Review : Heart Of Bullets by Nikhil Kushwaha.

Heart Of Bullets

Author: Nikhil Kushwaha

Publishers: Petals Publishers

ISBN: 9789385440120

My Review:-

What is the first thing that came to your mind when you read the title of this novel?
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The first thing that came to my mind reading the title of the novel "Heart Of Bullets" was bravery and pain. Though dying for the nation is pride for every soldier and his/her family, the body wrapped in the tricolour always brings tears in the eyes of the people.
This pain must be felt by every countrymen and the sacrifices made by soldiers must always be remembered.

Heart of Bullets is the story about two best friends, Arpan and Sameer who are the soldiers of Indian Army. Both of them are childhood friends and are best companion to each other. A girl, Shradha comes into the lives of both these friends and takes away the hearts of both of them. But the girl falls in love with Sameer and Arpan becomes a one-sided lover.

The story starts with Arpan narrating the incident about his latest fight with the terrorist before visiting the family for a vacation. On the second day he goes to meet his childhood friend, Shradha. While he was talking with her, suddenly he recieved a call for immediate reporting at the camp.


Why was Arpan asked for immediate reporting in the camp?
What changes does Shardha bring in when Sam falls for her?
Will they end up together or remain seperated forever?
Why does Shradha's father consume poison?
Did Arpan really sacrifice his love?
Why did Sam and Arpan join the Indian army?
At the end, who will sacrifice his love or will betrayal lead to the end of their friendship?

You will know the answers to all the questions in your mind once you read this beautiful novel.


The story starts at a very slow pace in the beginning which should have been avoided. A story should always be written such the reader doesn't feel boredom reading it which I felt in the beginning. But the way in which the author ends the story is marvellous and mindblowing. I have read very few stories which has such a beautiful ending as was in this case.

Moreover I would like to bring the attention of the author on spelling mistakes and sentence construction. Though I am not a hardliner at it, but writing/printing peace instead of piece or vice-versa is just a big blunder which must have been surely avoided with proper editing.

Overall it is a good rom-com read with full of action just like a bollywood movie. Simply awesome. I would like to recommend this book to everyone especially those who like reading books about the lives of Soldiers and those who want to take a dip into their childhood days.

About The Story:

‘The only way to get close to those glittering stars in heaven is, to look at a soldier with stars on his shoulders.’

Every time, they’re around, the thing we see is the bravery awards, medals, the pride, but we can’t see is their heart that lies inside the iron chest, some untold stories, sacrifices, and the hardship they’ve been through. Every soldier has a story that is unique and extra ordinary.

A tale of brotherhood & heroism, a tale of love and betrayal, ‘Heart of Bullets’, is about two best friends, Arpan & Sam, and the untold story of their friendship, untold story of their love, Shradha, but what happens when Sam gets hit by the enemy – across the border?

What will Arpan do to save his friend? Will love prevail over friendship of lifetime?

There is a decision to be made, is the life without love, and friends, better than dying to save the one who love the most?

About The Author:

Nikhil Kushwaha, an engineer, poet and a novelist, has already entertained his readers in his first book Six Teen Mistakes. A Ranchi boy, schooling from Bishops School and Kendriya Vidyalaya, is a graduatefrom NIST Berhampur, as an electrical engineer. Being author by chance and a full time author now, hesays that it is not necessary to have experience, degree or talent to be an author, but whats required, is a story, passion and some patience. Believing in realism, his novels are based on what he witnesses around the people he knows, the things he has experienced and a story he wants the world to tell.

Review : Adhira by Aditti Gaur.

Adhira

Love : Lost & Found

Author : Aditti Gaur

Publishers : Authors' Ink Publications

ISBN : 978-93-85137-13-6

My Review:-

Adhira.
What does Adhira mean? Any guesses?
No.
So let me help you.
Adhira is a Hindi word which means lightning; strong.
As the meaning of the name says, so is our main protagonist Adhira. A simple living married girl who runs her own music studio. She has achieved whatever she wanted in life. So she wanted to give opportunities to others in the field of music. She was married to Akshit for 5 years who mostly lived away and meet her once or twice a year. Her life was good and happiness all around with what she had achieved when she came to know that she hadn't much time left. She was suffering from bone marrow aplasia. She expected her life partner to be beside her in her last days. Instead he came with divorce papers and left immediately after it was signed by her.

