THREE TIMES LUCKY - JASMINE VILLA SERIES BY ANDALEEB WAJID

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BOOK NAME: THREE TIMES LUCKY - JASMINE VILLA SERIES

AUTHOR NAME: ANDALEEB WAJID

GENRE: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

PUBLISHER: WESTLAND BOOKS

BOOK BUY LINK : https://www.amazon.in/THREE-TIMES-LUCKY-JASMINE-VILLA/dp/9395767944




This is the next and final book in the Jasmine Villa series and follows the life of the youngest Hassan sibling, Athiya. Athiya is strong, independent and believes in speaking her mind. She determines never to get married but finds herself falling crazily in love with Farhaan, her sister's brother-in-law. Circumstances force Athiya to get married immediately, and Farhaan offers to marry her the next day. Farhaan and Athiya don't confess their love misunderstanding each other for marrying for the sake of it. Amidst all, they try to kindle their relationship and make it together forever.


In the second part of the series, I was not fond of Athiya's character as much as her sisters. But this book has given her character a makeover and with a much better purpose. She is confident, brave, independent, and caught between love and her ambitions. This book speaks about the problem of ambitious and career-oriented women and how society curbs their growth in the name of culture. The book perfectly reflects how couples in an Indian marriage setup grow through ups and downs in their relationship, struggling to find balance and love in their life. 


I do love a steamy scene every now and then. But, in all honesty, the love-making scenes in this book felt very repetitive. If I read out a random love-making scenario from the book, I wouldn't be able to say which couple or day of their lives it refers to. Is it Tehzeeb-Ayub or Ana-Luqman or Athiya-Farhaan? No one would ever know. Because there were so many love-making scenes, literally in every other chapter, on every other night, involving every other couple! I can understand the author's need to write bold and authentic, but the repetitiveness really killed the purpose. It would have been amazing if their elaborate intimate scenes were limited in number, and I would have enjoyed it if their process of falling in love was detailed instead. 


The characters and ending were also predictable and similar to its predecessor. And also, I don't particularly appreciate how they convinced Athiya to marry even though she did not want to. She aspired to stay independent, but her family said every woman needs a companion, and the book concludes that she accepts the same, which isn't a great message from a book with a modern outlook on life.



MY REVIEW: 3/5

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