When Strangers Meet by K Hari Kumar

Interesting title, nice cover, good quality print and a gripping synopsis – this is enough for a reader to pick up the books from the shelf. It feels good to hold the book, credit goes to the publisher!

This book is another example of a quick read. I liked the narration of the book; it’s simple yet grips the reader and leaves an impression. I was expecting to find sections in the story line and I was right! Although overall the book sails smooth however at some places I felt the story was dragged, was it really required or writer was trying to increase some pages to his novel? Anyways, I liked the way the story ended, a bit of surprise and shocking. I liked it!

The writing is simple and the book is easy to read especially for the people who want to read some English fiction with not a difficult to understand narration.

The publisher is known to throw books at reasonable rates and this book is no exception.

Editing is not at par, I was a bit disappointed. I do not want to spoil the review with pointing errors here 

however there was a lot of scope to remove some of the evident errors in the book.

The climax of the story is not very new, but is good and narrated well. The book could have been a much better read with more work on the language.

The author was successful to leave an impression. 

Taken Already by Yaagneshwaran G

The title is not original and unique; there was a book by the same title written by Love N. Lee. Authors should give a second thought and work on finding a title that makes their work unique, a lot of people are dependent on search engines to find details of anything and everything; books are no exception.

I am reading this author for the second time, his first book “The group of fools” didn't strike any chord in me and I was looking forward to read this book as I really wanted to see if the writer evolved or not. I was taken aback when I saw that the book is published under a self publishing unit…..But, I was wrong. My assumptions were stumped when I started reading the book.

I liked the fact that this book is a quick read, just 130 pages and you are through with a story with some twists and interesting turns.

The character of Sam Chacko is the most interesting while the climax is been ended with a hope that there can be a sequel following to this book, I will not be shocked and to be honest, I will be waiting.

Talking about the language and the editing part of the book, Author is improving! I read his first book and I was switched off as the book had so many errors however with this book, if I have to compare with his debut book, this is far better as a final product. Though the language is still not very crisp which is really required. The narration of the story is simple, if it was to be complicated, there would have been some added pages in the book.

The cover page is nice and attractive, the quality of the print is above average and it can do average business however the availability of the book can be a challenge. I have no idea if the publisher is doing something to market the book or not however as per my experience self publication units cannot give a structured marketing to any book for which they are charging to publish in advance; it makes no business craving for them to spend some extra thousand bucks.

I liked the book and I wish the author good luck for his future ventures. 

The Secrets of the Dark by Arka Chakrabarti

The title of the book is not selected intelligently. There is a popular game by this title as well and search engines will not give fruitful results for this book if the name of the Author or the Publisher is not added to the search text.

Story line of the game is - Your friend is a journalist who is staying in a seemingly quiet desert town. After getting involved with a story involving the dark forces, he is kidnapped by three dark priests! Now they are getting ready to sacrifice him to provide the Demon of Darkness with limitless power, and it’s up to you to stop them! Save your friend in Secrets of the Dark: Temple of Night, a challenging Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game! 

I will not be surprised if the readers will try to find a relation of story with the game. “Game of Thorns” hooks close to the story line. It puts a question mark on the originality of the story line.

The cover page of the novel did not grip my attention as it did not compliment the story completely. It doesn't give a reason of a reader who is surfing for books in a book store, looking for an interesting read.

The page and print quality is class and the publisher deserves an appreciation for that.

The story starts very grippingly and the author was successful in leaving an impression. The book is an interesting read and keeps the reader hooked till the end; however end is yet to come! A lot of mystic turns and twists kept me entertained. I would be waiting to read the next book.

Editing is a concern with this book and there was a lot ignored.

This book is recommended as a good read for fantasy lovers and I am glad to see Indian Authors writing something else over love stories.