BOOK REVIEW: BORN TO BE KING by DEEPAK THOMAS

Title: BORN TO BE KING 
Author: DEEPAK THOMAS 
publisher: WHITE FALCON PUBLISHERS 
Genre: HISTORICAL FANTASY 

SYNOPSIS: 
Born to be king by deepak thomas is the 1st book in the Epic of Kautuliya series.
Kautuliya is the only daughter of king Chandra, the ruler of Bharat, she’s born with the qualities of her parrot unlike her brothers who are born with the qualities of the falcon, the eagle, etc. Life is treating them well until their family is betrayed and now its upto Kautuliya to restore the legacy of her family,but will this simple girl who has the qualities of the parrot be a do so?
Grear up for an action packed read with the perfect saga of love, trust, determination, bravery and betrayal.
 This book belongs to the fantasy genre and everyone here knows how picky I am about this genre, I've read fantasy books, there are very few that I actually seem to like, but hold on because this book has my heart!




OVERVIEW/ MY OPINION: 
I loved the way the story is developed right from the beginning till the end, every element of the story is answered the reader is not kept clueless while reading this book.
The concept behind it was really fresh and unique, it was amazingly executed.
I liked how the book also focuses on women's education and women's empowerment.

The writing style was excellent, It does not take time for the reader to build the fantasy world that the author has portrayed in the book before their eyes. Every scene is described very vividly I felt That I was watching a movie as I was reading this book.
The author has very well explained the birth of Kautuliya along with her brothers, this was definitely a plus point of this book.

The language though being nice, simple and unsophisticated It was really engaging.
The narration too was done quite well, It kept me gripped till the core while reading this book.

The cover and the title are appropriately chosen keeping in mind the interest and curiosity of a reader.

The storyline was beautiful and captivating.  The plot was fresh and strong enough to keep me gripped.  The best part about the story was when these siblings are sent to the gurukula to learn archery, sword fighting, hunting, yoga, philosophy etc. Also there's a scene on pg. 54 wherein Kautuliya defines the duties of a king by combining it with the 4 varnashrama stages, this part truly has my heart. The
2 drawbacks of the story are that when Kautuliya plans a second attack, the just explains the 1st phase of it not the remaining 2, so i really wanted to know about it.
Secondly I would have truly loved it if suddenly During the final battle somebody could have used a different astra which was never spoken about in this book, this would give it that Oh-I-Dint-expect-that-to-come kinda movement.
I loved the way the author has described the sibling relationships in this book.

Speaking about the characters, each and every character be it the apes, the rakshas, the bears, the protagonists, the demigods, the supporting characters, all were very well developed. I could connect with Kautuliya very well. Every emotion is crafted beautifully and presented perfectly.
The war scenes, the astras, the places all were described very intricately.

Overall, this was a very interesting, innovative, fantastic and a fast paced read. Definitely recommended if you want to get into reading fantasies and also if you love fantasies, you can't skip this one!

MY RATING: 4/5🌟

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Special thanks to the author for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I WAS GIVEN A COPY OF THIS BOOK IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW, VIEWS EXPRESSED IN HERE ARE OF MY OWN. NO PART OF THIS REVIEW SHALL BE COPIED/ USED FOR OTHER PURPOSE WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF IT'S OWNER.