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Review- Right Fit Wrong Shoe - Isn't the title of the book interesting? I had received the paperback for and honest review and here it goes. Interesting are the chapter names. For a Bollywood buff like me, this filmy style is really something to watch out for. And I read the book in a day. The book is certainly a light read and if you like girly romances this is certainly your type of book. However, if you are the one who looks for literary themes, Right Fit Wrong Shoe might not be your time of the book. Set in Kanpur, the female protagonist makes her way into your heart right from the beginning. She is believable and certainly one would begin to connect with her at places. So when there is the creepy senior at the office, you feel like taking charge and beating him to a pulp. Also, you laugh with her dialogs and feel the kind of insecurity when the male protagonist enters the scene. What I did not like is Aditya's portrayal and at certain places, the idea of the rich nasty boy playing it bad to get even gets a little too overboard. Though there aren't well-developed subplots, the supporting characters are likeable and managed to overshadow my dislike for Aditya. There are also two instances in the narration that I wish the author had fleshed out a little more. The mess her brother manages to get into could have been elaborated a little. And one keeps on looking the reason of separation of Nandini and Aditya in the past but it comes in too late. But then again 'Right Fit Wrong Shoe' is a Bollywood-style romance and these aspects of narration can be brushed aside easily. All in all a good read.

Right Fit Wrong Shoe

Varsha Dixit

Blurb

Right Fit Wrong Shoe, begins at a point where all love stories end. The tale weaves around Nandini and all that is important to her, with two contenders gunning for the top spot; Aditya Sarin and Sneha Verma.

Aditya Sarin, the man Nandini is madly in love with, yet compelled, for some unsolved reason to shun. Aditya, on his part, in the past declared Nandini to be a ‘millennium bhehenji (conservative girl)’ and ‘lassi (yoghurt drink) in a wine glass’. Yet he fell for her . . . hard! However, some mysterious episode caused the lovers to, acrimoniously, part.

Now, Aditya is back in Kanpur, all his guns blazing (the real and the imagined), determined to devastate her life. Fortunately for the readers, and unfotunately for Aditya, Nandini is determined not to‘bite the dust’ oh so quietly. Wonder, in the battle royal, who wins or who loses it all?

Sneha Verma, the other contender, is Nandini’s BFF, that one friend who knows us better than we do. The one we trust more than Stayfree or Clearasil. Sneha maybe headstrong, hammer fisted and stern mouthed, but for Nandini, she will willingly stand in the path of imminent lightning bolt or a nasty tornado, even if it’s named Aditya Sarin. In standard X, Sneha took Nandini under her wing and that equation hasn't changed much. Sneha, a recent wife and even more recent mom, appears to be fighting some unknown demons of her own.

Right Fit Wrong Shoe, observes and opinionates the society, affected and amused. It fleetingly touches on issues; fleeting as watching discourses (courtesy Astha Channel), is trendier and quicker, than reading them.

The book is an AAA (anytime, anywhere, anyone) read. It promises to make your day better, and a bad one not any worse.

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About The Author

Varsha Dixit, the best selling author of four successful contemporary romance books. Her debut book, Right Fit Wrong Shoe was a national bestseller for the year 2010. Varsha was a part of the Indian Television Industry and worked as an assistant director and online editor. She considers herself a dreamer who thinks deep but writes light. Even though creativity is gender free, Varsha feels blessed and enriched to be a woman. Currently, with her family, Varsha resides in CA, USA.

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