My Review
I’m a fan of Sundari Venkatraman’s books so I was eager to get my hands on this new release.
I loved the way the heroine Tanuja is portrayed. Quiet and acquiescent – but still waters run deep! Beneath the forced calm and endless patience lie not just genuine kindness but also a hidden vivacity and determination, a thirst for the better life that she deserves. As for the hero Raj, he’s a real charmer. A self-made man who manages to exude confidence as much as true generosity and honesty. Tanu caught herself a rare gem with this man who could indeed be the prince to her Cinderella.
The family dynamics were interesting to read, especially because Tanu’s and Raj’s family seemed polar opposites. I enjoyed hating the stereotypical evil step-mom, but I had problems getting on board with just how mean one of the step-sisters was. All the puzzle pieces fitted nicely together though. The book turned out to be a shortish, thoroughly entertaining read. I only wish I’d been offered more glimpses of the 70s in India because the story often felt like a contemporary one.
Rating: 4/5
I loved the way the heroine Tanuja is portrayed. Quiet and acquiescent – but still waters run deep! Beneath the forced calm and endless patience lie not just genuine kindness but also a hidden vivacity and determination, a thirst for the better life that she deserves. As for the hero Raj, he’s a real charmer. A self-made man who manages to exude confidence as much as true generosity and honesty. Tanu caught herself a rare gem with this man who could indeed be the prince to her Cinderella.
The family dynamics were interesting to read, especially because Tanu’s and Raj’s family seemed polar opposites. I enjoyed hating the stereotypical evil step-mom, but I had problems getting on board with just how mean one of the step-sisters was. All the puzzle pieces fitted nicely together though. The book turned out to be a shortish, thoroughly entertaining read. I only wish I’d been offered more glimpses of the 70s in India because the story often felt like a contemporary one.
Rating: 4/5
Book Spotlight
HER PRINCE CHARMING
(Prequel to The Malhotra Bride)
by
Sundari Venkatraman
BLURB
It’s instantaneous attraction when Tanuja Bhatia from Delhi meets Raj Malhotra from Bombay at the Bombay Central Station.
The mutual attraction soon blossoms into love over the next couple of meetings.
Tanuja and her simple father fail to see the crisis brewing in their own home. Her not-so-nice stepmother Gurinder is totally against the idea of Tanuja meeting her Prince Charming which would make her step-sister Harpreet seriously envious. By the way, Harpreet’s main aim in life is to simply make her half-sister miserable.
While Raj’s parents and Tanuja’s father try to arrange a marriage between the two with a help of a mutual friend, the evil stepmother comes up with a plan of her own—to marry her stepdaughter off to Sonu, a good-for-nothing idiot.
Can Her Prince Charming lift Tanuja out of this life of drudgery and boredom and give her the happiness she deserves?
*A prequel to THE MALHOTRA BRIDE, this book is also available in paperback in India.
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About the author
Sundari Venkatraman is an indie author who has 42 titles (38 books and 4 collections) to her name, all Top 100 Bestsellers on Amazon India, Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada and Amazon Australia in both romance as well as Asian Drama categories. Her latest hot romances have all been on #1 Bestseller slot in Amazon India for over a month.
Even as a kid, Sundari absolutely loved the ‘lived happily ever after’ syndrome as she grew up reading all the fairy tales she could lay her hands on, Phantom comics, Mandrake comics and the like. It was always about good triumphing over evil and a happy end.
Soon, into her teens, Sundari switched her attention from fairy tales to Mills & Boon. While she loved reading both of these, she kept visualising what would have happened if there were similar situations happening in India; to a local hero and heroine. Her imagination took flight and she always lived in a rosy cocoon of romance over the years.
Then came the writing – a true bolt out of the blue! And Sundari Venkatraman has never looked back.
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