Author: Shilpa Suraj
Publisher: Self Published
Do you prefer reading romance or thrillers?
Alia Dubey is being stalked. The problem is no one believes her. Not the
cops, not her family…and well, she doesn’t really have any friends. Until the
day her sister calls in a favor and asks her friend from the Intelligence
Bureau to check on Alia and the gifts she’s been receiving. Officer Avinash
Rathore has better things to do than babysit a spoilt socialite with delusions
of danger. Until he walks in to find her home broken into and an innocuous
bouquet of red roses placed there. While everything points to an obsessed
lover, Avinash’s instincts are screaming that there is more at play. The gifts
keep arriving, escalating from roses to far more sinister things…each with an
intimate note hinting at a personal agenda. But whose? For the ditzy socialite,
the one who is All Kinds of Wrong for him is suddenly the only one who can make
his world Right again.
Romantic thriller is a genre that always excites me because of the fact
that it combines two of my favorites. This story is told in a wonderful manner
and I liked how Shilpa keeps you hooked through the pages with the gifts and
the notes as they come along, and as a reader you are intrigued to find out
what happens next. The plot has been crafted nicely and the thrill in the story
continues till the very last page, and if you like to play detective, there are
quite some moments where you can make your mark. The letters and the symbols
are very nicely planned and I liked the way they appear in the plot to push it
forward. The Harry Potter references are very interesting and as a Potterhead,
that made the story a tad bit fun to read. The romance, unlike Shilpa’s other
works, is subtle and does not overpower the primary plot of the story. The
devil for this story truly lies in the details, and right from the word go, the
details in the story are very fine and in retrospect, the events do start
making sense. The climax is very well done and the way it jumps out and the
person is revealed is interesting.
The people part of this story are equally interesting and I loved the way
Shilpa develops the quirks in the characters, especially Alia. The all-white
description and the way she behaves is very well described and the visuals are
easy to imagine. I also liked the way she developed Avinash’s character and his
conflict with himself till the end. The other characters are good, and I
specially would like to mention the way she created Uncle Richard, and how she
highlights the fact that the past never truly leaves us, whatever we might
think.
Overall, a book worth reading and if you love a nice thriller with a dash
of love, then go get your copy today. The book scores a 4.63/5 for me.
I was provided an Advanced Reader's Copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Get your copy on Amazon Kindle here.
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