Book Blurb:
Having separated from her husband Om, Ziva keeps can there be a happy forever family? Her new neighbours—Ovya and Aadit—appear to be a perfect couple, and they make her reminisce the good times she spent with her once loving husband.
Soon, however, Ziva discovers that everything is not so rosy with the couple. As Ovya starts sharing her views about Aadit, the myth of perfection begins to crumble. One night, Ziva hears a penetrating scream and then Ovya goes missing.
Caught in the middle of a family scandal, Ziva finds herself in a fix as she struggles with a simple question. Should she pursue her heart, or give up on her dreams and finally accept that family bliss is perhaps a misnomer?
My Thoughts:
Cold Blooded Love is a psychological thriller unlike any other that I have read in this genre. The story will grip readers from the moment they start reading it and keep them guessing until the very end.
This story follows Ziva as she moves to a new city and tries to start over after having separated from her husband. Throughout the story, we follow her present day to day activities, her interactions and experience her emotions. In parallel, we get glimpses of her past and her relationship with her ex-husband, her best friend and the life she left behind. When someone from her past enters her present, her life changes, for better or worse, dear reader, you need to read and find out!
I enjoyed reading about Ziva. She is a complex character and a very intriguing one with so many many shades to her. At every moment when you think you have her figured out, she proves you wrong! Ovya is lively and a wonderful contrast to Ziva thus making their friendship seem inevitable. When Ovya goes missing, the connection that binds Ziva and Ovya’s husband as they search for her is the single thread that holds this plot together before it slowly starts to unravel. This story is really mind bending and quite unexpected with twists that you do not see coming.
The author’s style of writing is unique and though it took me a little time to catch on, I quite enjoyed the back and forth in the timeline as we see the present merge with the past. We also see how decisions of the past or past actions affect the present and could impact the future. This is indeed a well thought out, brilliantly written psychological thriller that I thoroughly enjoyed and strongly recommend to all readers, especially fans of this genre!