Fantasy
Powerless | Lauren Roberts| Book Review
In the kingdom of Ilya, only the elites with powers are allowed to stay. A plaque had hit the kingdom which left the people with magical powers as a side effect. But those who did not get the powers, were thought to carry a disease that would in time weaken the elites. Hence these powerless […]
Samsara| Saksham Garg| Book Review
‘Samsara’ is a story about a dangerous journey that Samsara’s souls have to undertake. Aman Chandra, along with the other souls and the child of the valley, has to train for a year to start this journey. For this very purpose, they are torn away from their families and transported to a hidden valley in the Himalayas […]
Before the coffee gets cold | Toshikazu Kawaguchi | Book Review
Introduction There is a café in Tokyo- Funiculi Funicula, in a small dark alley. A café that is so conspicuous that it is easy to miss. This café has been standing here for almost a decade, but it is not just coffee that attracts customers to this small café but also an old urban legend […]
The Forest of Enchantments| Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni| Book Review
The journey of an infant born from the earth to an empress of the great Ram Rajya. The forest of enchantments gives us a fresh point of view of the epic Ramayana retold in a voice that you least expected; the voice of Sita. This celestial heroine makes us smile, cry and above all experience […]
The Conch Bearer | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni| Book review
Story plot: 3.5/5 writing: 4.5/5 Presentation: 4.5/5 overall: 4/5 Genre: Fiction, adventure Anand is a boy who lives in a slum in Kolkata. To him, life has been very unkind. First, his father who had gone to Dubai to work, disappeared. Then, his sister suffered through an incident that impacted her young mind. As a […]
The Mistress of Spices| Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni| Book Review
Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Story plot: 3.5/5 writing: 4.5/5 Presentation: 4/5 Overall: 4/5 Genre: Fantasy/ Fiction/ Adventure Introduction An old Indian immigrant woman named Tilo runs a shop in Oakland, California. She sells a plethora of spices. However, underneath her old skin is the heart of the mistress of spices. In her hands, the spices […]