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Just Missed
While we try to arrange marriages by matching horoscopes and compatibilities, we forget at times that “marriages are made in heaven”. We all love to say that Bollywood romantic movies are silly, and that they go overboard in their depiction of love, we actually secretly fantasize to be characters in them.
Siddharth Gupta (lovingly called Sid) is an ISB alumnus, who is an ambitious perfectionist. He wants to go up the corporate ladder at a faster pace than his age, and is doing pretty well. In his matrimonial search, Sid meets Shreya Malhotra, who herself is an IIM graduate and very career oriented. He finds Shreya the epitome of the “Beauty with Brains” tag and develops a crush on her almost instantly.
Shreya and Sid are going steady towards what looks like a ‘soon to be married’ state, but when has life been that simple! On her way to Bangkok for her friend’s bachelorette party, Shreya meets Shivam Malhotra, an IITian, with a living flirting tiger inside him. While Shivam’s cheesy lines ignite hatred in Shreya, it’s only the beginning of a story that doesn’t end in Thailand.
“Just Missed!” is the journey of a practical arranged crush, chased by crazy filmy love.
Siddharth Gupta (lovingly called Sid) is an ISB alumnus, who is an ambitious perfectionist. He wants to go up the corporate ladder at a faster pace than his age, and is doing pretty well. In his matrimonial search, Sid meets Shreya Malhotra, who herself is an IIM graduate and very career oriented. He finds Shreya the epitome of the “Beauty with Brains” tag and develops a crush on her almost instantly.
Shreya and Sid are going steady towards what looks like a ‘soon to be married’ state, but when has life been that simple! On her way to Bangkok for her friend’s bachelorette party, Shreya meets Shivam Malhotra, an IITian, with a living flirting tiger inside him. While Shivam’s cheesy lines ignite hatred in Shreya, it’s only the beginning of a story that doesn’t end in Thailand.
“Just Missed!” is the journey of a practical arranged crush, chased by crazy filmy love.
- GenresRomance
212 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 19, 2018
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About the author
Himanshu Bhatia
12 books12 followersHimanshu Bhatia was born in New Delhi. He received his B.Tech. degree in Mathematics and Computing from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. He did his MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore. Currently, he works as an actuary with a life insurance company based in Gurugram. Apart from being a national level chess player, Himanshu has a keen interest in art and music. One can always find him with his earplugs on, humming his favourite tunes! His creative mind and experiments with poetry finally tempted him to pen down his debut novel Just Missed!. For more updates, follow him on www.instagram.com/creative_hb www.facebook.com/Author.HB www.linkedin.com/in/himanshubhatia Himanshu also loves travelling and clicking beautiful pictures. Please check his page @littilstories on Instagram.
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October 7, 2020
This is a sweet & heartening Love Triangle to read ❤️
Siddharth is just another ambitious practical guy for him marriage is just another task off the To Do List 😃 Shreya has a past and is living in the shadows of it 😕 Shivam has his heart broken but takes each day as a blessing ❤️
“Just Missed” is the intertwined love story of these three 😍
Shreya & Sid are taking steps to bond for their future marital bliss with both their families already agreeing to the match 😇Shivam is developing a special bond with Shreya & it’s getting more complicated each day unknowingly😉
Both Love Shreya in their own way and what will unfold here u need to read it to Know 😁📚
Loved the fact of how well the concept of Indian arranged marriages has been depicted with addition to competitive corporate lifestyle, toxic relationships, sibling bonding, value of family every element is justified 👍🏻
The start of the book kept me engrossed till the very end in speculating & trying to sum up things in my head 🤭
Siddharth is just another ambitious practical guy for him marriage is just another task off the To Do List 😃 Shreya has a past and is living in the shadows of it 😕 Shivam has his heart broken but takes each day as a blessing ❤️
“Just Missed” is the intertwined love story of these three 😍
Shreya & Sid are taking steps to bond for their future marital bliss with both their families already agreeing to the match 😇Shivam is developing a special bond with Shreya & it’s getting more complicated each day unknowingly😉
Both Love Shreya in their own way and what will unfold here u need to read it to Know 😁📚
Loved the fact of how well the concept of Indian arranged marriages has been depicted with addition to competitive corporate lifestyle, toxic relationships, sibling bonding, value of family every element is justified 👍🏻
The start of the book kept me engrossed till the very end in speculating & trying to sum up things in my head 🤭
March 5, 2018
Just Missed by Himanshu Bhatia is an romantic fiction based on a triangle love story. Siddharth was an assistant vice president in a private bank when he turns 27 his family decides to get siddharth married and register on matrimonial site. When one day he got interest from punjabi girl, Shreya malhotra and they meet over a coffee and discuss. Also following up with several meet ups when all going well as a speed bump on straight road shivam malhotra enters into their story, where road split into two. Hence from here read and know what happened further.
The author's command over story is good and perfect even though after half story it is little predictable author made it to look realistic with a solid characterization and narration. Vocabularies are simple and helps to read it by one go.
Overall, Just Missed is an story of missed marriage opportunity by a successful corporate person. A worth read for time as it goes and touch many essence of emotions.
The author's command over story is good and perfect even though after half story it is little predictable author made it to look realistic with a solid characterization and narration. Vocabularies are simple and helps to read it by one go.
Overall, Just Missed is an story of missed marriage opportunity by a successful corporate person. A worth read for time as it goes and touch many essence of emotions.
March 15, 2018
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A slight bollywood touch to the storyline and a love triangle to keep the readers entertained. Married or missed?
I have been reading a lot of romance novels lately and Just Missed is yet another book which is added to the list.
Siddharth Gupta, an ISB alumnus is too hungry to get a taste of the ultimate success. He works harder than the rest of men of his age, puts on extra effort but one bad thing about his is that he is in a hurry to taste victory. Boy, slow down, you’ll get everything when it’s time. If you try to run faster than the clock, you might instead miss out on your chance.
A matrimonial site plays cupid. Ever ambitious Sid develops a crush on Shreya who is an IIM graduate and equally career driven. Talk about ‘Beauty with Brains’. Seems like a perfect match, right? They thought the same until the flirty Shivam Malhotra, an IITian had to enter into the plot and mess up their perfectly tuned relationship. Shreya finds him to be a flirt at the beginning but then as they get involved in conversations, the back-and-forth jibes brings out a funny and light-hearted side to him. Eventually, Shreya finds that she enjoys spending time with Shivam. Whatever happens with Sid’s and Shreya’s blossoming relationship, then? That is what the rest of the story is all about.
Shivam was a likeable character even though he was brought into the plot to create misunderstanding between Shreya and Sid but with each chapter, as his character developed, I liked him better than Sid. I can see why Shreya found him more interesting than Sid! I liked his funny, teasing side.
The language used is simple and easily understandable. The dialogues were at times funny which I loved and the characters were developed well. The author has managed to give equal screen space to the characters so that they could develop. Overall the story has a good flow.
The narration though had a nice flow, I felt that the sentence structuring could have been worked on a bit better. The book cover does represent the title and the plot on some level, but, I think that it could have been better. There were some grammatical errors but they can be easily edited out.
RATINGS :
Book Cover: ⭐⭐⭐
Book Title: ⭐⭐⭐.5
Plotline: ⭐⭐⭐
Writing Style: ⭐⭐⭐
Narration: ⭐⭐⭐
Characters: ⭐⭐⭐.5
Language and Vocabulary: ⭐⭐⭐
Grammar and Punctuation: ⭐⭐⭐
A slight bollywood touch to the storyline and a love triangle to keep the readers entertained. Married or missed?
I have been reading a lot of romance novels lately and Just Missed is yet another book which is added to the list.
Siddharth Gupta, an ISB alumnus is too hungry to get a taste of the ultimate success. He works harder than the rest of men of his age, puts on extra effort but one bad thing about his is that he is in a hurry to taste victory. Boy, slow down, you’ll get everything when it’s time. If you try to run faster than the clock, you might instead miss out on your chance.
A matrimonial site plays cupid. Ever ambitious Sid develops a crush on Shreya who is an IIM graduate and equally career driven. Talk about ‘Beauty with Brains’. Seems like a perfect match, right? They thought the same until the flirty Shivam Malhotra, an IITian had to enter into the plot and mess up their perfectly tuned relationship. Shreya finds him to be a flirt at the beginning but then as they get involved in conversations, the back-and-forth jibes brings out a funny and light-hearted side to him. Eventually, Shreya finds that she enjoys spending time with Shivam. Whatever happens with Sid’s and Shreya’s blossoming relationship, then? That is what the rest of the story is all about.
Shivam was a likeable character even though he was brought into the plot to create misunderstanding between Shreya and Sid but with each chapter, as his character developed, I liked him better than Sid. I can see why Shreya found him more interesting than Sid! I liked his funny, teasing side.
The language used is simple and easily understandable. The dialogues were at times funny which I loved and the characters were developed well. The author has managed to give equal screen space to the characters so that they could develop. Overall the story has a good flow.
The narration though had a nice flow, I felt that the sentence structuring could have been worked on a bit better. The book cover does represent the title and the plot on some level, but, I think that it could have been better. There were some grammatical errors but they can be easily edited out.
RATINGS :
Book Cover: ⭐⭐⭐
Book Title: ⭐⭐⭐.5
Plotline: ⭐⭐⭐
Writing Style: ⭐⭐⭐
Narration: ⭐⭐⭐
Characters: ⭐⭐⭐.5
Language and Vocabulary: ⭐⭐⭐
Grammar and Punctuation: ⭐⭐⭐
December 6, 2020
"What's the use of criticising people? They won't change. The only person who can and should change is in my hand-me ."
'Just missed' is an amazingly written debut novel by the author Himanshu Bhatia, comes in romance genre and was published on 1 July 2020 by fingerprint publishers.
The story revolves around three characters, Siddharth,a person whose first priority is his job and marriage is his last. Shreya, a Punjabi girl, beauty with brain. Shivam, an IIT graduate, kinda flirty type.
On Siddharth's 27th birthday, his family advices him to marry soon,he went through matrimonial sites,and finally found a girl who he kind of liked, Shreya. They went on several coffee meeting and dinners, got to know each other.
On the other hand, Shreya met a guy called Shivam, whom she hated first,but started to like him when she got to know more about him.
After several coffee meeting, Siddharth find out that a guy has entered Shreya's life.
What will happen to this trio? Grab this up to find out!
