfastness and the ability to understand her children adds to their own characters. This is another aspect of love that Alisha has portrayed beautifully. Alisha’s female characters have a steadfastness that I would love to see in the other characters she creates, for each of the characters in this one, be it Nivy’s Mother, Rani Ma, Jessie, Nivy or for that matter Anika exhibit it and are the forces driving the narrative.

A special mention to the nicknames that Veer gets called and calls Nivy in the book as they add a certain rustic charm to the story and makes it a notch better.

Overall, a story I would recommend reading if you like reading passionate romances. The book scores a 4.31/5 for me.

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