Title : Pretend to be mine
Author : P.G Van
Genre : Romance
Pages : 169
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Dheeraj does not believe in marriage, but given the circumstances, he is not left with much choice. He needs to move fast to make sure everyone around him believes he is getting married for real and to the right woman, even if it’s for only two years.
Anjali never expected a complete stranger to propose a marriage contract as if he were offering her a job with a salary and benefits package, especially the first time they meet. What he offers is tempting enough for her to give in, so she can fulfill her dream and keep the promise she made to a loved one.
For their friends and family, Dheeraj and Anjali are a loving couple who fell in love at first sight, but they both have an agenda. Their reasons for the marriage contract were different, but what they never expected is what happens when two people start living under the same roof pretending to be a couple.
Sparks fly and butterflies flutter between stolen kisses, but when they start to find out more about each other’s reason for the fake marriage, will they still honor the contract? Will love make its way into the contract as a clause?
REVIEW
Pretend to be mine is a stand alone romance novel written by P.G Van. The plot revolves around a couple who are married to each other on contract basis and love has nothing to do with their marriage. Both of them have their own reasons to step into this marriage contract but as they start spending a lot of time together, they realize their marriage is after all not merely for the sake of contract. But, will uniting and acquiring the happily-ever-after be easy-peasy cake walk ?
P.G Van has a way of hijacking the readers from the reality in a jiffy and transport them to this rose tinted lovey-dovey land of love. This book would be a perfect escapade for anyone who wants to disappear from the reality and have some good time. Even if you are someone who hates cliche kinda love stories and romance novels, you can’t help but fall in love with this author’s writing style and romance filled plot-line.
The lack of logical interpretation and realism is the only thing that the author needs to work on because even though the book feels like a fantasy every girl in the world would long for, a bit logic in the plot-line will elevate the book and the author to the next level in the field of literature.
The characters in the book was extremely like-able, the character development was good. Both the characters had their own backstories, Dheeraj’s character and his background was done so wonderfully whereas Anjali’s backstory could have been better, her story felt seriously unnatural. The flow was also smooth. The conflict in the book could have been a bit more strong and compelling because it was said in the subtle manner that it didn’t feel personal and more or less the medium of conflict felt a bit unreasonable.
There was this steamy hot connection between the lead characters, it was nice but it indeed something was lacking and couldn’t put a finger on it. The plot twist in the middle of the book was really fantastic. There was this other main character in this book who didn’t has much role to be played but their mere presence in book help the book develop in such a matured and enjoyable way. And also their presence defined the lead characters’ mentality, mindset and personality a lot more. Couldn’t afford say a lot about this character because that would definitely be a spoiler.
MY VIEWS
I have only read one short story by the author and I already like her way of story telling. P.G Van’s stories are like an escapism for me from the realities and her books does a better job in that area than anything else could possible do.
The book was unstoppable and very interesting to read.
This book would be a nice piece of entertainment, very suitable for people to read when they are travelling or something (since COVID situation is going on that wouldn’t be possible) In that case, you can go ahead with this book if you are having a crappy day because it would lift your mood in a jiffy. It felt like watching a good movie.
My rating for this book would be 3.2 out of 5 stars
I liked this book, a good source of entertainment!!
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~ Meenu