First of all,the cover of the book is gorgeous and attractive. The author has presented the story in a realistic manner and every character has been described beautifully. When I was reading,I felt like I was watching a movie,which is an amazing experience. The flow of writing is amazing with interesting plot to keep the reader hooked. The language of the book is simple and understandable,so I would recommend this to beginners or everyone who loves romance.
Overall,an enjoyable read.
'Just missed' is an amazingly written debut novel by the author Himanshu Bhatia, comes in romance genre and was published on 1 July 2020 by fingerprint publishers.
The story revolves around three characters, Siddharth,a person whose first priority is his job and marriage is his last. Shreya, a Punjabi girl, beauty with brain. Shivam, an IIT graduate, kinda flirty type.
On Siddharth's 27th birthday, his family advices him to marry soon,he went through matrimonial sites,and finally found a girl who he kind of liked, Shreya. They went on several coffee meeting and dinners, got to know each other.
On the other hand, Shreya met a guy called Shivam, whom she hated first,but started to like him when she got to know more about him.
After several coffee meeting, Siddharth find out that a guy has entered Shreya's life.
What will happen to this trio? Grab this up to find out!
First of all,the cover of the book is gorgeous and attractive. The author has presented the story in a realistic manner and every character has been described beautifully. When I was reading,I felt like I was watching a movie,which is an amazing experience. The flow of writing is amazing with interesting plot to keep the reader hooked. The language of the book is simple and understandable,so I would recommend this to beginners or everyone who loves romance.
Overall,an enjoyable read.
September 4, 2018
Just Missed by Himanshu Bhatia
Total Pages - 232
Genre - Rommantic Fiction
Publishers - Petal Publishers
About the book :
The book starts with Siddarth , who is a highly ambitious ISB alumnus . He is busy to achieve his goals . His parents force him to create an account in a matrimonial site . There he meets Shreya , who is an IIM graduate . Siddharth's heart melts when he meets Shreya face to face . But Shreya meets Shivam in her friend's bachelorette party in Bangkok . Then she looks him as a flirting person but soon her thoughts take another direction .
My views :
It's an light read . Stress buster . Author has given a bollywood touch in this story . Plot is easy going . I really love the story telling style .
But only one thing I really don't like about this book is use of "ultra-fair ". Her "ultra fair neck " and "ultra fair hand " . I don't think where we all are taking steps against racism , an author should use this type of words .
I would love to rate it 3/5 .
Total Pages - 232
Genre - Rommantic Fiction
Publishers - Petal Publishers
About the book :
The book starts with Siddarth , who is a highly ambitious ISB alumnus . He is busy to achieve his goals . His parents force him to create an account in a matrimonial site . There he meets Shreya , who is an IIM graduate . Siddharth's heart melts when he meets Shreya face to face . But Shreya meets Shivam in her friend's bachelorette party in Bangkok . Then she looks him as a flirting person but soon her thoughts take another direction .
My views :
It's an light read . Stress buster . Author has given a bollywood touch in this story . Plot is easy going . I really love the story telling style .
But only one thing I really don't like about this book is use of "ultra-fair ". Her "ultra fair neck " and "ultra fair hand " . I don't think where we all are taking steps against racism , an author should use this type of words .
I would love to rate it 3/5 .
April 19, 2021
Their feeling were vast
Maybe waiting to be in cast
They were not holding hands
But waiting for some magic wands. “
💫《~HIMANSHU BHATIA~》💫
Book : Just Missed
Author : Himanshu Bhatia
Ratings : 4.6/5
Genre : Romance Novel
Language : Simple English with a bit of Hindi words (written in English)
Pages : 294
Publisher : Fingerprintpublishingbooks
Publication Date : 1st July 2020
🌠MUST READ [ IF YOU’RE REALLY INTO ROMANCE NOVELS]🌠
🏷BOOK REVIEW🏷
▪︎ “Just Missed” is an breath-taking story written by “Himanshu Bhatia”.
▪︎ So, basically there are not many characters in this story which makes you understand the story in a much better way, and it also helps you remember all the characters and their communication in this novel accordingly. The central role in this story is played by Sid, Shreya & Shivam. Sid is a kind of boy who is very ambitious about his dreams, and who can do anything to turn them into reality. Shreya was a gorgeous girl with a high qualified job. Whereas Shivam was a handsome guy with exceptional features. Sid was going to get married to Shreya when an unpredictable incident happened between the three of them! Will Shreya and Sid still marry each other after that exploitation or just part ways?
▪︎ This is an intriguing story of true love which will keep you engrossed till the end as the author had written it in an incredible way.
▪︎ In my personal opinion, I really appreciate reading this book as I’m also a great fan of romance novels. I was literally so happy at the end as it had been more than an amazing read for me. The author’s well built efforts on making this book a hit succeeded greatly.
▪︎ So I would strongly recommend this book to all the romance fiction lovers as I’m pretty sure you all are gonna love reading this exquisite book.
Thank you for stopping by and reading it💗~
Maybe waiting to be in cast
They were not holding hands
But waiting for some magic wands. “
💫《~HIMANSHU BHATIA~》💫
Book : Just Missed
Author : Himanshu Bhatia
Ratings : 4.6/5
Genre : Romance Novel
Language : Simple English with a bit of Hindi words (written in English)
Pages : 294
Publisher : Fingerprintpublishingbooks
Publication Date : 1st July 2020
🌠MUST READ [ IF YOU’RE REALLY INTO ROMANCE NOVELS]🌠
🏷BOOK REVIEW🏷
▪︎ “Just Missed” is an breath-taking story written by “Himanshu Bhatia”.
▪︎ So, basically there are not many characters in this story which makes you understand the story in a much better way, and it also helps you remember all the characters and their communication in this novel accordingly. The central role in this story is played by Sid, Shreya & Shivam. Sid is a kind of boy who is very ambitious about his dreams, and who can do anything to turn them into reality. Shreya was a gorgeous girl with a high qualified job. Whereas Shivam was a handsome guy with exceptional features. Sid was going to get married to Shreya when an unpredictable incident happened between the three of them! Will Shreya and Sid still marry each other after that exploitation or just part ways?
▪︎ This is an intriguing story of true love which will keep you engrossed till the end as the author had written it in an incredible way.
▪︎ In my personal opinion, I really appreciate reading this book as I’m also a great fan of romance novels. I was literally so happy at the end as it had been more than an amazing read for me. The author’s well built efforts on making this book a hit succeeded greatly.
▪︎ So I would strongly recommend this book to all the romance fiction lovers as I’m pretty sure you all are gonna love reading this exquisite book.
Thank you for stopping by and reading it💗~
December 2, 2020
Just Missed is a love triangle story. So the story revolves around three main characters Shreya who is smart and independent women, Shivam who is a philanderer and Siddharth who is an ambitious and hard-working man.
Siddharth’s parents start talking about his marriage on his birthday but he doesn’t wants to get married, he want to achieve his goals first. But you know Indian parents, so he meets Shreya and instantly falls for her. their marriage gets fixed. And here enters Shivam in Shreya’s life, she doesn’t like him in the starting but gradually she starts liking him.
Now the question is Who did Shreya pick and whom she just missed?
To know what actually happened go read this book soon.
The author has done a perfect job in the narration of the story. And it doesn’t seem like his debut novel. Every element is described very beautifully and in a detailed manner. Use of poetic lines in between made the story more cheerful. the title and cover both are apt. The language was lucid.
Overall it was good and light read for me.
Siddharth’s parents start talking about his marriage on his birthday but he doesn’t wants to get married, he want to achieve his goals first. But you know Indian parents, so he meets Shreya and instantly falls for her. their marriage gets fixed. And here enters Shivam in Shreya’s life, she doesn’t like him in the starting but gradually she starts liking him.
Now the question is Who did Shreya pick and whom she just missed?
To know what actually happened go read this book soon.
The author has done a perfect job in the narration of the story. And it doesn’t seem like his debut novel. Every element is described very beautifully and in a detailed manner. Use of poetic lines in between made the story more cheerful. the title and cover both are apt. The language was lucid.
Overall it was good and light read for me.
May 29, 2021
This was such a fun read.
There were many twists and turns. The language is easy. The characters are developed well. The story just flows. You won't feel bored at anytime.
Will definitely recommend to people who want to read something light to cheer up your mood. And also for beginners as the language is simple and easy to understand with a heart warming story.
There were many twists and turns. The language is easy. The characters are developed well. The story just flows. You won't feel bored at anytime.
Will definitely recommend to people who want to read something light to cheer up your mood. And also for beginners as the language is simple and easy to understand with a heart warming story.
February 7, 2018
Book Title: Just Missed
Author: Himanshu Bhatia
Format: Paper Back
Total Number of Pages: 232
Publisher: PETALS PUBLISHERS
Publishing Year: 2017
Printed Price: INR 160
ISBN-10: 9385440438
ISBN-13: 978-9385440434
Book Title:
The title of the book ' Just Missed' gives a rough idea that the book is going to be story of emotions.
Book Cover :
A book cover image is a simple real life photograph. There is nothing much to talk about the image.
Plot:
Every person in this universe falls in love with someone or something and that's an universal fact. But not all stories have a great ending or a superb start. And when the story is between three individuals who are successful at their own professions and interests, makes the story more exciting.
Though few scenes are inspired from the movies, the story flow makes those also interesting to read.
A well written story.
Characters:
The characters in the story are nicely plotted.
Narration:
The narration is very simple and nice.
Language and Vocabulary:
Simple language and grammar was used.
My Final Verdict—
A good story is the soul of a good book . The author has given his readers a good story. A good read.
Book title: 4/5
Book Cover: 3/5
Plot: 3.5/5
Characters: 3.5/5
Narration: 3.5/5
Language and Vocabulary: 4/5
I personally rate the book 3 out of 5
October 18, 2020
Just Missed by Himanshu Bhatia is a love story with a quirky title and a gorgeous cover design to start with.
It revolves about three characters.
It has a contemporary love triangle scenario linking an intelligent woman and two men named Sid and Shivam having contrasting traits. Don't take this story as a regular one but this it carries a good amount of turns to keep you interested along with an unpredictable storyline.
Let me write a brief here.
Siddhartha is a career oriented perfectionist kind of guy who is doing well in his career. He cannot even think of marriage. But as he meets Shreya who is intelligent and pretty, practically matches the definition of a dream girl, he gives in. All is going well. They were almost ready to tie the knot when a third character drops into their lives named Shivam. He has an unconventional style that matches the modern day Casanova. He speaks cheesy lines, his ways are witty, yeah you all know them, right ? Shreya cannot stand him but then the big twists start to come one after one that concludes to the unpredictable conclusion.
