Ishi Reviews: The Second Coming by Shubha Menon

The Second Coming

Shubha Menon

The Blurb

A wedding planner who believes in fairytale weddings, Mini yearns for romance in her own marriage. The magic of the initial years has vanished, leaving behind a hunger that she assuages with chocolate. Mini would love to change her situation, but she is over the hill, overweight and under confident. The chances of having a hot affair with a happening man are dim, if not non-existent.
An erstwhile royal scion decides to wed a Bollywood starlet and Mini is sent to Mumbai to plan the celebrations. The manager of the Mumbai office is young Rustom, the answer to Mini’s secret dreams. Goaded by impending menopause, Mini decides it’s now or never. She simply has to take a second stab at romance.
Rustom is a ladies man. He is also married, and a skirt chaser. Mini decides to shape up and get into the kind of skirts Rustom would want to chase.
Working together closely, Rustom and Mini fall into each others’ arms. Meanwhile, her husband gets wind of the affair and tries to reclaim her. Now Mini must choose between heady romance and steady matrimony.
But soon, Mini discovers that her romantic idol has feet of clay. In a dramatic end, the trusty husband stages a timely rescue. And Mini learns that a rock solid husband is worth many a dream lover.

The Review

Fed up of her boring dull life with her husband Shyam, lovingly nicknamed as SickO Shyam,

Mrinalini aka Mini falls for a chance to fly away to Mumbai, the land of dreams, she is

brave enough to get onto a flight for the sake of one last romance in life before

menopause knocks on her doors. She dreams of meeting her DL - Dream Lover in Mumbai.

While in Mumbai, she meets Rustom, the hot Parsi who heads the Mumbai operations of SoulMates

where Mrinalini is deputed to, to plan the ultimate 'no budget' wedding of a prince. Rustom

has everything Mini wants in her prince charming. Ultimately, her heart does a somersault

and she falls flat for him. Rustom on the other hand, though married is attracted to Mini

and wants her in his life badly.

Will Mini leave Sicko Shyam and spend her life with DL? What will Rustom do? Will he leave

his wife? To find an answer to these questions and more, read The Second Coming by Shubha Menon.

The author has kept the narrative light and it would not be wrong to say that the book is

along the lines of an M&B romance. The book is funny, quirky and talks about second chances.

It is a refreshing read and will engross you right from page 1. Shubha Menon has captured

Mini's personality well and takes the reader through all her emotions.

All in all, this is an entertaining read. That being said, please pick this book only if you

think you will enjoy this genre.

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Meet the Author

This is her first book. She is currently working as a Senior Creative Director with Ogilvy Delhi. A practising Buddhist, she dreams of living in the hills where she can read, write and grow climbing roses. She lives in Delhi with her husband, daughter and two Dachshunds.

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