The title of the book "It's your move, wordfreak"
really intrigued me and I assumed the book would be flirtatious talks with
quick wit and intelligence. However, that formed a very small part of the book
and the book mostly focussed on the heart-throbbing romance between the
wordfreak and worddiva. Wordfreak alias Aryan Rajaram Chawla is a handsome hunk
who is pretty good at his work and is a Page 3 celeb. On the other hand,
worddiva alias Alisha Menon is a successful divorce lawyer who is a workaholic
and gives importance to brains over beauty.
However, their online scrabble games change their view
towards life and how they embrace the change with great willingness. Reading
romance between the protagonists was interesting up to a point, but the romance
extended for more than half part of the book which seemed redundant after a
point and left me wondering where is the plot leading to?
The characterization of Alisha as a tall, dark and
beautiful girl who is very successful and quick-witted is very appealing to me.
What interests more is how Aryan, the male protagonist views Alisha. His
opinion of Alisha as a lovely, stubborn-headed, easy going and intelligent lady
made me like Aryan a lot more than him possessing a ravishing body. The
picturization of both the characters looked very realistic and modern, which
appeals to the readers of this generation. The mention of Alisha unable to
sympathize with a lady who is scared of her husband and is undergoing divorce
shows Alisha’s indepence. This particular character is significant and
resembles the attitude of most modern educated girls in the society.
Towards the second half, the plot picks up speed and
introduces the complications involved in Aryan's and Alisha's relationship. It
craftily shows how men deal with relationships when things go wrong and how
women deal with things. Alisha with all her strong traits in her personality
dealt with Aryan in a perfect manner (atleast I believe so ;) ). Diya's
character was well-etched. Aryan Rajaram Chawla and his family were described
in a well respected manner and would make one dwell in thoughts of such a
handsome prince charming. One particular train of thoughts of Alisha’s
minds is that she thinks of Aryan and Diya as two peas in a pod as they think
very much alike about fashion, life,etc. This particular thought seems very
realistic as if taken from an experience. It is of common experience that an
unlike friend is the glue to the friendship of other like characters.
For a first book, Falguni Kothari started out well and kept
her readers wanting to go till the end. She has a knack of keeping things in
place while weaving the plot. It was a good time pass and fast read for the
holidays. If you are interested in a fairy-tale kind of romance, you will enjoy
reading this book. I am hoping to see Falguni evolve her writing skills into an
engrossing read. I recommend this book to all the romantic people out
there. ;)
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