With a good pace along with lucid language, it is a good leisure read for romance young adult fiction lovers.
It revolves about three characters.
It has a contemporary love triangle scenario linking an intelligent woman and two men named Sid and Shivam having contrasting traits. Don't take this story as a regular one but this it carries a good amount of turns to keep you interested along with an unpredictable storyline.
Let me write a brief here.
Siddhartha is a career oriented perfectionist kind of guy who is doing well in his career. He cannot even think of marriage. But as he meets Shreya who is intelligent and pretty, practically matches the definition of a dream girl, he gives in. All is going well. They were almost ready to tie the knot when a third character drops into their lives named Shivam. He has an unconventional style that matches the modern day Casanova. He speaks cheesy lines, his ways are witty, yeah you all know them, right ? Shreya cannot stand him but then the big twists start to come one after one that concludes to the unpredictable conclusion.
With a good pace along with lucid language, it is a good leisure read for romance young adult fiction lovers.
February 2, 2018
Book Name: Just Missed!
Author Name: Himanshu Bhatia
Format: Paperback
No of Pages: 232
Publisher: Petals Publishers (1st Ed, Nov-2017)
Blurb: The blurb portion of this book has been written in a compact way highlighting the key factors of the story. With no exaggeration, it is giving the clear idea about the content that will help the reader in making a decision to opt for this book. So, it is well enough apt indeed.
Cover: Front cover design of the book is good and the blurry touch in the image of the lady (to make sense the term “missed”) made the cover unique I must say. It is complementing the title of the book completely, so a really commendable job done by Pixel R8 Studios.
Title: The title of the book (and of course it’s presenting style!) is actually though provoking and it will make the reader curious about what was there that got missed by very closely and why, most importantly, how; thus it will tempt the reader to pick this book up and turn the pages of course (this is what happened with me actually). As it is justifying the substance of the book perfectly, hence I consider this appropriate.
Language & narration: Language of the book is lucid, simple enough to comprehend for readers. There are places where the selection of Words while crafting the sentence amazed me indeed; that says in favor of the maturity in the writing style of the author. Hindi words and lines are there at place while in conversation or in description, and meaning of some of the lines are being given along with the sentence accordingly. Language is pretty much connecting (I felt as a reader), easy go, relatable conversations made the book a bit more interesting one, and most importantly, the touch of sarcastic humor that author printed in many places (where needed) in the entire book, has taken the pleasure of the reading into another level indeed! I laughed like hell while going through some of the situations or conversations (ex- “They are looking at handbags as if it was their research project…I don’t think that IITs and IIMs teach this in their ‘Strategic Management’ or ‘Procurement’ courses”). Brand names & noticeable words and lines are written in Italic fonts to emphasize them. Coming to the narrating style, it was a fast pace, profoundly descriptive narration that made the scenes literally visualizing in front of eyes while reading and making Sid as the narrator of the story instead of Shreya or Shivam, is a very clever act of the author to gain the attention of the reader, indeed. Flawless descriptions about the scenes are one of the prior plus points of the book.
Plot: Author has mixed the amalgamation of love, humor, drama, emotions perfectly with leaving no stones unturned to make the plot quite enjoyable to craft story from; even when it comes to filmy, author has imprinted a classic filmy (ditto movie scenes or daily soap drama) essence to the base plot at places and later on, the sub plots are also complementing very well to the main flow of the story and as per the theme, the story has been put to a perfect shape to finish things off in style.
Setting: The story has been set in Delhi, and as per the progress of the story, it will cover places like Gurgaon, Bangalore, Mumbai, Bangkok- Thailand, Amritsar, Goa, Chennai, Jaipur, Tirupati, Paris.
Characterization: Clear characterization is probably the top most positive point of this story. There’re a limited number of characters to keep the limelight upon and every single character in the book have been justified to their respective roles till the end. Be it the protagonist of the story or any other character, each of them carried their own significance to add to the flavor of the book. Let’s have a look at the name of the characters mentioned in the story, they are- Siddharth Gupta aka ‘Sid’, Ishaan Mittal, Nishitha Nair, Nadini, Shreya Malhotra, Neel, Simran, Priya, Anjali Nambiar, Riya Banerjee, Shivam Malhotra aka ‘Shiv’, Mihir, Mrs. Malhotra, Kanika, Mithilesh Arora aka ‘Myth’, Parul, Pulkit Chowdhury, Chhaya, Mr. Agarwal, Ritesh, Ravi, Anita, Ajay Malhotra.
Theme: Romance, Love, Friendship, Family, Filmy.
Story in a nutshell: Siddharth Gupta is a highly ambitious, strictly career oriented, focused, dedicated, principled, workaholic gentleman of very young age, working in a bank, with very impressive & successful designation, towards a highly prosperous career and personally he belongs to a evidently wealthy, rich, classy, hugely sophisticated family background. All of his family members (Parents & Sister) are working with well settled designations in their prosperous careers respectively and able to afford visibly luxurious life in personal level. Sid was an ISB alumnus and a typical “stick to Goal” boy since the beginning of his study & career, that landed him today in the position he is in where, other boy of his age can only think of. The reputation he earned through his hard work and precious time, can others only envy of, let alone achieving in his age. Sid’s success was unstoppable and so are his goals, as his current goal is to reach the level of VP in his career. He is working hard and giving every possible effort to achieve that level, because his prime pleasure is to afford and own all the branded luxurious lifestyle, high rated comforts and to reach the highest wealthy position that a person can ever afford. Due to the love for his work, left him no time to get himself a girlfriend or ‘love’ previously and he didn’t even give it a serious thought, but as his parents are insisting him to get married now as early as possible, so he finally agreed and they started searching an ideal match for their Son through matrimonial site. Though Sid was not interested in all this, but to fulfill his parent’s wish, he started meeting the “interested” girls one after another, but at the end of the day, (luckily for him) things were not going in his favor ‘cause only rejections were there to welcome him. In this condition, he came across the profile of Shreya Malhotra (a Punjabi Khatri girl), who is also a very much career focused, IIM graduate, doing exceptionally well in her working life with an envious designation and having a decent well settled family background. She is a very much practical girl, with strikingly beautiful looks, and excelled in every possible aspect in her personal life since childhood. It was like picture perfect ‘match’ for Sid, and to the most surprise, Sid had a crush on her instantly after checking out her profile, and with further face to face interactions with Shreya, he started to feel for her (beauty and personality). Shreya was started liking her, both their families were being gelled with each other as their “criteria” of marriage complemented each other perfectly and they were looking like a “Perfect Couple” “made for each other”. Families agreed to their marriage and things were going pretty smoothly between both of them, and they were heading towards to take the thing into another level.
But probably, luck had some things to say at their “smoothly going” relationship, which is why Shivam happened to Shreya, during her Bangkok trip to attend Anjali’s (one of her bestie friends) bachelorette party. Shivam was an IITian, managing his life well according to his destiny (both career & personal level), with a settled career. But in his outer approach, he is a typical guy who flirts with any random girl and tries to woo them through his cheesy lines and PJs and he almost excelled all the levels of flirting (like as a pro). It seems like as if flirting is running in his veins instead of blood. Shivam’s cheesy lines and that kind of approach to Shreya, doing nothing good for him, but only made Shreya hate him more. Things had gone really bad at a time between them that even landed slaps in the face of Shivam by Shreya.
But, nothing is predictable, at least not life… and things did not remain the same when Shreya got to know that Shivam was hiding his real self and bearing a deep chord in his past…
What happened after that? What was the past that Shivam was bearing in his chest? Why he was so spontaneous when it comes to flirting with girls? When and how Shreya discovered his facts and how this new discovery brought the changes in conception towards him? What happened to the about to happen engagement between Sid & Shreya? What impact of Shivam that turns the life upside down of Shreya & Sid? To know these answers and to know the rest of their journey, grab your copy today and go through the story by yourself.
My Verdict: Author Himanshu Bhatia has done a commendable job by portraying such beautiful love story and developed a well maintained plot by giving it life through such connectively excellent characters. Each & every element is present in the book to make any love readers hooked with it. Especially I am touched by the lovely boon between characters, whether it a bro sis relationship, or parents children relationship, friendship bond, love knots, every relationship has been presented here with the most possible realistic way, and the charm lasted till the end indeed. It has been shown that in today’s fast running career oriented generation and running after luxuries can give you settlement, position and honor that you craved for, but of course you need to pay a heavy cost for that sometimes. Ambition and love for work has been taken care of here into a different level altogether, by proving the fact that luxuries are not that easy to get hold of. Emotions are at the peak of point in the entire story, be it love, pain, jealousy, anger, heartache, everything. The dilemma of Shreya about her feelings, the mental fight of Shivam, the genuine friendship of Riya, the love of parents, the heartache from the past of both Shreya & Shivam respectively, the crave for love, the crave for higher designation, the sacrifice of Shivam, the betrayal of Kanika, the lover boy and romantic heart of Shivam, the ups and downs of phases at different times in the love trio of Sid – Shreya – Shivam; everything portrayed well evidently and finally the pictorial ending was the cherry on the cake. I really loved the story and it was a time worthy read indeed.
Recommendation: I would love to recommend this book to every love readers, romance lovers and to everyone looking forward to a refreshing light lovely read. Especially lovers should give this book a sure shot I must say.
Rating (Overall): 4/5 Stars.
Author Name: Himanshu Bhatia
Format: Paperback
No of Pages: 232
Publisher: Petals Publishers (1st Ed, Nov-2017)
Blurb: The blurb portion of this book has been written in a compact way highlighting the key factors of the story. With no exaggeration, it is giving the clear idea about the content that will help the reader in making a decision to opt for this book. So, it is well enough apt indeed.
Cover: Front cover design of the book is good and the blurry touch in the image of the lady (to make sense the term “missed”) made the cover unique I must say. It is complementing the title of the book completely, so a really commendable job done by Pixel R8 Studios.
Title: The title of the book (and of course it’s presenting style!) is actually though provoking and it will make the reader curious about what was there that got missed by very closely and why, most importantly, how; thus it will tempt the reader to pick this book up and turn the pages of course (this is what happened with me actually). As it is justifying the substance of the book perfectly, hence I consider this appropriate.
