Review on "A Cage of Desire by Shuchi Singh Kalra"

A Cage of Desire by Shuchi Singh Kalra is an erotic novel.

About the story:

The story whirls around protagonist "Renu" who is a home maker staying with her two children and her father-in-law (called by her as "Bauji") residing at Lucknow. She is married to Dev for over fifteen years, he works and lives in Sitapur. Everyone would usually work in cities here in his case its vice versa. Bauji is more of an orthodox person who simply finds fault in Renu, as she came from amiss background.

In the little world of Renu lies a secret person named Maya. Yes, Renu's pen name is Maya, she is an author who writes erotic novels revealing passion, love, lust and secret desires. There comes a person named "Arjun" who resides at Renus's place as a tenant, having strong desire for Maya.

Dev's attention was less towards Renu, they hardly speak, and their conversations were too short. He used to visit her during weekends that slowly reduced over a period, and he visited her monthly once.

Gradually Renu's attention was drawn by Arjun, they started loving each other and satisfied their physical needs. He was younger than Renu but, yet age was not an obstacle for their fondness of each other.

Even though she loved Arjun, her rumination about Dev always incised her more, which led her discovering a secret relationship with “Kamini”, who made false pretense claiming herself as Maya towards Dev.

Renu neglected to reveal her identity as an author, as she is from a conservative background and more apprehensive about her family. Her only support was her friend who is a mediator between the publication house and Renu. There are so many twists and turns happens in her life which leaves in her in flood of her own tears.

Will Renu overcomes these hurdles? Will Renu's secret identity will be revealed to the world? Will her love with Arjun survives? Will Dev understand her and change himself? Will she be a successful author? Is she destined to someone else? lies the suspense of the story

About the book:

The author's writing style is too good, and the pacing is apt. You can feel more love, passion, betrayal and strong desire.  All emotions are cooked up together to bring out this alluring novel. The author clearly depicted about how a woman tackled and overcame so many hindrances in her life with her will power. There are so many intense and intimate scenes but, yet the story remained on track and the flow was totally on pace.

I would rate ☆☆☆☆ for this beguile novel.