The invitation to the book launch was quite tempting but i had not attended any book launch before this and i was in two minds about going to be a part of it . Half of a Sunday was to be sacrificed and it was not my idea of having a good time till now. A call from a great blogger friend got me thinking and i decided to give it a try . She generously picked me up and after a long and invigorating chit chat along the 1 hour drive we reached the venue to find a cute guy greeting us introducing himself as the kid # 2 ( Kartik ) of the lovely and vivacious Phoenixritu .
Ishaan Lalit , the kid # 1 is the author of this gripping fantasy woven around two mystical groups on war .... 27 year old Ishaan is a pilot and the first impression makes you think that the book must be a kid lit written for fun by a pampered cute looking guy ( sorry ). How wrong i was with my first impression as the book turned out to be a well crafted fantasy , actually it is a semi science fiction as there is some time travel and some brain shuffling too... when i picked up the book i was heavily prejudiced to think it as a kido literature , felt that the beginning was a bit slow ...but as i moved through the pages the book gripped me till i reached the last page .... a pleasant surprise to be honest.
I would recommend the book for all age groups , probably the teenagers and some grown up kids may find it more interesting than the insomniac minds of adults ... what ?? You still are a kid ?? Just go buy the book and read it in one go....
Ishaan Lalit , the kid # 1 is the author of this gripping fantasy woven around two mystical groups on war .... 27 year old Ishaan is a pilot and the first impression makes you think that the book must be a kid lit written for fun by a pampered cute looking guy ( sorry ). How wrong i was with my first impression as the book turned out to be a well crafted fantasy , actually it is a semi science fiction as there is some time travel and some brain shuffling too... when i picked up the book i was heavily prejudiced to think it as a kido literature , felt that the beginning was a bit slow ...but as i moved through the pages the book gripped me till i reached the last page .... a pleasant surprise to be honest.
I would recommend the book for all age groups , probably the teenagers and some grown up kids may find it more interesting than the insomniac minds of adults ... what ?? You still are a kid ?? Just go buy the book and read it in one go....
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Thanks Sangeeta. LOL, so they look cute and pampered ROFL. They will be so pleased. Yes it is a PG 13 tale, but I feel that even adults will find it interesting. It is certainly well crafted
ReplyDeleteThey really look cute and pampered ...nothing like a writer and his agent :)
ReplyDeleteYes , i feel all those adults who still have a child inside their heart would love this book.
This seems to be just the perfect book for me right now :)
ReplyDeleteI loved the book too, and am beginning to write my review now.
ReplyDeleteSangeeta,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review. I am the publisher of Ishaan's book and my experience was exactly the same: once I started reading i couldn't pt it down till the very end. Surely one of the best books that we have published so far. Have you read Ripples? It has a story by Ritu.
Prashant.
Hi Sangeeta,
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading all your blogs. I keep waiting for a new post. Keep it up.
Chitra
thank Prashant .... I am so impressed with myself that the publisher himself has come to my blog :)
ReplyDeleteI haven't yet read Ripples , hope to read it soon.
Thank you Chitra for commenting to inform me that you read all my blogs . It's such a pleasure for me .
good book
ReplyDeleteI hadn't come across this one! Thanks!
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