Language & narration: Language of the book is lucid, simple enough to comprehend for readers. There are places where the selection of Words while crafting the sentence amazed me indeed; that says in favor of the maturity in the writing style of the author. Hindi words and lines are there at place while in conversation or in description, and meaning of some of the lines are being given along with the sentence accordingly. Language is pretty much connecting (I felt as a reader), easy go, relatable conversations made the book a bit more interesting one, and most importantly, the touch of sarcastic humor that author printed in many places (where needed) in the entire book, has taken the pleasure of the reading into another level indeed! I laughed like hell while going through some of the situations or conversations (ex- “They are looking at handbags as if it was their research project…I don’t think that IITs and IIMs teach this in their ‘Strategic Management’ or ‘Procurement’ courses”). Brand names & noticeable words and lines are written in Italic fonts to emphasize them. Coming to the narrating style, it was a fast pace, profoundly descriptive narration that made the scenes literally visualizing in front of eyes while reading and making Sid as the narrator of the story instead of Shreya or Shivam, is a very clever act of the author to gain the attention of the reader, indeed. Flawless descriptions about the scenes are one of the prior plus points of the book.
Plot: Author has mixed the amalgamation of love, humor, drama, emotions perfectly with leaving no stones unturned to make the plot quite enjoyable to craft story from; even when it comes to filmy, author has imprinted a classic filmy (ditto movie scenes or daily soap drama) essence to the base plot at places and later on, the sub plots are also complementing very well to the main flow of the story and as per the theme, the story has been put to a perfect shape to finish things off in style.
Setting: The story has been set in Delhi, and as per the progress of the story, it will cover places like Gurgaon, Bangalore, Mumbai, Bangkok- Thailand, Amritsar, Goa, Chennai, Jaipur, Tirupati, Paris.
Characterization: Clear characterization is probably the top most positive point of this story. There’re a limited number of characters to keep the limelight upon and every single character in the book have been justified to their respective roles till the end. Be it the protagonist of the story or any other character, each of them carried their own significance to add to the flavor of the book. Let’s have a look at the name of the characters mentioned in the story, they are- Siddharth Gupta aka ‘Sid’, Ishaan Mittal, Nishitha Nair, Nadini, Shreya Malhotra, Neel, Simran, Priya, Anjali Nambiar, Riya Banerjee, Shivam Malhotra aka ‘Shiv’, Mihir, Mrs. Malhotra, Kanika, Mithilesh Arora aka ‘Myth’, Parul, Pulkit Chowdhury, Chhaya, Mr. Agarwal, Ritesh, Ravi, Anita, Ajay Malhotra.
Theme: Romance, Love, Friendship, Family, Filmy.
Story in a nutshell: Siddharth Gupta is a highly ambitious, strictly career oriented, focused, dedicated, principled, workaholic gentleman of very young age, working in a bank, with very impressive & successful designation, towards a highly prosperous career and personally he belongs to a evidently wealthy, rich, classy, hugely sophisticated family background. All of his family members (Parents & Sister) are working with well settled designations in their prosperous careers respectively and able to afford visibly luxurious life in personal level. Sid was an ISB alumnus and a typical “stick to Goal” boy since the beginning of his study & career, that landed him today in the position he is in where, other boy of his age can only think of. The reputation he earned through his hard work and precious time, can others only envy of, let alone achieving in his age. Sid’s success was unstoppable and so are his goals, as his current goal is to reach the level of VP in his career. He is working hard and giving every possible effort to achieve that level, because his prime pleasure is to afford and own all the branded luxurious lifestyle, high rated comforts and to reach the highest wealthy position that a person can ever afford. Due to the love for his work, left him no time to get himself a girlfriend or ‘love’ previously and he didn’t even give it a serious thought, but as his parents are insisting him to get married now as early as possible, so he finally agreed and they started searching an ideal match for their Son through matrimonial site. Though Sid was not interested in all this, but to fulfill his parent’s wish, he started meeting the “interested” girls one after another, but at the end of the day, (luckily for him) things were not going in his favor ‘cause only rejections were there to welcome him. In this condition, he came across the profile of Shreya Malhotra (a Punjabi Khatri girl), who is also a very much career focused, IIM graduate, doing exceptionally well in her working life with an envious designation and having a decent well settled family background. She is a very much practical girl, with strikingly beautiful looks, and excelled in every possible aspect in her personal life since childhood. It was like picture perfect ‘match’ for Sid, and to the most surprise, Sid had a crush on her instantly after checking out her profile, and with further face to face interactions with Shreya, he started to feel for her (beauty and personality). Shreya was started liking her, both their families were being gelled with each other as their “criteria” of marriage complemented each other perfectly and they were looking like a “Perfect Couple” “made for each other”. Families agreed to their marriage and things were going pretty smoothly between both of them, and they were heading towards to take the thing into another level.
But probably, luck had some things to say at their “smoothly going” relationship, which is why Shivam happened to Shreya, during her Bangkok trip to attend Anjali’s (one of her bestie friends) bachelorette party. Shivam was an IITian, managing his life well according to his destiny (both career & personal level), with a settled career. But in his outer approach, he is a typical guy who flirts with any random girl and tries to woo them through his cheesy lines and PJs and he almost excelled all the levels of flirting (like as a pro). It seems like as if flirting is running in his veins instead of blood. Shivam’s cheesy lines and that kind of approach to Shreya, doing nothing good for him, but only made Shreya hate him more. Things had gone really bad at a time between them that even landed slaps in the face of Shivam by Shreya.
But, nothing is predictable, at least not life… and things did not remain the same when Shreya got to know that Shivam was hiding his real self and bearing a deep chord in his past…
What happened after that? What was the past that Shivam was bearing in his chest? Why he was so spontaneous when it comes to flirting with girls? When and how Shreya discovered his facts and how this new discovery brought the changes in conception towards him? What happened to the about to happen engagement between Sid & Shreya? What impact of Shivam that turns the life upside down of Shreya & Sid? To know these answers and to know the rest of their journey, grab your copy today and go through the story by yourself.
My Verdict: Author Himanshu Bhatia has done a commendable job by portraying such beautiful love story and developed a well maintained plot by giving it life through such connectively excellent characters. Each & every element is present in the book to make any love readers hooked with it. Especially I am touched by the lovely boon between characters, whether it a bro sis relationship, or parents children relationship, friendship bond, love knots, every relationship has been presented here with the most possible realistic way, and the charm lasted till the end indeed. It has been shown that in today’s fast running career oriented generation and running after luxuries can give you settlement, position and honor that you craved for, but of course you need to pay a heavy cost for that sometimes. Ambition and love for work has been taken care of here into a different level altogether, by proving the fact that luxuries are not that easy to get hold of. Emotions are at the peak of point in the entire story, be it love, pain, jealousy, anger, heartache, everything. The dilemma of Shreya about her feelings, the mental fight of Shivam, the genuine friendship of Riya, the love of parents, the heartache from the past of both Shreya & Shivam respectively, the crave for love, the crave for higher designation, the sacrifice of Shivam, the betrayal of Kanika, the lover boy and romantic heart of Shivam, the ups and downs of phases at different times in the love trio of Sid – Shreya – Shivam; everything portrayed well evidently and finally the pictorial ending was the cherry on the cake. I really loved the story and it was a time worthy read indeed.
Recommendation: I would love to recommend this book to every love readers, romance lovers and to everyone looking forward to a refreshing light lovely read. Especially lovers should give this book a sure shot I must say.
Rating (Overall): 4/5 Stars.
January 16, 2019
The book has a really pretty cover. It is really smooth. The font is good too. I am pretty sure a person who loves this genre would find the cover intriguing and would pick it up after reading the blurb.
Now moving on to the story Just Married Missed is basically a story of a love triangle between Sid, Shreya and Shivam. The story starts with Siddharth Gupta, an ambitious man with a hunger to lead a successful life and how he ends up having an account on a matrimonial site to fulfil his parent's wish that is to see him married. Sid stumbles upon Shreya Malhotra's profile and immediately finds himself getting attracted to the perfect blend of Beauty & Brains that is Shreya. Their relationship was just starting to bloom when Shreya meets Shivam who seems to be a flirt at first but as the story progresses, we see a different side to his character.
Now while Shreya is feeling the sparks with Shivam, Sid is planning their wedding. Needless to say you're in for a lot of drama. Follow these three on their journey to see who got married and who missed.
The title does full justice to the book and gives you a hint but the blurb makes the story a lot more predictable.
The plot gives you cliché bollywood vibes and the writing style makes it more tedious. I am not a fan of hardcore romance clichés so it didn't make it to my heart but I did enjoy reading it.
The narration could've been better since the plot is basic, it gives the author an opportunity to play with words and induce good vocabulary but sadly it doesn't happen in the book. I liked the fact that each character was given equal attention which makes the reader understand them better. The author tried to make the characters as realistic as possible and you can feel it while reading the story. The constant development of the characters is something I liked a lot.
The pace was a little too fast for my liking. The easy language made me finish it really easily. It was a fun light read.
People who are fans of stories with bollywood touch or are beginners will surely enjoy this book a lot more.
Read full review on blog: www.whatireadandreviewed.wordpress.com
Now moving on to the story Just Married Missed is basically a story of a love triangle between Sid, Shreya and Shivam. The story starts with Siddharth Gupta, an ambitious man with a hunger to lead a successful life and how he ends up having an account on a matrimonial site to fulfil his parent's wish that is to see him married. Sid stumbles upon Shreya Malhotra's profile and immediately finds himself getting attracted to the perfect blend of Beauty & Brains that is Shreya. Their relationship was just starting to bloom when Shreya meets Shivam who seems to be a flirt at first but as the story progresses, we see a different side to his character.
Now while Shreya is feeling the sparks with Shivam, Sid is planning their wedding. Needless to say you're in for a lot of drama. Follow these three on their journey to see who got married and who missed.
The title does full justice to the book and gives you a hint but the blurb makes the story a lot more predictable.
The plot gives you cliché bollywood vibes and the writing style makes it more tedious. I am not a fan of hardcore romance clichés so it didn't make it to my heart but I did enjoy reading it.
The narration could've been better since the plot is basic, it gives the author an opportunity to play with words and induce good vocabulary but sadly it doesn't happen in the book. I liked the fact that each character was given equal attention which makes the reader understand them better. The author tried to make the characters as realistic as possible and you can feel it while reading the story. The constant development of the characters is something I liked a lot.
The pace was a little too fast for my liking. The easy language made me finish it really easily. It was a fun light read.
People who are fans of stories with bollywood touch or are beginners will surely enjoy this book a lot more.
