Book: Romance in My Coffee
Author: Multiple Authors
Publisher: HarperCollins India
Do you like reading romance in a short story format?
Inviting you to sip your coffee with the flavour of ROMANCE. A lonely
teenager hides from their classmates during prom. A girl has a crush she's
embarrassed to admit to. A boy recalls the story of sharing a berth on a train.
Every story is a love story, and there's a love story for everyone. This book
contains ten voices, each inimitable and captivating, to create a formidable
collection of stories that speaks to our one deep desire: to be loved. The In
My Coffee anthology series will feature short stories on a variety of themes
from romance to science fiction to humour to fantasy and much else. Each one
perfect to mix in your coffee!
Romance in My Coffee is a collection of 10 stories that explore various facets of love and romance. Through these stories, the authors present stories of love that is contemporary but has a hint of the old-school romance as well. The compilation is carefully selected, and Aparna has done a good job collating these stories into a collection that would give you a warm and fuzzy feeling as you read it. Out of the 10 stories, there were 4 stories that stood out for me. Under the Devil's Tree by Riddhi Dastidar was a wonderful YA story that explores queer love, and I loved how she builds up to the climax. The character development was quite nice, and even though it is a short story, Annie and Zee have been written in a way that keeps you hooked to the story. Accidentally Enemies by Andaleeb Wajid was the second story that stood out for me for its portrayal of love. Areesha and Ahad’s story from bickering friends, to a love story none of them cared to admit was something I really loved reading. The next story that worked for me was @ The Party by Jerry Pinto. I loved his perspective on a non-binary romance, and how he shows the character development of @. The last story that did work for me was Michael Pandiya by Meera Ganpathi for the friends-to-lovers trope and how she treats it in the book.
While there are good things about the book, the other sections of the book
did not work for me honestly. There is a section which was just a one-page
description of a photograph, followed by the said photograph. This as a part of
an anthology on romance is something I did not expect, and puts a break to an overall
good reading experience. Another one-pager story also forms a part of the
anthology, which again did not work for me.
Overall, an anthology with a mixed bag of stories that scores a 4.48/5
for me.
Stories featured in the Anthology:
- Under the Devil's Tree: Riddhi Dastidar
- Discord: Nisha Susan
- Accidentally Enemies: Andaleeb Wajid
- I'll Wait: Anurag Banerjee
- At the party: Jerry Pinto
- Such a Tease: K Vaishali
- Just the Two of Us: Aravind Jayan
- The Friends: Suniti Namjoshi
- Sitting on the Porch, Watching the Trains: Gankhu Sumnyan
- Michael Pandiya: Meera Ganpathi
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