Avni's Bookish Paradise: Love is never Easy- Book Review

Book name: Love is Never Easy

Author: Donna Dias Manuel

Genre: Contemporary

Standalone/Series: Standalone

My ratings:

Blurb:

When 30-something Nina’s perfect life in New York City becomes a liability to her marriage, she is compelled to make choices she never dreamed of making. While hoping to get a breather from her “it’s complicated” relationship, at a reunion in Goa, with her two, closest friends, Nina learns that they too are battling their own set of challenges–Aisha’s having a clandestine affair with a much older man and Rhea’s struggling with her homosexuality. But just when the girls give her reason to believe that her marriage will survive, life throws yet another curve ball her way. Will the three friends be able to scale the mountains they’ve encountered and cross over to the other side?

MY REVIEW

This book was everything and more that I had expected it to be. It was a fast page turner and a gripping tale which was a perfect portrayal of the real world we live in and our ever changing lives. This book revolves around 3 friends- Aisha, Nina and Rhea who call themselves as the ‘wolf pack’ and have maintained their friendship after many years of college but they all lead very different lives from one another and have their little secrets which they haven’t shared with each other. In the trip to Goa their secrets come out as they try to indulge with each other more and the story is a perfect example about the importance of friendship and love in ones life.

I loved the writing style of the author. The conversations and the characters and the description of all the events felt so real. Every character develops in his/her own way, faces the odds of life and in the end emerged a true hero.

I liked all the characters in the book and I can’t choose my favorite from the ‘wolf pack’ as they are all so strong women who went through so much and yet emerged out like queens. it felt that they were all self made in their career and in real life too these are some problems and questions people do face and what matters is their way of perceiving things and they all had such a positive view of it all. I loved their friendship. Also the relation of Nina and Abheer, Nina’s husband, was so real! and the way they got through it all was just phenomenal. Also I am thankful to the author for not making a love triangle the basis of conflict in their marriage XD.

Another important message was the importance to maintain a balance between career and relationships. while making a career is very important, it shouldn’t be done at the cost of relationships or relationships should not be given a back seat, and this message was conveyed throughout the story.

I feel the ending could’ve been a little better and not ended so abruptly but I really liked it nonetheless as it gave us a final picture of the future and also that whatever odds may come our strong characters will be able to brave them as they have gone through worse.

There is drama, suspense, humor, witty conversations, non-cliche expressal of love and a message to live in the present moment to the fullest and I just loved it all. If you are looking for a fast paced refreshing contemporary read to keep you intrigued throughout then this is the book for you.