Read full review on blog: www.whatireadandreviewed.wordpress.com
January 11, 2019
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“Just missed” is a contemporary love triangle connecting Siddharth Gupta (lovingly called Sid), Shreya Malhotra and Shivam Malhotra. The author Himanshu Bhatia has done a commendable job by penning down a good romance story which is a very light read with a satisfactory ending.
A notable feature of this book is obviously its cover. Instead of giving an ordinary title as “Just Missed”, the word “Married” is depicted as intentionally cut off and the guy standing with eyes of hope, looking towards the girl. The blurry image of the girl is quite unique though. This will surely raise the question “what happened between them?” and then the story begins. The story is a combination of friendship, love, parent –children bonding and the dilemma of taking decisions. The language is simple and easy which helps every reader to connect with the characters.
The story also explores how Indian parents hunt the spouse for their children and how their thoughts and wishes impact on the life of their own children. The characters are developed well enough which is also a plus point. There is only a limited number of characters in this story. The author connected these characters so well to move forward the plot with quite an easiness. Pictorial representation of every scene is another plus point, especially the emotions, be it dilemma of Shreya about her feelings, love of parents, feelings of Shivam, crave for love, sacrifice, betrayal, ups and downs of relationships, everything is portrayed as picture-perfect.
The touch of sarcastic humor throughout the story gives a smooth flow which indeed helps the reader to engage with the plot. Initially, the story has been set in Delhi but as it progresses it covers a wide range of places like Gurgaon, Bangalore, Mumbai, Thailand, Amritsar, Goa, Jaipur, Tirupati, Paris.
Overall this book will give a roller-coaster ride of a Bollywood flick which will satisfy everyone’s, romantic heart.
Rating: 3.5/5
“Just missed” is a contemporary love triangle connecting Siddharth Gupta (lovingly called Sid), Shreya Malhotra and Shivam Malhotra. The author Himanshu Bhatia has done a commendable job by penning down a good romance story which is a very light read with a satisfactory ending.
A notable feature of this book is obviously its cover. Instead of giving an ordinary title as “Just Missed”, the word “Married” is depicted as intentionally cut off and the guy standing with eyes of hope, looking towards the girl. The blurry image of the girl is quite unique though. This will surely raise the question “what happened between them?” and then the story begins. The story is a combination of friendship, love, parent –children bonding and the dilemma of taking decisions. The language is simple and easy which helps every reader to connect with the characters.
The story also explores how Indian parents hunt the spouse for their children and how their thoughts and wishes impact on the life of their own children. The characters are developed well enough which is also a plus point. There is only a limited number of characters in this story. The author connected these characters so well to move forward the plot with quite an easiness. Pictorial representation of every scene is another plus point, especially the emotions, be it dilemma of Shreya about her feelings, love of parents, feelings of Shivam, crave for love, sacrifice, betrayal, ups and downs of relationships, everything is portrayed as picture-perfect.
The touch of sarcastic humor throughout the story gives a smooth flow which indeed helps the reader to engage with the plot. Initially, the story has been set in Delhi but as it progresses it covers a wide range of places like Gurgaon, Bangalore, Mumbai, Thailand, Amritsar, Goa, Jaipur, Tirupati, Paris.
Overall this book will give a roller-coaster ride of a Bollywood flick which will satisfy everyone’s, romantic heart.
Rating: 3.5/5
October 14, 2020
JUST MISSED by Himanshu Bhatia is a love triangle story of Siddharth, Shreya and Shivam, with the amalgamation of friendship, love, hate and heartbreak.
Siddharth aka Mr. Perfectionist, a hard-working, career oriented guy, who never had anytime for anything, even a girlfriend. But on his 27th birthday, his family forces him to register on the matrimonial site, where he met Shreya, a beauty with brain girl. Everything was going good and they both started liking eachother. But, Shreya went for a trip to Bangkok, where she met Shivam, an IIT graduate, flirtatious man. Initially, she hated him for being so flirty all the time but later on they both fell in love.
What will happen next?
Whom she'll marry, Siddharth ( perfect husband according to her parents ) or Shivam ( the love of her life )?
To know what happened, grab the copy and read this light-hearted book.
I loved the book cover, and the title, perfectly goes with the storyline. The author in his debut novel, portrayed every character in a fabulous way, his writing style is simple and the language is lucid. But I felt like a usual love triangle story and that too was pretty much predictable. I was expecting something unique. Overall, it's an amazing read. And I really liked those poetic lines in between the chapter :
" 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣,
𝙄𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢, 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙤𝙣,
𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩'𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣,
𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙮𝙥𝙚𝙧-𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣,
𝙄𝙛 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣."
Siddharth aka Mr. Perfectionist, a hard-working, career oriented guy, who never had anytime for anything, even a girlfriend. But on his 27th birthday, his family forces him to register on the matrimonial site, where he met Shreya, a beauty with brain girl. Everything was going good and they both started liking eachother. But, Shreya went for a trip to Bangkok, where she met Shivam, an IIT graduate, flirtatious man. Initially, she hated him for being so flirty all the time but later on they both fell in love.
What will happen next?
Whom she'll marry, Siddharth ( perfect husband according to her parents ) or Shivam ( the love of her life )?
To know what happened, grab the copy and read this light-hearted book.
I loved the book cover, and the title, perfectly goes with the storyline. The author in his debut novel, portrayed every character in a fabulous way, his writing style is simple and the language is lucid. But I felt like a usual love triangle story and that too was pretty much predictable. I was expecting something unique. Overall, it's an amazing read. And I really liked those poetic lines in between the chapter :
" 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣,
𝙄𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢, 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙤𝙣,
𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩'𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣,
𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙮𝙥𝙚𝙧-𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣,
𝙄𝙛 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣."
September 16, 2018
Marriages are made in heaven but Indian parents certainly are the agents of the arrangements.
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In India, families and society are the most important catalysts in a wedding. They can easily become either negative or positive influence in various situations. The boy and girl in the meantime play the roles of mere inactive substances in this chemical reaction called Indian wedding.
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In Himanshu Bhatia's 'Just Missed' we encounter a similar struggle in Indian scenario where nothing goes as planned. Shreya, the beautiful bride is dwindling between her engagement to Sid, the corporate guy and her friendship with Shivam. Family dates are set, arrangements are done, shopping is going on in a full craze but is the bride taking part in this big fat arranged wedding game??? Let's read the book to know who misses whom and who gets finally married and to enjoy the drama of Indian matchmaking system online..
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The author has justified to the plot, how over-dramatically an Indian wedding takes place and how the bride or the groom often gets demotivated to marriage due to the grandiosity of arrangements. The story is pretty predictable as it also reminded me of the recent Kareena Kapoor starrer film Veere di Wedding where the bride constantly becomes nervous for the dramas of families over the wedding. Similar is the setting with a different story. The author is very observant in building Shreya's character, how her mind changes, how she reacts with every turn of events are pretty delightful. Sid and Shivam are two different kinds of characters to posit the difference for Shreya to choose between them. Moreover, it's a delightful, easy read to enjoy your time with popcorn just like watching a Bollywood film. 📚
Recommend? Yes, only if you love a dose of family drama in romance.
Rating- 3.5/5⭐
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In India, families and society are the most important catalysts in a wedding. They can easily become either negative or positive influence in various situations. The boy and girl in the meantime play the roles of mere inactive substances in this chemical reaction called Indian wedding.
📚
In Himanshu Bhatia's 'Just Missed' we encounter a similar struggle in Indian scenario where nothing goes as planned. Shreya, the beautiful bride is dwindling between her engagement to Sid, the corporate guy and her friendship with Shivam. Family dates are set, arrangements are done, shopping is going on in a full craze but is the bride taking part in this big fat arranged wedding game??? Let's read the book to know who misses whom and who gets finally married and to enjoy the drama of Indian matchmaking system online..
📚
The author has justified to the plot, how over-dramatically an Indian wedding takes place and how the bride or the groom often gets demotivated to marriage due to the grandiosity of arrangements. The story is pretty predictable as it also reminded me of the recent Kareena Kapoor starrer film Veere di Wedding where the bride constantly becomes nervous for the dramas of families over the wedding. Similar is the setting with a different story. The author is very observant in building Shreya's character, how her mind changes, how she reacts with every turn of events are pretty delightful. Sid and Shivam are two different kinds of characters to posit the difference for Shreya to choose between them. Moreover, it's a delightful, easy read to enjoy your time with popcorn just like watching a Bollywood film. 📚
Recommend? Yes, only if you love a dose of family drama in romance.
Rating- 3.5/5⭐
December 12, 2020
Just Missed by Himanshu Bhatia is an intriguing read, I liked the way how the author narrated this story with very few characters that are really very beautiful and the main highlight is the language which is very easy and simple that makes this book an engaging and entertaining read.
Story is about trio Siddharth, Shreya, and Shivam. Sid is a complete workaholic, marriage is the last thing on his mind. Due to family pressure he made a profile on matrimonial site, and there he find Shreya, they started meeting and Sid even planning to marry her but destiny has some other plans for them. Shivam entered in Shreya’s life, and she started liking him. Now you have to read this book to know, What will happen with this trio?
There are not too many characters so the story goes pretty smoothly. The Story has so many variations that make me laugh, cry, entertain too at the same time.
Overall a very well written and easy-breezy read.
Story is about trio Siddharth, Shreya, and Shivam. Sid is a complete workaholic, marriage is the last thing on his mind. Due to family pressure he made a profile on matrimonial site, and there he find Shreya, they started meeting and Sid even planning to marry her but destiny has some other plans for them. Shivam entered in Shreya’s life, and she started liking him. Now you have to read this book to know, What will happen with this trio?
There are not too many characters so the story goes pretty smoothly. The Story has so many variations that make me laugh, cry, entertain too at the same time.
Overall a very well written and easy-breezy read.
September 22, 2018
The story of Shreya, Siddharth and Shivam. A love triangle of the characters, very much bollywoodish. Shreya and Siddharth getting along throught matrimonial site amd then Shivam neets Shreya while travelling. Shivam being a flirt, annoyed Shreya and the story goes on.
The good thing about the book was the writing. The narration from different point of views made the story progressive and interesting.
Author has explained all the characters well. Amongst all, i liked siddharth the most. Also, Shivam's character was strong.
Plot was obvious but smooth.
Rating- 3.5/5
The good thing about the book was the writing. The narration from different point of views made the story progressive and interesting.
Author has explained all the characters well. Amongst all, i liked siddharth the most. Also, Shivam's character was strong.
Plot was obvious but smooth.
