Book Review: A Little Chorus of Love (Anthology)

Introduction

ISIN: 9789385137211
Genre: Romance / Anthologies
Publishers: Author's Ink Publishing
Price: Rs. 250/-

What is love? The question brews a million different answers. Love is not an entity. It is an emotion that embraces several hues and shades within. 'A Little Chorus of Love – Love through Ages' simply follows the same idea and assembles 24 different writers portraying love in a form they acknowledge the best.

Immerse yourself into the most powerful emotion with 24 different stories set in different time periods and feel your heart beat for that one special person in your life..

Behind The book

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Me thinks

Before I begin the review, would like to clarify I am one of the authors of this book. However my review is clearly independent and not influenced by it. I have read it as a reviewer like any other book to conclude the following.

It is a very light read, I finished it in 75 minutes without any breaks.

I enjoyed reading each and every story. I am sucker for romance and this one was just perfect in its helping. As a romance writer I am always asked how can one bring newness in a love story every time... for all of them this book is the answer. The love stories are perfectly balanced with no over dose of mush or crush.The emotion that connects each story is so beautiful that the beauty ought to transcend some of its magic into the stories too. Page after page there is poetry in prose to witness.Despite some of the being debut authors, the stories are very well written and each one of the manages to touch a chord.

Now we will talk about what I didn't like- some stories were wrong in their technical details. Not that it impacted their beauty, but it did impact the effect they could have on me.Nevertheless the book overall did move me and left in a romantic mood for hours to come after that.

Will I recommend it? Surely yes! For the magic called love I surely would.

Foodie Verdict

This book is like patra - tangy, sweet, spicy and crispy!

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