Destined To Die | Book Review

Review of Varun Mathpal's book - Destined to Die.

At a Glance:  

• Title - Destined to Die
• Author - Varun Mathpal
• Pages - 370 pages
• Publishers - The Write Order Publications [Jan1  2021]
• Format - Paperback

Blurb:

Sometimes what we see isn't the truth, and our life is nothing but a quest to find the light of truth, And mind you this quest isn't easy, it's like walking down the same road over and over again looking for something that can set us all free. Not only this quest requires a strong will, patience but also a companion, someone who'd trust you, someone who will fight with you and if need be, then fight for you. In this book, the same trust brings Warren Parish and Detective Katelynn Stacey together after 7 long years and it seems that they'll have to forget whatever happened in their past this one time and help one another to find this light of truth because this truth will set them free once and for all, Join this journey of Destined to Death with them.

My Review:

Of late I have been exploring other genres, literally moving out of my comfort zone of Thrillers and mystery. I am slowly trying to test waters across nonfiction, paranormal fiction, horror, and fantasy. This book comes under paranormal fiction and I really wanted to see how it would interest me.

The book looks huge, all of 370 pages, and I was thinking it is going to be a lengthy read! But once I started, the story whizzed past as I kept turning the pages trying to figure out the mystery.

Destined to die is surely a compelling paranormal thriller that has all elements needed for a book of this genre. Though I sort of guessed the killer, the twists kept coming one after another; especially the one towards the fag end left me dumbstruck!

49 mysterious murders of innocent children, Detective Kate being marked as the 50th target, abnormal happenings in town, gore, souls seeking revenge, Satan, uncommon relationships, betrayal and more is what makes this book a nail-biting one.

An Indian author giving “Hollywood-sounding” names for the characters is a good spin. All the characters live up to their role and there is nothing you will find amiss until you realize where the story is being led to!

So many people lose their near and dear ones all because one man decided to change his destiny. After all, one man decided to take revenge! The ending was a bit was a shocker as I didn’t expect the story to take that turn!!

The cover is a perfect fit for the story and conveys the book's essence.

The line from the introduction makes complete sense now that I read it again after completing the book – “ You are destined to die, but where you want to end up, completely depends on you”.

A riveting paranormal murder mystery that will have you turning the pages faster than you can imagine and take stake you through the sinister scenarios of the netherworld.

Enjoyed reading this book by Varun Mathpal and looking forward to more books from the author.