Rating- 3.5/5
September 2, 2018
Book-just missed
Author-himanshu bhatia
It's unusual love story of Sid , shreya and shivam which is well portrayed with simple narration. Sid meet shreya through a matrimonial side and decided to marriage.meanwhile shreya meet shivam their friendship grows from infraction to love. It's a good book by himanshu bhatia sir
Author-himanshu bhatia
It's unusual love story of Sid , shreya and shivam which is well portrayed with simple narration. Sid meet shreya through a matrimonial side and decided to marriage.meanwhile shreya meet shivam their friendship grows from infraction to love. It's a good book by himanshu bhatia sir
October 2, 2018
Just Missed! is the story of Siddharth Gupta, Shreya Malhotra and Shivam Malhotra, which eventually turns out to be a love triangle. Siddharth is a highly ambitious person whose primary goal in life is to make the best out of his career. When his parents decide to get him married, Siddharth is reluctant at first, fearing it'll interfere with his job but once he meets Shreya, he falls for her almost instantly. Shreya is a lively, straight-forward, smart girl and the two of them start dating each other. However, on her way to attend her best friend's bachelorette party in Bangkok, Shreya meets Shivam Malhotra and begins to despise him for his incessant flirting. But as fate would have it, Shivam and Shreya become friends soon enough and eventually develop romantic feelings for each other as well. Just Missed! depicts their story from being arch enemies to life partners.
Thumbs Ups:
- The flow of the story is good. The language is simple and the story itself is fast paced.
- The connection between the characters are well explored. Be it Siddharth's relationship with his parents and sister, Nandini or the friendship between Shivam and Mithilesh, the bonds seemed genuine.
- I particularly loved Shreya's character. She knows the value of friendship, she knows how to stand up for her friends, more importantly she doesn't give up even when she has every reason to.
- The romantic in me loved how Shivam planned the date for Shreya. It was grand and full of surprises and made me smile from ear to ear.
Thumbs Downs:
- There were a few grammatical errors and editing mistakes which I believe could have been avoided if a thorough editing had been done.
- I didn't get the obsession of the author with the word 'ultra'. He uses it time and again in the book and it pissed me off especially when he uses the word "ultra-fair" to describe Shreya's complexion. What does fairness have to do with anything? Wouldn't they have loved Shreya had she not been fair? That's simply shallow.
- The poems used in between the story didn't add much to it. the concept was nice, but there wasn't anything extra-ordinary about the poems.
Overall, it was a light and fun read. If you are a romantic at heart and love stories with a touch of grand gestures, this might be the right pick for you. I'd like to thank the author for providing me with a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Thumbs Ups:
- The flow of the story is good. The language is simple and the story itself is fast paced.
- The connection between the characters are well explored. Be it Siddharth's relationship with his parents and sister, Nandini or the friendship between Shivam and Mithilesh, the bonds seemed genuine.
- I particularly loved Shreya's character. She knows the value of friendship, she knows how to stand up for her friends, more importantly she doesn't give up even when she has every reason to.
- The romantic in me loved how Shivam planned the date for Shreya. It was grand and full of surprises and made me smile from ear to ear.
Thumbs Downs:
- There were a few grammatical errors and editing mistakes which I believe could have been avoided if a thorough editing had been done.
- I didn't get the obsession of the author with the word 'ultra'. He uses it time and again in the book and it pissed me off especially when he uses the word "ultra-fair" to describe Shreya's complexion. What does fairness have to do with anything? Wouldn't they have loved Shreya had she not been fair? That's simply shallow.
- The poems used in between the story didn't add much to it. the concept was nice, but there wasn't anything extra-ordinary about the poems.
Overall, it was a light and fun read. If you are a romantic at heart and love stories with a touch of grand gestures, this might be the right pick for you. I'd like to thank the author for providing me with a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
July 6, 2018
Just Missed is a story of Siddharth, Shreya and Shivam. Sid meets Shreya in his matrimonial search and has a crush on her. When the two starts spending time together, there comes Shivam. Like a Bollywood movie, a love triangle happens here. what will happen next?
The plot of the story is simple and interesting. The story is well narrated by the author. I loved how the narration shifted from Siddharth's point of view to Shreya's point of view and then there was Shivam's Diary. The dialogues written by the author are interesting. I loved how the story was progressing. The language used by the author is easy, I loved when it was time to read Shivam's diary. It was full of fun and love. One can connect with the book from the very first page. The pace and the flow of the book is smooth and crisp. There are many themes that one will witness in this book. Love, hate, betrayal, struggle, friendship, relationship, each and everything is described beautifully.
The characters that the author made are Accurate. Though there are so many characters that at times, confused me. I loved Shivam's character the most. The witty side of him. Shreya and Shivam's characters were also strong, but Shivam's character was the best. I liked the title of the book, though the cover could have been different and little more attractive. This book is a simple and Bollywood style story with some drama. It's a quick and easy read.
Simple plot, easy Language, little drama and some wonderful characters make it an interesting read.
If you like reading light novels, go for it.
The plot of the story is simple and interesting. The story is well narrated by the author. I loved how the narration shifted from Siddharth's point of view to Shreya's point of view and then there was Shivam's Diary. The dialogues written by the author are interesting. I loved how the story was progressing. The language used by the author is easy, I loved when it was time to read Shivam's diary. It was full of fun and love. One can connect with the book from the very first page. The pace and the flow of the book is smooth and crisp. There are many themes that one will witness in this book. Love, hate, betrayal, struggle, friendship, relationship, each and everything is described beautifully.
The characters that the author made are Accurate. Though there are so many characters that at times, confused me. I loved Shivam's character the most. The witty side of him. Shreya and Shivam's characters were also strong, but Shivam's character was the best. I liked the title of the book, though the cover could have been different and little more attractive. This book is a simple and Bollywood style story with some drama. It's a quick and easy read.
Simple plot, easy Language, little drama and some wonderful characters make it an interesting read.
If you like reading light novels, go for it.
January 28, 2018
Just (Married) Missed by Himanshu Bhaita is love triangle which goes around shivam, shreya and sid. The title can't be more apt than this and cover goes well with the plot. The narrative style is just perfect and author did a fabulous job this being his debut novel. The characters are simple and relatable. Language used is lucid and coherent.
The story starts where Sid and shreya happen to meet through a matrimonial site. While they were in process of knowing each other, shreya had an unexpected encounter with shivam. She finds him as big flirt and rich spoiled brat. When destiny played it's cards well shivam and shreya falls for each other, about which sid has no clue of. Will Sid be able to handle this? Will shreya and shivam stand side by side in fighting all odds come in their way? To know more about sid, shreya and shivam give it a read friends. It's 4 out of 5 stars for me :)
The story starts where Sid and shreya happen to meet through a matrimonial site. While they were in process of knowing each other, shreya had an unexpected encounter with shivam. She finds him as big flirt and rich spoiled brat. When destiny played it's cards well shivam and shreya falls for each other, about which sid has no clue of. Will Sid be able to handle this? Will shreya and shivam stand side by side in fighting all odds come in their way? To know more about sid, shreya and shivam give it a read friends. It's 4 out of 5 stars for me :)
September 9, 2018
The book cover is very cute with a title which attracts your attention. It points towards this being a romantic story and you won't be disappointed. The font size and style is also good with great page quality. The heavenly smell of the pages attracted me to read it soon.
This is a story of a boy named Siddharth who is a very ambitious man with a dream to be the vice chancellor of the company where he is working right now. He gives his best to his work and he cannot comprise with his work. He is a decent guy who doesn’t has much expectations from his love life. He agrees reluctantly to log in to a matrimonial site after his parents pressurize him for marriage.
Shreya is an IIM graduate who has left any hope of finding her love so decides to go for arranged marriage. She starts to go out on dates with Sid to understand each other in a better way. She then meets Shivam who is an IITian and a shameless flirt. They both argues on almost all the topics they talked about.
Shivam is an IIT graduate who is a shameless flirt meets Shreya on airport during a flight and ends up finding himself in front of Shreya, again and again. He has his own past to learn from and has decided that he won’t ever let Love catch him. He becomes friends with Shreya and then surprises her on several instances.
Shreya is engaged to Sid, but again the heart of Shivam has started to feel the long ignored feeling of love, What will be the end?
The writing style of the author is interesting and hooks you from the very start of the story. It is simple yet with ornaments which makes you admire the beauty and deep meaning of the sentences. Also the several instances where the words have been converted into poetry will leave you mesmerized. There are several Hindi sentences used which have their meaning given in English alongside which adds to its real wala feel.
The characters are well developed. The ambition of Siddharth overpowers his senses of good and bad. He has been shown as he was with all the real feels which one experiences while dating and day dreaming.
Also this book is from the point of view of Sid, and thus there are several instances where the narration becomes beautiful and more romantic, at least for me. Shreya is not very cheesy but likes surprises and a bit of pampering just like every girl wants. This makes her character more realistic. The small gestures through which Shivam respects everyone is remarkable and makes him a gentleman along with a flirt freak. This is a complete Bollywood type story.
The story is predictable but still I wanted to finish it and read more. The end is quite emotional and I will suggest you to read it till last. I loved to read this book and was quite astonished to know that this was a debut book of the author.
Characters in the story are very well developed whether be it Sid , Shreya or Shivam, All three of them has been portrayed beautifully with the required details. Even the characters of Mithilesh and Nandini has been portrayed beautifully, no one seemed ignored.
I'll suggest you all to read this one, the characters, the plots and the climax is all known yet unknown.
Note: This was a review copy provided to me by the author himself. All the thoughts are honest and my own.
This is a story of a boy named Siddharth who is a very ambitious man with a dream to be the vice chancellor of the company where he is working right now. He gives his best to his work and he cannot comprise with his work. He is a decent guy who doesn’t has much expectations from his love life. He agrees reluctantly to log in to a matrimonial site after his parents pressurize him for marriage.
Shreya is an IIM graduate who has left any hope of finding her love so decides to go for arranged marriage. She starts to go out on dates with Sid to understand each other in a better way. She then meets Shivam who is an IITian and a shameless flirt. They both argues on almost all the topics they talked about.
Shivam is an IIT graduate who is a shameless flirt meets Shreya on airport during a flight and ends up finding himself in front of Shreya, again and again. He has his own past to learn from and has decided that he won’t ever let Love catch him. He becomes friends with Shreya and then surprises her on several instances.
Shreya is engaged to Sid, but again the heart of Shivam has started to feel the long ignored feeling of love, What will be the end?