What trauma will Adhira go through when she will see the divorce papers?
Who will be that one person who will always be beside her?
Will Adhira undergo a treatment to cure the disease or die leaving her family and friends?
Whom does Adhira meet on her way to Gurgaon?
How does Adhira help Anirudh and Sarika to sort out their differences?
Who was that lost love of Adhira? Will she able to find him? Will they be able to become one again?


You need to read this novel to get all the answers.

The beginning of the novel is very good and hooks the reader to it. However as the story progresses it gets very slow in the middle where I feel as if the story got stagnant for a while. Though the author has tried to catch up later however I feel thats too late for it.
Morever when you read a story you expect the story to end whether its on good note or bad, doesn't matter the story should end. However here I was very much upset when I was left in the middle unknown about what happened to Adhira after she underwent the treatment or whether she married her love or not?

Secondly I didn't like the numerous characters in the story and the innumerous grammatical mistakes.  The grammatical mistakes made reading difficult.
An author should always remember to keep the number of characters as low as possible. It was very difficult to remember the characters. I would often turn the pages back as to remember who the person was. So I would suggest the author to keep the numbers low next time when she write a novel.

Overall a good novel to read and know about different kind of people living together. You can find most of it here. It has all the drama, love, romance one expects. So I think it won't upset rom-com readers and would be a good one over a cup of tea.

About The Book:

What will you choose between your life and death?

Who would you give preference, yourself, your family or your friends?

She achieved everything she wanted.She gave way to who wandered awayfrom their path or had no opportunity by founding a music studio and exploring her own love for music. Herlife was perfect until the day her world went upside down. She quietly surrendered to the situations and stood brave for rest of her world. Her friends also wanted her to move on.

But then HE arrived. HE was her admirer and the only one, she was comfortable with. Still, she pulled her feet back when love bloomed in her life again instead of indulging into HIS life.So, what troubled her?

That was not the end of her story, butwas it the beginning or she just had apit-stop?Come let’s discover the destination of her story.

About The Author:

An Indian by nationality and a Hindu by religion. Aditti Gaur was born in New Delhi, but her complete upbringing was done in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Years later, she moved to Gurgaon in 2011, post her marriage. She worked for the leading DTH Company for almost 5 to 6 years. She holds a respectable past experience working there, but, she quit that 9 to 6 profile job, because somewhere deep inside her heart she knew that job is not meant for her. When she completely realized this fact she silently surrendered herself to her passion – writing. She started her writing experience through her blog. She used to write her thoughts, views about everything and short stories. A die-heart music lover and almost crazy for her favorite musicians, she also loves reading. She takes a step ahead in pursuing her passion by writing her debut book ‘Adhira..Love: Lost & Found’. By this, she tried to explain the life of a girl. It is a story about a girl and her life journey of struggles, achievements, responsibilities, passion & love of her life. The journey, where, she realized that sometimes… silence is the most powerful scream and indication of something being terribly wrong. A journey, where she loses her love somewhere and then finds it again.

Review:- King Of Hearts by Prassant Kevin.

KING OF HEARTS

Author:- Prassant Kevin

Publisher:- Bookmozo

ISBN:- 978-81-920906-2-7

My Reviews:-

What does King means or let me ask what is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word King?
When I hear the word King, my mind makes a reflection of a man who is very rich, prosperous, handsome, has many wives and who is always there for the people of his Kingdom. He must work for the goodness and prosperity of the people. He is also an inspiration to many and is loved by all.

But can we think of a person other than such characteristics to be a king.

