The cover and the blurb of this book make it clear that it’s a mytho-fiction. As a student I was never lured by mythology as a subject and after academic things, the size of books with mytho stories scared me; so I never picked up any such book except The Bhagavad Gita.
Coming back to the book, I saw this title in Amazon’s new releases. This book caught my attention with its name and a cover which is interesting. I immediately downloaded the sample chapters on Kindle and read ’em all at one go. I am glad that I got a review copy from The Book Club.

The book comprises of three different stories which are weaved in a common yarn, love.

It starts with the story of the Elephant God and Brahma’s daughters. The way the author has described the three daughters of Lord Brahma is commendable and the way she guides you through the story makes it real.

The next one in the book is of another unusual pair. As kids we have heard different versions of Ramayana ( I’ve even heard sampaati’s version somewhere.) But here in this book a neglected pair is featured as main leads- Ravana and Mandodari. Ravana as we know was the kidnapper of Sita but he was also the husband of Mandodari. The dilemmas which she faced while Valmiki was framing an epic are depicted by author in her tale.

The concluding story is of King Nala and Damayanti. Draped in magical spells and shrouded with curtains of curses and fantasy, this story comprises dramatical twists and gives a worthy conclusion to the book. Coming to the narration part, you won’t be able to put this book down without completing the respective chapter or story.

Finally I will say that I want my future kids to read this book in order to know a pious version of love and sacrifice and of how even gods are not untouched by the spell of love!