I am not sure how to start my review.
When I started reading this book, I was repulsed and shocked; but as I progressed into it further I realized that the author has brilliantly played with the reader’s mind.
This is a story of a lady (an author, by profession), who is kidnapped and held captive by a man on an island. Told in alternating viewpoints of the lady, her captor and the island; this book will chill you to the core.
Initially, it seems that the kidnapping is simply a case of satisfying the captor’s sexual needs, as he rapes her, more than once.

To save herself, she has to play a game of the Russian Matryoshka Dolls - she has to tell him stories. What’s the catch? He will start a story, and all subsequent stories should be linked to his first one. As the stories unfold, intertwining and correlating with each other, you get a peek into their hearts and souls. What is the captor’s motive behind the kidnapping? Will he actually let her go or he has some other preconceived fate thought out for her?

A brilliantly conceptualized novel of love, betrayal and revenge, this book gives an insight into a twisted mind. Events of our childhood or even, in early adulthood, can leave a deep impression in our minds and shape the course of our future.

Can you, inadvertently, cause grief to someone, to the extent they will hold it against you forever?
We are all given a choice - to live a life of hate, or to finally move on without regret. What would you choose?

Recommended for the concept and the freshness of the plot, this is one book which will leave you guessing till the end.

#Warning: There are some graphic descriptions and explicit sexual content which might not be everyone’s cup of tea.

My rating: 4/5