Some mysteries begin with a dead body. Others begin with a whisper.   Unicorns in the City by Deepti L. Sharma begins with something far more unsettling — a child’s quiet secret.   While reading this book, I found myself smiling at the innocence of the moment and yet feeling a subtle unease creeping in. A little girl, Gullu, casually mentions that her best friend’s grandmother has been murdered. But when her mother, Karishma Singh, tries to know more, the conversation hits a

Some books are read. Some books are experienced slowly, like a conversation that returns to you every year.   October Junction by Divya Prakash Dubey felt exactly like that to me.   Imagine meeting someone in a city that itself lives somewhere between reality and dreams. A city where time feels slower and conversations linger longer. In that setting, two strangers meet — not to build a conventional relationship, but to create something far more delicate: a connection that ref

There are days that taste like heartbreak — metallic and cold — and there are days that smell of rain-soaked second chances. The Do-Over by Lynn Painter lives somewhere between the two, looping endlessly in that bittersweet space where pain and hope take turns holding your heart.   I still remember my first Lynn Painter read — Better Than the Movies — a warm, quirky rom-com that made me believe in the healing power of laughter. Painter has that uncanny gift: she writes teen s