The wavy route- review of 'The Justified Sin'

Finished reading the fiction- ‘The Justified Sin’ penned by Harpreet Makkar and published by Petals Publishers a while ago. Before going into the book, let us get introduced to the author.

About the author:

Harpreet Makkar- born and brought up in Ludhiana was a senior Design Engineer in one of the top MNCs if the country till the time he decided to quit and devote his time to the family and pursuing his passion of writing. Currently working as a financial analyst by profession and a publisher by choice, and being an avid reader, he finds ample time to work on his passion of reading and writing.

His short stories and the versatility of his writing, helped him to create an impact of being a prolific and successful author on the readers. Discovering new places around the country, being his favourite part time, he enjoys going to exotic places and pouring out his innermost feelings via innumerable romantic poems.

He came with his first book, ‘The Justified Sin’ in 2013, which was declared a bestseller within six months of the release.

He can be contacted at: md@petalspublishers.com and can be followed at https://www.facebook.com/harpreet.makkar.14.

The book:

The first thing that we come to know about any book is its title. ‘The Justified Sin’, I feel, is the most suitable title for the book as it is, on one hand, catchy, while on the other hand, goes with the topic.

The next thing that we see in a book is the cover. In this book, the front cover shows a boy and a girl getting intimate (or maybe pretending to do so) while some intruder suddenly opens the door. In this book, we do find a similar scene somewhere in the middle. Above the image, the title of the book is written in an awesome font, with gun, alcohol and stiletto adding cherry on the cake. The back cover has nothing much to show. Overall, I find the cover page to be okay.

Now let us come to the main plot. The story begins with Jay, a young and confident fellow, and Saloni, his childhood friend. Then, as I read on, I find his story as a wavy route, with several ups and downs. Two different girls, Prachi and Varsha come in his life one after the other, and Jay loses them both. Whenever he is frustrated enough to feel life is all over, Saloni comes back to his life like an angel.

I liked the story, especially the epilogue. The words used by the author are simple and lucid with no complicated term. But there also were things that disappointed me. One is the presence of grammar errors that occurred in many places, while the other is the author’s repeated use of ‘and’ as ‘n’. I would recommend the author to avoid it in his next works.

I would rate the book 3.3 on 5.

Lastly, I would like to tell the readers, if you prefer love stories, you may give this book a try.

At the end of the day, I would like to give my best wishes to the author.  Harpreet sir, you indeed have a long way to go!