So here is a novel "King Of Hearts" written by Prassant Kevin and published by Bookmozo which shall change the thought of everyone.
The protagonist of the story is a young ordinary boy, Ayan Kapoor who left his house and accepted to struggle to achieve his dream. He wants to become a writer and present something to readers which is very different from the teenage romance and other genres running in the country. In all this while, he meets a girl, Misha who becomes his best buddy and who is always beside him no matter what. But on his first interview he gets trapped in talking about his personal life which leads him to tell the truth which he was hidding for some reasons. But as soon as he speaks his heart out in the interview, the friend who was always beside him leaves him and goes forever without speaking and giving any reason.

Why did Ayan speak his heart out in the interview and not before?
Why did Misha leave without saying anything? Will she ever return back?
Ayan wanted to get published and he wanted to publish something which was very different and very new. Will his work be published? Will his work earn him money, power and the celebrity status or will he become one of those writers who work is not appreciatwd by the public?
Will he become the KING of Hearts and rule the heart of the people or he will accept himself as a looser and will go back to his own city,Varanasi.

You will have to read this tale to get to know all the answers.

King Of Hearts is a beautiful tale of a young man and his path to success. The story goes on to show how a young ordinary boy brings the whole world under his feet and the sacrifices made by him. It also shows and teaches us about seperating and managing professional and personal life. King of Hearts shows us the importance of love,friendship and relationship in our life and how these people are beside us at the most trouble times.

The characters in the story is very beautifully portrayed. All of they have a very important role in leading the story foreward and for once the reader won't feel bore out of it. However there are a few grammatical mistakes which makes reading a bit difficult. At the end of the story, I think there is a printing mistake when a particular person is named. I hope this to be corrected.

Overall I think, the novel is a good and a quck read. This book shall be most liked by people who loves reading romantic, inspirational novels. The plots are beautifully weaved which shall excite you at times amd sometimes they shall make you laugh. However at the end you'll be satisfied for choosing this book.

About the Story:-

Sometimes you have to fight the greatest battles to discover who you really are.
At the age of 21, Ayan left his home and ran to Delhi in search of his dream and identity. In everybody's eyes, he was nothing but a loser except for his best friend, Misha, with whom he fallen in love. And after two years of hardship, when he finally got his long awaited chance, he stunned the whole nation and became one of greatest artist and heartthrob of this generation. But destiny had some other plans for him and one day, something happened which turned his whole life upside down. He was on the verge of losing everything he ever had and to save them all, he had to fight the greatest battle of his life. To know more, read this astonishing tale of a young man's extraordinary journey to find his lost dreams, love and friendship.

About the Author:-

One of three children, Kevin was bornand raised in a close-knit family in New Delhi. He was always more inclined towards sports and literature. Kevin left his schooling after the twelfth standard to study story-writing and after two break years, returned to complete his education from the CBSE Board.After school, Kevin pursued his childhood dream and studied Major in Film Direction. He went on to directa Hindi feature film, several short films and music videos.In the winter of 2013, he finally decided to turn one of his oldest written film screenplays into a fully-fledged English novel. That is how, ‘Let Me Go: The Last Love Story of the Universe’, his first English novel came to life. He currently resides in New Delhi and is working on his second book.

Review:- First Love Matters, So Does The Second by Vishal Sah.

First Love Matters, So Does The Second.

Author:- Vishal Sah.

Publishers:- Half Baked Beans.

ISBN:- 978-93-84315-11-5.

My Review:-
Love.
What does love actually mean? Any guesses? Quoting from the dictionary, Love is an intense feeling of affection and care towards another person.

Love and Ambition are two different things. When a person's love and ambition, both are same, he/she doesn't find any difficulty in taking any decision. However if they are not same, then comes the time to prioritise as to what is most important to that person - Love or Ambition?