The writing style of the author is interesting and hooks you from the very start of the story. It is simple yet with ornaments which makes you admire the beauty and deep meaning of the sentences. Also the several instances where the words have been converted into poetry will leave you mesmerized. There are several Hindi sentences used which have their meaning given in English alongside which adds to its real wala feel.
The characters are well developed. The ambition of Siddharth overpowers his senses of good and bad. He has been shown as he was with all the real feels which one experiences while dating and day dreaming.
Also this book is from the point of view of Sid, and thus there are several instances where the narration becomes beautiful and more romantic, at least for me. Shreya is not very cheesy but likes surprises and a bit of pampering just like every girl wants. This makes her character more realistic. The small gestures through which Shivam respects everyone is remarkable and makes him a gentleman along with a flirt freak. This is a complete Bollywood type story.
The story is predictable but still I wanted to finish it and read more. The end is quite emotional and I will suggest you to read it till last. I loved to read this book and was quite astonished to know that this was a debut book of the author.
Characters in the story are very well developed whether be it Sid , Shreya or Shivam, All three of them has been portrayed beautifully with the required details. Even the characters of Mithilesh and Nandini has been portrayed beautifully, no one seemed ignored.
I'll suggest you all to read this one, the characters, the plots and the climax is all known yet unknown.
Note: This was a review copy provided to me by the author himself. All the thoughts are honest and my own.
October 20, 2018
As common as it is to have arranged marriages in India, one just wants to be loved.. irrespective of all other criteria in a relationship. We have come a long way from marriages being arranged without the consent of the bride and groom, even when they were basically toddlers (scary.. I know!) to finding suitable matches and getting a courtship period before engagement so that there is scope to check compatibility. This calls for a suitable match.. where love happens over a period of time.. The heart often can’t wait and grabs every opportunity it can get.. sometimes even from the jerkiest jerk you’ll see around 😛
Having read a lot of contemporary romances, I did not have much to expect from “Just Married Missed” even though the way in which the title was put up stirred some hopes in my heart. I am so glad that I read this book because it gave me all the feels.
When I got introduced to Shivam in the book, I hated him to the core.. I mean.. what a douchebag! As the story progressed, I caught the second lead syndrome and rooted so hard for him even though I felt so bad for Sid.. No matter who ended up with Shreya, someone was bound to get hurt and that to for no fault of his own! It was a roller-coaster ride and kept me glued once I started it! It made me happy, sad and anxious!
I do not have such any complaints against this book.. except another round of proof reading could have done it some good. Given this is the debut work of Himanshu Bhatia, I must say I will be eager to see more of his work.. hoping it will only get better!
Recommended if you are looking for a good Indian romance that will give you all the feels!
For more such reviews hop on to my blog: https://livinginfictionsite.wordpress...
Having read a lot of contemporary romances, I did not have much to expect from “Just Married Missed” even though the way in which the title was put up stirred some hopes in my heart. I am so glad that I read this book because it gave me all the feels.
When I got introduced to Shivam in the book, I hated him to the core.. I mean.. what a douchebag! As the story progressed, I caught the second lead syndrome and rooted so hard for him even though I felt so bad for Sid.. No matter who ended up with Shreya, someone was bound to get hurt and that to for no fault of his own! It was a roller-coaster ride and kept me glued once I started it! It made me happy, sad and anxious!
I do not have such any complaints against this book.. except another round of proof reading could have done it some good. Given this is the debut work of Himanshu Bhatia, I must say I will be eager to see more of his work.. hoping it will only get better!
Recommended if you are looking for a good Indian romance that will give you all the feels!
For more such reviews hop on to my blog: https://livinginfictionsite.wordpress...
September 25, 2018
Just Married Missed by Himanshu Bhatia is a debut novel
About the Story:
The story whirls around Sid, Shreya and Shivam. Even though marriages are fixed by checking for horoscopes and compatibilities we often forget fate decides its own probability and “Marriages are made in heaven”.
Sid meets Shreya through a Matrimonial site where things goes smooth, they both met each other shared their values and Sid started adoring Shreya. She brings a change in Sid’s programmatic life.
And there comes Shivam, she thinks him as a flirt initially but soon gets attracted by Shivam and falls for him. But Shivam already is in love with Kanika, but their marriage was left behind due to their parent’s disapproval.
The meetup with Shivam, and their first date made Shreya much more attracted, parallelly her marriage with Sid was fixed by their parents. A sudden tragic happens were Shivam encounters an accident. There are so many twists and turns in the story likely enjoyable.
Is Shreya destined to Sid or Shivam? Will Kanika marry Shivam? Will Shivam survive the accident? What if fate divides them? Lies the suspense of the story.
About the book:
It’s a trio love story. The plot of the story is good, and flow was smooth. The characters were well designed and played their part in place.
The language is simple and intact, and the pacing is good. This book is more kind off filmy stuff rather than a novel.
I likes Shivam’s character as he was more into empathy and an understanding character. Moreover, a trio love story as their own puzzle ending which is unpredictable.
I would like to give 3.5 star for this beguile novel and recommend for all who read “Romance” genre.
About the Story:
The story whirls around Sid, Shreya and Shivam. Even though marriages are fixed by checking for horoscopes and compatibilities we often forget fate decides its own probability and “Marriages are made in heaven”.
Sid meets Shreya through a Matrimonial site where things goes smooth, they both met each other shared their values and Sid started adoring Shreya. She brings a change in Sid’s programmatic life.
And there comes Shivam, she thinks him as a flirt initially but soon gets attracted by Shivam and falls for him. But Shivam already is in love with Kanika, but their marriage was left behind due to their parent’s disapproval.
The meetup with Shivam, and their first date made Shreya much more attracted, parallelly her marriage with Sid was fixed by their parents. A sudden tragic happens were Shivam encounters an accident. There are so many twists and turns in the story likely enjoyable.
Is Shreya destined to Sid or Shivam? Will Kanika marry Shivam? Will Shivam survive the accident? What if fate divides them? Lies the suspense of the story.
About the book:
It’s a trio love story. The plot of the story is good, and flow was smooth. The characters were well designed and played their part in place.
The language is simple and intact, and the pacing is good. This book is more kind off filmy stuff rather than a novel.
I likes Shivam’s character as he was more into empathy and an understanding character. Moreover, a trio love story as their own puzzle ending which is unpredictable.
I would like to give 3.5 star for this beguile novel and recommend for all who read “Romance” genre.
October 8, 2018
After a last few serious and heavy books that I read lately, I picked up this one.
And trust me, it was a stress buster for me. A really light romantic read with a touch of Bollywood. The pace of the story is good, neither fast nor slow. The plot and characters are very well set. The narrations are amazing. Though the story is predictable, it's gripping, it got me hooked from the very first page.
I loved the title and the cover of the book. The title is very thoughtful, apt and funny at the same time. It was because of the title that I picked up this book, and I am so glad that I did😉
The story is about love triangle between Siddharth, Shreya and Shivam.
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BLURB:
While we try to arrange marriages by matching horoscopes and compatibilities, we forget at times that “marriages are made in heaven”. We all love to say that Bollywood romantic movies are silly, and that they go overboard in their depiction of love, we actually secretly fantasize to be characters in them. Siddharth Gupta (lovingly called Sid) is an ISB alumnus, who is an ambitious perfectionist. He wants to go up the corporate ladder at a faster pace than his age, and is doing pretty well. In his matrimonial search, Sid meets Shreya Malhotra, who herself is an IIM graduate and very career oriented. He finds Shreya the epitome of the “Beauty with Brains” tag and develops a crush on her almost instantly. Shreya and Sid are going steady towards what looks like a ‘soon to be married’ state, but when has life been that simple! On her way to Bangkok for her friend’s bachelorette party, Shreya meets Shivam Malhotra, an IITian, with a living flirting tiger inside him. While Shivam’s cheesy lines ignite hatred in Shreya, it’s only the beginning of a story that doesn’t end in Thailand. “Just Married Missed!” is the journey of a practical arranged crush, chased by crazy filmy love.
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"Their feelings were vast
Maybe waiting to be in cast
They were not holding hands
But waiting for some magic wands."
Definitely recommended to all the romance lovers❤
And trust me, it was a stress buster for me. A really light romantic read with a touch of Bollywood. The pace of the story is good, neither fast nor slow. The plot and characters are very well set. The narrations are amazing. Though the story is predictable, it's gripping, it got me hooked from the very first page.
I loved the title and the cover of the book. The title is very thoughtful, apt and funny at the same time. It was because of the title that I picked up this book, and I am so glad that I did😉
The story is about love triangle between Siddharth, Shreya and Shivam.
.
.
.
BLURB:
While we try to arrange marriages by matching horoscopes and compatibilities, we forget at times that “marriages are made in heaven”. We all love to say that Bollywood romantic movies are silly, and that they go overboard in their depiction of love, we actually secretly fantasize to be characters in them. Siddharth Gupta (lovingly called Sid) is an ISB alumnus, who is an ambitious perfectionist. He wants to go up the corporate ladder at a faster pace than his age, and is doing pretty well. In his matrimonial search, Sid meets Shreya Malhotra, who herself is an IIM graduate and very career oriented. He finds Shreya the epitome of the “Beauty with Brains” tag and develops a crush on her almost instantly. Shreya and Sid are going steady towards what looks like a ‘soon to be married’ state, but when has life been that simple! On her way to Bangkok for her friend’s bachelorette party, Shreya meets Shivam Malhotra, an IITian, with a living flirting tiger inside him. While Shivam’s cheesy lines ignite hatred in Shreya, it’s only the beginning of a story that doesn’t end in Thailand. “Just Married Missed!” is the journey of a practical arranged crush, chased by crazy filmy love.
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"Their feelings were vast
Maybe waiting to be in cast
They were not holding hands
But waiting for some magic wands."
Definitely recommended to all the romance lovers❤
October 8, 2020
How long have you enjoyed a love triangle story?
The book unfolds three main characters Sid(the narrator), Shreya and Shivam.The story revolves around Shreya who is engaged to Sid falls in love with Shivam. The events of the book clearly pictures the essence of true and faithful love on one hand and expresses the pain and grief of having an innocent heart to be shattered by the loved one.
The best prt of the book that I felt was the portrayal of love. While contemporary books and authors add spice to their plot, the factor of lust wasn't there at all, but the readers could sense the loyalty in love in the book and defenitely enjoy it. It's not like I don't believe in lust or I'm against it but yes, I stand a little more for faithful, trustworthy, sincere love- happening relationships. People say such love can be seen only in films and in dreams, but they happen in real life too, the only fact is, such faithful hearts are already broken by some cruel minds. They just need the right one to heal them and the, they are all set. This is a vivid theme in the book.
