I got one of its review copy through ‘The Book Club’ in
return of my honest review so thanks a lot to Rubeena Ramesh for a kindle copy.
It was in e-book format that took me more time to finish it. But now as I’ve
finished it so here is my take on the book ‘Only Wheat not White’.
Initial Impression:
If I talk about
initial impression then I was not so interested in reading it at first because
I prefer paperback over an e-book but moreover if I found any Story’s blurb
interesting then I try to give a second thought about reading it but as usual
it was an e-book so I hadn’t got a chance to the read the blurb. Book title and
cover though seem quite attractive which actually forced me to go through this
book.
Review:
Story starts with a
girl ‘Eila’ who immigrates from India to work in New York, there her mom sets
only one rule for her- Only Wheat not White. Eila Sood, a girl who is funny,
quirky, mouthy, spunky, in her own way and loving. She sometimes calls herself
‘trouble magnet’. As the story starts rolling I found the reason behind the
title, Eila’s sister ‘Sheela’ marries a non-wheat guy or you can say a white
guy ‘Steve’ against the will off her family which causes the breakup of her
with her family. That’s why Eila’s mom strictly warned her to not repeat the
same mistake again. Elia stays with her sister in New York in hope of bridging
the gap between Sheela and her mother after her mother suffers a stroke back in
India. But when she comes to know that Sheela’s marriage and life are falling
apart then she get shocked. She tries to support her financially and bring her
life back on track and in this process she meets Brett Wright, the blue eyed
ogre and the owner of the restaurant where she works. Brett develops some
feelings towards her and most of the time rescues her out of troubles.
Authoress has done a
very great job with every character’s characterization that’s why the whole story-line becomes very interesting that forced me to scroll down through
every page. All in all the style and narration is very smooth and flowing,
language used is also fresh and invoking.
Positive:
·
A very
fresh and different kind of story plot in a contemporary romance genre.
·
Characterization
is done in way that bind the readers to the book.
·
Use of humor at places also keeps the pace of
story and reader don’t get bored.
·
The author
has keenly observed the Indian society and narrated that how traditionally Indian
mindset prefer wheat over white or Indian over a foreigner for marriage and
what difficulties a couple faces in love marriage.
Negative:
·
Starting
was a little slow but as the story geared up the joyride gets started.
·
Elia’s
point of view towards her life actually took away the essence of romance depth
at some point of time.
Verdict:
‘Only Wheat not White’
is very new and different kind of romance genre story which one can surely give
a shot. Though it took me some extra
time to read it but it totally depends on your reading speed that how fast you
can finish it. Story is humorous and
romantic at the same point of time so one will not get bored and read it
thoroughly. If you want to read a fresh and different kind of romantic novel
then you can unhesitatingly go with this book. Available on Amazon so you can
grab a copy from there.
Ratings:
Story-Line: 3.56/5
Narration Style: 4/5
Overall Rating: 3.85/5
Ratings:
Story-Line: 3.56/5
Narration Style: 4/5
Overall Rating: 3.85/5
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