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Faith and The Beloved: Review



Naithy Cherozil is a rich and successful business woman from Mumbai who marries the young and handsome model Tony D’Souza after the death of her spouse. Little does she know that the ideal sex slave of her husband is the sleeper cell of a terror outfit. Events in her life take unforeseen turns as the male Mata Hari is activated.

Prem Rollands is a ‘Kalari’ exponent and a brilliant student whose world revolves around his brother Arun. Things go awry when the police kill Arun under mysterious circumstances. Prem kills the inspector in retribution and is on the run. He is on the lookout to find the dark secrets leading to Arun’s death. Prem must avenge those who have plotted to kill his brother.

Eighteen year old Alice Cherozil knows more about computers and mystery games than a girl of her age. Her life falls apart when her mother is hospitalised and in a coma. She is playing the ultimate mystery game of her life as the web of secrets surrounding two precious diamonds and her stepfather threaten to destroy her family. She overcomes the moral dilemma to kill her stepfather. Alice must outwit the underworld and stay ahead of all to save her mother’s life or the guilt of her failure will haunt her forever.

As the lives of Naithy, Prem and Alice cross each other they must retain their faith and protect their beloved ones, even at the cost of their own lives.

A riveting saga of love, lust, betrayal, intrigue and revenge.




I recently finished reading Faith and The Beloved by Kochery C Shibu.

The book set against the theme of terrorist organizations and how their agents infiltrate the various aspects of life in a country ad function without arousing suspicions. The story is written in the form of multiple POVs (Points of view), which helps the reader understand the developments leading to the various situations which occur in the book.

Naithy is a perceptive, strong woman who is independent as well as a swift thinker; She is a successful businesswoman originating from a wealthy, powerful and narrow-minded family. She fights the odds to study well and emerges victorious, setting up her own advertising agency.

Naithy’s daughter Alice is partially a foil of her mother. She has the shrewdness, bravery and wiseness we associate with Naithy. She is quick, courageous, knows what she needs to do to protect herself and endure, and is unhesitant to do it. She loves her mother and would do anything to protect her.

Then we have Prem. His only parent figure in life was his brother Arun. He loves and respects his brother, believing every word he says as the ultimate truth.

His brother’s intentional killing fills him with grief: but he doesn’t just mourn for him, but he also plans out and implements an elaborate and multi-faceted vengeance scheme.

The plot is based on how the lives of these three people, along with the lives of various other people converge because of multiple small acts, setting off an entirely new chain of events. There are details and events which at first are dismissed as unimportant which later turn out to be the very things that shape the course of the book.

Why did Alice kill her step-father? Why is she on the run? What really happened to Naithy? What was the plot behind Arun’s death? What are the diamonds everyone keeps referring to? And what is the sinister foe after Alice and Naithy?

These questions race through our minds over the course of the book. We feel Alice’s worry and admire her ingenuity in protecting herself, sympathize with Prem for losing his brother and feel high regard for Naithy’s quick and firm decisions.

Our minds race as we try to figure out what the characters will do next, faced with their individual adversities. The plot was intense and intricate, with each separate situation revealing a completely diverse side of the characters.

The only thing I disliked was the amount of information dealt out to the reader. Whether it was regarding the backstories of the characters or concerning the events, there was too much detail. Some things had no role in the narrative to the slightest degree and could have been excluded. The book can be a slightly confusing first read and might need to be read twice to completely understand the entire chronicles of events that transpire.

It is a complex read which will require two reading to be completely understood with a slight information excess, but overall having an intriguing and intense plot.



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