Inner Confines

Intimidating Obscurity: A Pursue to Eternity by Dimple Singh My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars Blurb - ' Intimidating Obscurity a Pursue to Eternity', revolves around an independent woman, Stella Stewart, who hardly steps into her college life when she is informed of her mother's mysterious death. After a few days two more deaths of similar patterns take place, unfortunately she loses all her dear ones one by one. All her moaning vanishes in a glimpse when Rey enters her life and she falls for him. Her life takes a big twist when she dejects him due to a mysterious phone call. After a few days she gets married to Robert Patrick who swears to make her life worse than hell along with the company of Kimaya, who loved Rey too and joins him to separate Rey and Stella. Heartbroken Rey marries Kimaya. After a year Stella is found dead. Rey almost forgets his past love when he discovers Stella's diary one day and which opens her entire story before him. Wi...

The Fragrance of Rose: Beauty. Dignity. Ambition by Chirajit Paul My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Blurb - Rinita Bose is an ordinary middle class girl with extraordinary beauty and unmatched aspirations. While chasing her dreams, she comes face to face with harsh realities. That's how she learns the valuable lesson – what most men really want.  In a twist of fate, she picks up enmity with a powerful man and flees the city. She switches careers and hides her identity behind the garb of Rose to make a place in Bollywood. She earns money, fame, adulation and success. But love eludes her.  She witnesses the darkness of life in a drunkard father, a lecherous boss, a scheming producer and a friend who wants to take advantage. But then there are those that she can rely on in the worst of situations, her friends from childhood who stand by her through thick and thin. Those who don't judge her; just love her unconditionally.  Will Rinita be able to find the love sh...

The Death Story by Amay Saxena My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars Blurb - One misty night, a young writer was travelling from Kalka to Mumbai in train. He was enjoying his cold journey when a young beautiful woman entered his compartment. To pass time, she offered to tell him a story. He hesitated firstly but agreed later. The rest of the night, she told him a story about a woman who never wanted to kill her husband but ended up murdering him. So, what was the reason behind murdering him? Let's find out... My view - The Death Story by Amay Saxena, blended with thrill, horror, romance, friendship, super naturalistic and a cliff hanging suspense. The book features a train journey of the author in which he ended up knowing a real life story of Neha who has a disastrous story behind. A young couple shifted into their new home but the negative forces and evil residing there played a misery in their life. Why does the evil need to kill the women in the house? Wh...

Unns-The Captivation by Sapan Saxena My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Blurb - "Of course you know about the seven stages of love, but have you ever lived them?"  Atharva Rathod and Meher Qasim. Lovebirds since adolescence. Bonded by love, separated by circumstances. They part ways only to meet again. But this time, he is on a secret mission... Are they in control of their own destiny, or its their destiny which is making them dance to its tunes? Only time would answer, as Atharva and Meher unwillingly and unknowingly transcend the seven stages of love.  A quintessential tale of love and romance marked beautifully by its own rustic old school charm. My view -    UNNS.. The Captivation by Sapan Saxena, a story which given out a deep and deepest impact in me. Not every story can does this kind of impact in me like this story does to me. It's the same another love story releases in the market but it also differs because of writer'...

4 AM Conversations by Ayushee Ghoshal My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb - From the Ferris Wheel of Love and anticipation to the Carousel of Loss and despair.  From the darkness of delusion to the bright rays of self discovery.  Four AM Conversations with the ghosts of old lovers is a handpicked selection of poetry written for the love that got away and also for you.  You, who forgot to love the lover you're meant to love all your life. Yourself. My view - A voice of broken heart. 4 Am Conversations by Ayushee Ghoshal, an collection of poems and Nano tales. All the poems and short tales conveyed one thing which glued me till the last, author's hidden world with nostalgic feelings and emotions of a broken heart. It includes the pain and sufferings like hopelessness, loneliness and little hope which states that my love still existed in his heart. The book has been divided into 9 parts: A Fistful Of Love A World Of Almosts A Silent Madness...

2 Peg ke Baad by Nikita Lalwani My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Blurb - 2 Peg Ke Baad brings together 14 short stories that happened after 2 pegs, in an inebriated state. World's greatest stories are created when people are high - masterpieces are painted, universal truths are realised, models on billboards are befriended, lovers are united, butts are kicked, confessions are made, and relationships are sorted. My view - 2 Peg Ke Baad by Nikita Lalwani, is an anthology of 14 short stories. Its one of the best anthology I had came across, ranging various emotions and socialistic thoughts. The name refers after 2 pegs but I or author doesn't encourages alcohol consumption. 2 pegs is the only common things which connects the stories from one another. In this book the stories were not started from the bar or on the bar nor in-between 2 pegs. Its all of true emotions, feelings, love, friendship, humour, pain, betrayal, socialism. This captivating stories keep ...

Control- The Treacherous Moon by Tushar Janjalkar My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurb - They say your acts resemble the machinations of your thoughts. But the great question is: Are your thoughts, your feelings really yours? The financial capital of the world, New York, is terror-stricken. Death is crawling forth from the sewers, every full moon nights. On each occasion, an Indian is found involved and the diplomatic relations between the two countries are at breaking point. NYP detective John is continuously failing to track down the true perpetrators behind these incidents. The situation worsens when John's case causes a threat to his love, Disha, a neurologist. Alongside, her security becomes his priority. When Disha learns that it's not just her life at stake and her own past has united with the present in the cabal to ruin the future of many lives, she secretly sets out to uncover the mystery. Will Disha and John succeed in their journeys? Or will end up losi...