Here the novel "First Love matters, so does the second" written by Vishal Sah and published by Half Baked Beans is the story about a young boy Vishal Kapoor and his friends.
Vishal is a young teen in his school. As all teenagers, he like a girl from her class. Her name is Vedika. Fornuately he gets the opportunity to sit with her in the class. With the passing of time, they become very good friends and he falls in love with her. However when he decides to propose her, she informs him that she has entered into a relationship with her tuition mate Arnav without knowing that he was going to propose her.
This news breaks his heart and he goes in depression where he is unable to decide what he wants to do in his future. In the mean time, his bestfriend Shaurya enters into relationship with Myra whom he liked and loved very much. Days passes by and results comes out.
All of them joins the school. However Vedika leaves the school due to transfer of his parents to Shimla. During this two years, life gives him a second chance and he again falls for a girl, Shreya. They get into a relationship and everything goes well untill Shreya moves to some other city after her schooling gets completed. Everyone start drifting from each other with whom once they promised to be together always.
What had happened that seperated Vishal and Shreya?
Why did Shaurya and Myra drift from each other?
Did Vishal and Devika ever meet again?
What happened at their final reunion at Myra's house?
Why do Vishal call all of his friend together? What had happened to him?

You shall find all the answers to these questions when you will read this novel.

First love matters, so does the second is the story about teenage life and how it is important to choose things properly when times comes about taking difficult decisions.
It also shows the immaturity of teens and how things end up or become worse due to reluctency or stupidity of a person. The story takes us to our teenage and school life and I promise every reader shall find oneself in this story playing some role or the other and shall enjoy the ride eventually.

The Characters of the novel are perfect portrayed. However there are a lot of subordinate characters which confuses many a times. One has to look back in the novel to know whether he has read this character before and what role he played in the story.

There are lot of grammartical mistakes, printing errors and various other mistakes which makes reading difficult a bit. The author and publisher must look into it and make the correction accordingly for a more better ride.


Overall the novel is a good read. It brings both smiles and tears at different times. It shall be most liked by young teens or persons who wants to take a dip into their school life and want to enjoy and remember their past school and college days.

About The Book:-

Everything was perfect when all of them were at school. Vishal was happy with Shreya, so were Shaurya and Myra. But little did they know that a life ‘not so perfect’ was waiting for them outside their school gate. What happens when one chooses ambition over love? Would you be able to live with doing something you didn’t want to do? Could someone rectify their long forgotten past? Is it possible to wina battole against Death?
Explore what it is like to think that you are in love for the first time only to realise that you are constantly falling in love, as a wise man said“First Love Matters… So Does The Second”.

About The Author:-

Vishal Sah is a 20 year old student from Nainital, born on 1st May, 1995. He completed his schooling from Sacred Heart School, Haldwani. Currently he is pursuing his bachelor's degree from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He is a prolific blogger, cricket lover, sports enthusiast and loves travelling and music. He also has a Computer Hardware Engineering degree from TATA CMC. His debut work "First Love Matters, So Does The Second" is a book somehow based on life experiences of today's teenage generation and gives a message to follow your heart. He is hugely inspired by the work of Durjoy Datta ans Chetan Bhagat and loves campus novels.

He is active on facebook and you can like his official page
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or follow him on twitter at
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To follow his blog visit www.authorvishalsah.blogspot.in and you can mail him at authorvishalsah@gmail.com.

Review:- #IAm16ICanRape by Kirtida Gautam.

#IAm16ICanRape

Author:- Kirtida Gautam

My Review:

When you read the title #IAm16ICanRape, what is the first thing that crosses your mind??
When I read this title, a flash came into my mind of the famous Nirbhaya Rape Case. I think most of the minds who read this title had such an experience.

The novel #IAm16ICanRape written by Kirtida Gautam is a big slap on the society and its rules. The story portrays how the law bends for people i.e. it changes with different things, situations or people. People uses such loopholes to do the harshest of crimes and they come out with least punishment. So I think we all must fight together for such a cause to fill up such loopholes and punish those who takes advantages of it.