The book is written in 291 pages and the story is really heart and soul winning, language simple yet not so informal, plot not so complicated but straight, ideas and concepts not so complex but understandable and relatable. The dairy entries of Shivam, the helplessness of Sherya, the stand of Mithilesh(Shivam's friend) and many such emotional parts can make readers teared. Best recommended to people who still believe in true and faithful love. Rather than being cheesy, the author is more spiritual and devotional to the idea of love- I truly loved it !
Grab it soon and find whom will Shreya marry !
The book unfolds three main characters Sid(the narrator), Shreya and Shivam.The story revolves around Shreya who is engaged to Sid falls in love with Shivam. The events of the book clearly pictures the essence of true and faithful love on one hand and expresses the pain and grief of having an innocent heart to be shattered by the loved one.
The best prt of the book that I felt was the portrayal of love. While contemporary books and authors add spice to their plot, the factor of lust wasn't there at all, but the readers could sense the loyalty in love in the book and defenitely enjoy it. It's not like I don't believe in lust or I'm against it but yes, I stand a little more for faithful, trustworthy, sincere love- happening relationships. People say such love can be seen only in films and in dreams, but they happen in real life too, the only fact is, such faithful hearts are already broken by some cruel minds. They just need the right one to heal them and the, they are all set. This is a vivid theme in the book.
The book is written in 291 pages and the story is really heart and soul winning, language simple yet not so informal, plot not so complicated but straight, ideas and concepts not so complex but understandable and relatable. The dairy entries of Shivam, the helplessness of Sherya, the stand of Mithilesh(Shivam's friend) and many such emotional parts can make readers teared. Best recommended to people who still believe in true and faithful love. Rather than being cheesy, the author is more spiritual and devotional to the idea of love- I truly loved it !
Grab it soon and find whom will Shreya marry !
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 11, 2020
The plot of the book is very well crafted in the sense that the complexity of modern relationships has been captured beautifully. The story initially talks about Siddhartha and Shreya and one is lulled into believing that the story is about them, but only till the moment till the flight to Bangkok happens. I loved how the relationship between Shreya and Shivam is explored. The fights seem extremely natural and that is something that establishes the storytelling prowess of Himanshu. The romance has been beautifully crafted between the characters, and it actually feels natural. The best part about the book for me was the really long date and the way it sets the characters rolling for the climax. While it was super cheesy, I could actually relate to it. The climax of the story was super filmy and yet somehow tied up everything with a bow.
Coming to the characters, Siddhartha as a character was no surprise, specially today where fancy titles and long working hours have become a measure of success. His attention to work was commendable, but it was a mirror that actually shows that we have forgotten that one also has a personal life. Shreya was a bit of an interesting character. Career-driven yet focuses on relationships that are in her life. Romantic to a fault, she was for many purposes, one that balanced out Siddhartha’s lack of interest in relationships. Shivam, on the other hand, was a character that focused on others, rather than on himself. This is evident through many incidents, first with Kanika, and later with Shreya, when he changes his own life just so that others are not inconvenienced.
Coming to the characters, Siddhartha as a character was no surprise, specially today where fancy titles and long working hours have become a measure of success. His attention to work was commendable, but it was a mirror that actually shows that we have forgotten that one also has a personal life. Shreya was a bit of an interesting character. Career-driven yet focuses on relationships that are in her life. Romantic to a fault, she was for many purposes, one that balanced out Siddhartha’s lack of interest in relationships. Shivam, on the other hand, was a character that focused on others, rather than on himself. This is evident through many incidents, first with Kanika, and later with Shreya, when he changes his own life just so that others are not inconvenienced.
March 19, 2021
Review
In the beginning, the story of the book kept me engrossed but till the end, it gave me a very tough time as the ending didn't gave me a good vibe and kinda frustrated me and felt some cliche mixed there in the story.
After reading this book I lost my essence to read the trio love story and I would try not to read as well.
I had some good time and some bad time also with this book but overall the book is good to read.
If you love to read trio love story then you can choose this book to read and I hope you love it as for me it is not that good.
Glimpse
Shreya marriage is fixed and is talking to the boy for the past many months and is engrossed with him but she met a guy on a plane and started hating him because of his flirt behaviour and selfish attitude.
Siddharth is a perfectionist in every zone but is still single and don't give a damn about love life but when Shreya enters his life he lost his heart to her and wanted to marry her soon and is very excited to be her husband.
Shivam nature is very flirting and is very cute to girls and entertain them very well but Shivam was not always like this he was also the guy who falls in love and do illogical things but his Destiny has other plans for him and when he ended up seeing Shreya he was once again feeling some love building inside him.
What will happen with them now as one is very excited to Marrying the girl and one is flirting in nature, now the question is what's there future holds for them to know more grab the book and start reading.
In the beginning, the story of the book kept me engrossed but till the end, it gave me a very tough time as the ending didn't gave me a good vibe and kinda frustrated me and felt some cliche mixed there in the story.
After reading this book I lost my essence to read the trio love story and I would try not to read as well.
I had some good time and some bad time also with this book but overall the book is good to read.
If you love to read trio love story then you can choose this book to read and I hope you love it as for me it is not that good.
Glimpse
Shreya marriage is fixed and is talking to the boy for the past many months and is engrossed with him but she met a guy on a plane and started hating him because of his flirt behaviour and selfish attitude.
Siddharth is a perfectionist in every zone but is still single and don't give a damn about love life but when Shreya enters his life he lost his heart to her and wanted to marry her soon and is very excited to be her husband.
Shivam nature is very flirting and is very cute to girls and entertain them very well but Shivam was not always like this he was also the guy who falls in love and do illogical things but his Destiny has other plans for him and when he ended up seeing Shreya he was once again feeling some love building inside him.
What will happen with them now as one is very excited to Marrying the girl and one is flirting in nature, now the question is what's there future holds for them to know more grab the book and start reading.
December 11, 2020
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Just Missed
by Himanshu Bhatia
The book talks of simple and intricate emotions of day to day life with a complexity of most adorable sentiment as love. Siddhartha, a practical and ambitious man with his nitpicking nature falls in love with the girl next door - Shreya inspite of the fact that he was not ready to marry or pick up on the family. Shreya, on the other hand is also adored by the boy named Shivam. This trip of these trio makes the book an engaging read. It's definitely a page turner - with all its enormity of scene creation, imagery and expressions.
There were a few spots where over indulgence of characterisation is visible and a few spots where one could feel the lack of other romantic aspects in the plot. Other than that, the book is an emotional bundle of heartwarming joy with the balance of past and present making it a beautiful illustration of future.
The story has done justice in the framework of romance and thrill at the very same moment. The author has undoubtedly proceeded with the creative imagination with some of the Easter eggs hidden only for those who wish to know the life of the protagonist completely. The simple yet affluent writing style of the author would pamper the readers with an unaltered engagement.
The book is a very light and relevant read especially in context of modern relationships. It is recommended for those who wish to read something calm and composed especially after reading crime and justice.
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Just Missed
by Himanshu Bhatia
The book talks of simple and intricate emotions of day to day life with a complexity of most adorable sentiment as love. Siddhartha, a practical and ambitious man with his nitpicking nature falls in love with the girl next door - Shreya inspite of the fact that he was not ready to marry or pick up on the family. Shreya, on the other hand is also adored by the boy named Shivam. This trip of these trio makes the book an engaging read. It's definitely a page turner - with all its enormity of scene creation, imagery and expressions.
There were a few spots where over indulgence of characterisation is visible and a few spots where one could feel the lack of other romantic aspects in the plot. Other than that, the book is an emotional bundle of heartwarming joy with the balance of past and present making it a beautiful illustration of future.
The story has done justice in the framework of romance and thrill at the very same moment. The author has undoubtedly proceeded with the creative imagination with some of the Easter eggs hidden only for those who wish to know the life of the protagonist completely. The simple yet affluent writing style of the author would pamper the readers with an unaltered engagement.
The book is a very light and relevant read especially in context of modern relationships. It is recommended for those who wish to read something calm and composed especially after reading crime and justice.
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October 6, 2020
BOOK : JUST MISSED
AUTHOR : HIMANSHU BHATIA
RATING : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Love stories always fascinate me and specially reading about love triangles is a different fun.JUST MISSED by HIMANSHU BHATIA is a story which revolves around three people namely Siddharth,Shreya and Shivam.Siddharth is a 27 year old guy who is very hardworking and dedicated person.He was also called as Mr.Perfectionist.
He had no interest in getting married but his parents wanted him to get married really soon.They made Siddharth's profile on a matrimonial site.In this course Siddharth rejected many girls and many girls rejected Siddharth.One day he came across Shreya's profile to which he reacts in a way unlike the way he reacted to others.He fell for her and so did she.Both the families were also happy with each other.Everyhting was running smoothly until Shivam enters Shreya's life.As we all know a third person is usually bound to break a bond,so will Shivam break this marriage?
Who is Shivam?
Does he have a prior connection with Shreya?
Will Shreya fall for Shivam and cancel her marriage with Siddharth?
To know these answers head ahead and read this amazing story and concept.The language used is lucid and so is the vocabulary. Although not forgetting the cover which is attractive enough.Overall a good and intriguing read.
AUTHOR : HIMANSHU BHATIA
RATING : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Love stories always fascinate me and specially reading about love triangles is a different fun.JUST MISSED by HIMANSHU BHATIA is a story which revolves around three people namely Siddharth,Shreya and Shivam.Siddharth is a 27 year old guy who is very hardworking and dedicated person.He was also called as Mr.Perfectionist.
He had no interest in getting married but his parents wanted him to get married really soon.They made Siddharth's profile on a matrimonial site.In this course Siddharth rejected many girls and many girls rejected Siddharth.One day he came across Shreya's profile to which he reacts in a way unlike the way he reacted to others.He fell for her and so did she.Both the families were also happy with each other.Everyhting was running smoothly until Shivam enters Shreya's life.As we all know a third person is usually bound to break a bond,so will Shivam break this marriage?
Who is Shivam?
Does he have a prior connection with Shreya?
Will Shreya fall for Shivam and cancel her marriage with Siddharth?
To know these answers head ahead and read this amazing story and concept.The language used is lucid and so is the vocabulary. Although not forgetting the cover which is attractive enough.Overall a good and intriguing read.
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