Here in this story, the protagonist Aarush Kashyap is the grandson of IIT-JEE tycoon Rudransh Kashyap, the owner of RK-JEE. Aarush is very talented. Whether it is studies or any other fields, he always live up to the expectation of his grandfather unlike his father who never lived upto the expectations of his father. Aarush parents who normally resides in the US visits India for his 16th birthday. However the most uncertain event takes place when the police knocks the door of Aarush Bungalow and takes away Aarush. Why?? Aarush has been accused of raping a girl, Ms Subhangi Tyagi. She accused him and his friend of raping her and then doing various inhuman activities with her body which damaged her intestines. Though in the beginning, everyone stands beside Aarush. However as time flies, his family also starts doubting him.
Has Aarush raped someone??
Is Subhangi's accusation correct or she is playing smart against a juvenile??
What are the circumstances which leads his family to doubt him??
What does the investigating officer find in Aarush's laptop??
Why does Pihu kill herself?? What is that guilt which helps her to take such a drastic step??
Will Aarush's family ever forgive her??
Will Aarush be ever punished for his deeds or he will come out of the rehabilitaion center without much trouble??

You will have to read this beautifully crafted novel to know all the answers.

The characters in this novel is well crafted and portrayed. The authoress has succeeded in the description of characters which are on your mind even when the novel ends. However the best character I found in the story was that of Subhangi. She is a role model, an inspiration. Everyone can't be like her. I liked her approach towards life. This girl is surely going to make everyone fall for her. Though there are many characters which shall impress you in their own ways but the ones which I liked after Subhangi is that of Rudransh and Pihu. Rudransh is a self-made man and his way of leading his life, his principles are something which we all dream of but don't follow. I liked the unconditional love of Pihu for Aarush. Though I don't agree with what she did to Subhangi just few days before killing herself, I liked her pure, unconditional love.



The title #IAm16ICanRape is significant and has its own importance. The title suits the motive of the writer and she has succeeded in her attempt. Moreover the number 16 too has its own importance. The authoress tries to bring out the exemptions or the leniency with which the courts judge the juveniles even though they are accused of severe inhuman activities. Kudos to the authoress, she has successfully brought out the deficiency in our laws and how it is being used to protect criminals.

Overall it is a very good read and I think it must be read by everyone so as to get a proper knowledge of the thoughts that goes into the mind of criminals. Moreover the authoress has described the story along with the help of psychology so as to inform us what goes into the mind of an individual in different situations. This helps to know the characters more correctly and it also tries to show us that how a person can be different from what he/she prentends to be.

I would like to recommend every individual to read this book. This book shall not only change your thinking but it will also give you strength to voice your words which you want to take out but can't do so in the name of society and many other elements like that. This book shall help us to fight against all the social evils , the most dangerous being the rape.

About the book:-

To destroy great EVIL, GOOD has to shed tears of blood. 

Rudransh Kashyap is a self-made billionaire and man of high moral fiber. His life is shattered when he returns home one day to find that his prodigy, his 16-year-old grandson, Aarush, has been arrested and accused of a brutal gang rape. It is easy to say, "Kill the Rapist" but what if the accused is your child? 

This case takes an unprecedented turn when Aarush's identity is made public on social media. Rudransh finds himself living a nightmare as he fights against tremendous odds to get justice for Aarush, to save him and to bring him back home... But what if the unthinkable is true? Can Rudransh save his grandson, or will he end up fighting a different battle altogether?

About the Author:-

Kirtida is a clinical psychologist turned screenplay writer who completed her education from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, India. Her passion for psychology and writing inspired her into writing psychological thrillers. While the readers are reading this introduction, the next thriller is in the making…

Review:- S.O.A.R by Abir Mukherjee.

S.O.A.R

Publishers:-Frog Books

Author:-Abir Mukherjee

ISBN:-978-93-52013-24-1

My Reviews:-
What does SOAR mean? Any guesses? Let me tell you the meaning. Soar means to fly high just like a bird with ease. But remember that bird too doesnot start flying from the first day. It falls and learns and one day it touches the sky without much effort.


Similarly in the novel 'S.O.A.R' written by Abir Mukherjee and published by Frog books, the three main protagnist Uday, Adhyayan and Rajasekaran starts a new innovative business in the Silicon valley of India i.e. Bangalore. The innovation is very new hence never tested. As a result they don't find many customers for it. They approach many institutions that may become the customer of their organisation. However they dont find any of them. At last, with the help of Adhyayan's neighbour they get a subscriber of their services. Since the first subscriber is well reputated institution in the city, many such institutions join. After the few initial months, the organisation starts lacking resouces to run the organisation. The situation starts worsening and they too start drifting on various matters and programmes of the organisation. Will the organisation continue providing the newest services in the city or will it shut down due to various unavoidable reasons. You need to read the novel for answering all the questions in your mind.

The author vey beautifully takes us through each and every situation in the story. The story goes through many patches but the best thing I liked was its simplicity. The way the author explains the things, you will never feel as if you are reading a novel.

One thing that hurted me the most was the suicide by the student. How rude has this world become? It doesn't care of you at all. All it wants is - its satisfaction, its profit. Moreover I would like to ask a question to the parents too. Why do you parents pressurize your kids for coming first or getting 100, 99, 98% marks. Does marks mean everything. Do only marks define your child.
No. Absolutely no. I can give you thousands of examples of students who were the worst in their academics, but today they are doing the best in their profession. So please dont pressurise your child. Let him/her fly like a bird. They might fall at the beginning but at the end they will soar high in the skies.

The author has very beautifully portrayed the characters. He very nicely introduces us to Adhyayan who is in the US. He then takes us back at the beginning from where the whole episode actually starts. The characterisation is beautiful and I doubt if anyone can find a flaw in it. The best of all was the portray of the character of Shristi, Adhyayan's wife. Her understanding, her support to Adhyayan in various situations is just commendable. She is surely going to take away heart of many readers.

The title "S.O.A.R" completely suits the story and the reader will realise that once he/she has read the book. The novel has a subtitle too and the title acts as an acronym to it. The subtitle "Success Over Adversity Reigns" gives us a message that Success in life comes only when we pass the toughest situations. The author has tried to give readers a glimpse of the background of the story and he has succeed beautifully in it. The cover too is appealing showing three people looking at the sky. It also shows their shadows which has wings. The cover too adds meaning to the title and what the author wants to convey through his work.

Overall it is a good story with very beautiful characters. It shall motivate young minds who wants to test and bring new things in the world. It has various messages for the readers at different points in the story and these messages might help those persons who want to do something new of their own. Overall it is a very good read and it shall be best liked by young minds and profesionals who wants to explore by doing something different, something which is not yet in existence.

About the Book
Frustrated with their current jobs, Uday,Adhyayan, and Rajasekaran team up to start an innovative business, non-existent in India until then. Ignoring all pragmatic aspects of life, they chase their dreams with immense pleasure. However, their journey is no cakewalk, as they confront financial crisis and rejections soon. Uday plays a business trick to triumph over that uninfluenced market; it works initially, but soon boomerangs, blowing the team apart. The police arrests Uday accusing him of illegal activity by his organization.

Were there any blemishes in their plan or was it just a typical Indian market, reluctant to accept an unexperimented concept? Will they be successful in implementing their innovation, staking their hard-earned money, stable jobs, relationships, and life?

‘S.O.A.R.’ is the story of chasing a dream, quandary between desire and responsibility, friendship and love.Join the gutsy journey of three young entrepreneurs.

About the Author
Abir Mukherjee was born and brought up in Bardhaman, a small town of West Bengal. He is currently based in U.S.A having completed more than 8 years as an IT Professional. He has completed his B.E. in computer science and engineering in 2005 and started working in different software MNCs. ‘S.O.A.R’ is his second novel. Blackbuck Publication has published his first novel, ‘As Life has No Undo’.
He loves to sketch and write in his spare time. He writes to entertain people, not to teach them how to live life, how to be successful in life or any other philosophical lessons.

Review:- Hidden Husband by Shikha Kaul.

Hidden Husband

Publisher:- Gargi Publishers

Author:- Shikha Kaul

ISBN:- 9789384382070

My Review:-
There is a very famous poem in Urdu. I would like to quote a part of it here.
"Yeh Ishq Nahi Aasan
Bus Itna Samajh Lijiye
Aik Aag Ka Darya Hai Aur
Doob Kar Jana Hai"

This poem suits best on this story.
Here the novel "HIDDEN HUSBAND" written by Shikha Kaul and published by Gargi publishers introduces us to the protagnist, Aisha who is well-educated and independent to take a decision. She takes one such decision when she marries Raghav but she is forced to hide her marriage from the outside world, even from her parents. No, she has not done any wrong yet she cannot bring her relation out. This turns out to be an actual test for the couple. She performs all her duties of a good wife but it is not that can make or changes all the things in her favour. There are times when she is pressurised by her parents to marry, unknown of the fact of her marriage status. Thier decision of being together comes out to be a real test for both of them. Will they succeed and their love will sail along or will it end, seperating them forever. You'll have to read the novel to know all about it.

The authoress has very beautifully brought out several social issues like female foeticide, dowry, etc and she has showed and described it in a very good manner. One of the key thing which I liked is that the author succeeded in showing all the various social elements clearly and without mixing all of them.

One of the important thing struck  my mind was that why it is always felt that marrying someone outside the community or having a love marriage is seen as going against the family and culture. Is it so? Can't we marry a person whom we love and the only reason for it being that the other person belongs to some other community. Is our culture so narrow? Lord Krishna, whom we worship in our daily life married Radha because he loved her. Did he ask for her community before marriage? Then why do we restrict our children or oursleves? We must change our thoughts and work towards it for making this world a better place to live in.

The authoress has very beautifully portrayed all the characters. She very nicely intoduces us to the protagnist, Aisha taking us into her life and then bringing out the other characters at the right time. The authoress has divided the whole story into six parts and her smartness in this respect is commendable. All the parts takes us to the different parts of Aisha's life showing step by step how her life changes along with time. I personally think that the story slows down a bit in the middle but at the end the authoress picks up her pace ending it beautifully. The best suspense of the story is hidden at the end. I am not going to take it out but I have a question? Does such situation really come out? I can't predict about the probability of such situation in real life of a person but my personal view on it is that such situation seems good upto the novel but not in the real world.

The title "Hidden Husband" is catcy and attracts a reader as it raises many questions in the mind as soon as the title is read. The subtitle "Some secrets never leave you" adds some more, to the suspense that gets created by reading the novel's title. The cover too is appealing and suits the title showing that there are many things which are hidden and is needed to be opened for knowing all about it.
Overall the story is good with very nice characters and various messages which it gives out indirectly. It also raises and throws various questions to us which shall make us think as to where are we leading to, challenging our thoughts on various things. Overall it is a very good read and it shall be liked by all those who want love stories along with some social elements in it. Since the authoress hopes to continue her writing, I think she shall give out some of the best novels in the coming years and she shall be an authoress to be looked upon in coming days.

About the Book
Aisha is trapped in her own secret which makes her feel hell. Her love for Raghav is true. But hailing from two very different cultures is the basis of their continued friction. Aisha is a Punjabi girl from Gurgaon and Raghav a Bihari from Ranchi. Raghav’s family will certainly not accept a girl from outside their community. And yet, he continues giving her false hopes through his efforts and promises.And then they take step which entangles her life further.Will she manage to come out of this quandary or must she continue to live in her self-created web? Explore her journey that makes her realize the atrocities being committed on women in the Indian society and the tough decisions she must take, keeping her most loves one oblivious to everything happening in her life.

About the Author
Shikha Khanduja Kaul is an Indian author who was born in Amritsar, Punjab. Her family moved to Gurgaon in 1992 and she has seen the city grow from a small town to being the Millennium City of India. She completed her schooling from Gurgaon and later graduated with Honours in Physics from Sri Venkateshwara College, Delhi University. She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (HR) from Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning. She found her passion for writing not too long ago. Her debut fiction novel is a love-story with a touch of the realities prevailing in the Indian society that form the foundation of the biases against women for centuries. She hopes to come up at least one novel every year for as many years as she can. With the plethora of ideas that the author in her is eager to offer, she wishes her readers ‘Happy Reading’.
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