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Days of Our Lives
They are the Tanjavur Thunders
Anu, Avi, Charlie, Meher, and Shashi are childhood friends who promised to be together no matter what. But life, and adulting, got in the way and now all they have together is a text chain group.
Until...
Bubbly, protected Shashi Shivaramakrishnan announces her engagement to a reserved engineer, Arjun Seshadri, and her surprise promotion to Mumbai.
Avi and Meher, the happiest married couple ever, are at a crossroads - Meher Raghuman wants a baby more than Avi Sreedhar. Avi's conservative Iyer parents finally love their daughter-in-law.
Anu Harinandan is a quiet, demure doctor who dreams of going to the US in a few months with a secret no one knows...
Her love for Charlie Thomas, the broken bad boy, the vagabond of the group who has, more or less, disappeared for the last ten years.
When Shashi convinces Anu to move into a flat in the same complex as Meher, Avi, and Arjun, the Tanjavur Thunders reunite for a rocking three months. And the *galaataa* fun really begins when Charlie also comes down for their reunion.
But the Thunders are kids no longer. And adult relationships come with their own baggage - secrets, lies, heartbreak and more.
Can these five friends survive their reunion without losing themselves, or each other?
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261 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 15, 2019
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About the author
Aarti V. Raman
50 books220 followersHi, there I’m USA Today Bestselling Romance Author Aarti V Raman. I write all shades and forms of romance or will in the future because I suffer from writing attention deficit disorder. I must tell all the stories! So, my romances range from romantic comedy, chick lit to romantic suspense and dark romance starring tortured billionaires and suffering military types!
Before I turned to writing and telling these stories full-time, I was a teacher, business journalist and editor for close to fifteen years. So my heroines are career-minded, city-living, strong-willed hot messes who still have their lives together. I believe in writing what I know and I know me best so most of these heroines are Indian (South Asian women of color).
I also believe in writing more of what I want so my heroes are indecently hot, filthy rich, fiendishly smart with secret hearts of gold. Thus, the angst and steam-meter are off the charts when stubborn force meets immovable object on the way to happy ever after. So does the banter and danger, because what’s love without a little bit of jeopardy, am I right?
I’m a TEDx speaker and 24 of my romances have hit the Amazon Bestseller Charts so I can also proudly call myself an Amazon 100 International Bestselling Author. My chick lit dramedy “The Worst Daughter Ever” has been optioned for screen. My bestselling Millionaire Foes series is part of the Writers on the Moon Project, on a time capsule to go to the actual moon. Most notably, I’ve been absolutely privileged to be part of two fantastic for-charity anthologies, Stand for Ukraine and Dissent.
I’m also known as Writer Gal. I live in Mumbai with my large and largely loveable extended family in a version of my three favorite words – Happy Ever After.
Before I turned to writing and telling these stories full-time, I was a teacher, business journalist and editor for close to fifteen years. So my heroines are career-minded, city-living, strong-willed hot messes who still have their lives together. I believe in writing what I know and I know me best so most of these heroines are Indian (South Asian women of color).
I also believe in writing more of what I want so my heroes are indecently hot, filthy rich, fiendishly smart with secret hearts of gold. Thus, the angst and steam-meter are off the charts when stubborn force meets immovable object on the way to happy ever after. So does the banter and danger, because what’s love without a little bit of jeopardy, am I right?
I’m a TEDx speaker and 24 of my romances have hit the Amazon Bestseller Charts so I can also proudly call myself an Amazon 100 International Bestselling Author. My chick lit dramedy “The Worst Daughter Ever” has been optioned for screen. My bestselling Millionaire Foes series is part of the Writers on the Moon Project, on a time capsule to go to the actual moon. Most notably, I’ve been absolutely privileged to be part of two fantastic for-charity anthologies, Stand for Ukraine and Dissent.
I’m also known as Writer Gal. I live in Mumbai with my large and largely loveable extended family in a version of my three favorite words – Happy Ever After.
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January 19, 2020
Days of Our Lives is the first book that I am reading written by Aarti V Raman. Knowing and following her journey for the last couple of months in social, I was not really surprised by her fantastic style and narration. It's Writer Gal we are talking about here, after all! Coming to the plot and the story, this book literally covers friendship, love, marriage - everything. It deals with three women who are facing issues in love at different stages of their lives. One is engaged to a man who doesn't want her, while another woman is facing marital disharmony. A third one has the chance to rekindle her long lost love, only to almost lose it for all. How do these women overcome their ordeals while traversing through their friendship?
What I really liked about this book: the style and narration, the fast pace, the very relate-able characters and their struggles, and the way it all comes together in the end. The author is certainly a master in writing contemporary fiction, and that is very evident in this book.
I really don't have any con to point out. If I must really talk about one, I only wish she'd reduced the local dialect a bit which would make it easier for readers who do not know Tamil.
What I really liked about this book: the style and narration, the fast pace, the very relate-able characters and their struggles, and the way it all comes together in the end. The author is certainly a master in writing contemporary fiction, and that is very evident in this book.
I really don't have any con to point out. If I must really talk about one, I only wish she'd reduced the local dialect a bit which would make it easier for readers who do not know Tamil.
January 31, 2020
This is a story of friendship, family, love, understanding, marriage and also the stresses that come along with it.
The realistic and relatable characters have been developed beautifully, and as the story moves along, the layers keep adding to them. The friendship has been beautifully described and the conversations between the characters are realistic. The friendship between the girls and even that between the five of them is worth reading.
The language is simple, and I enjoyed how she had interspersed the conversation with commonly used Tamil words, but as I do not follow the language, I had to keep going till the end to know their meaning, so as to enjoy it more. So maybe, if the author can add the meanings of the Tamil words as a footnote on the page where the word is mentioned, it would make it more enjoyable.
I loved the narration and the fast pace of the book, as it moved from one friend to another.
The realistic and relatable characters have been developed beautifully, and as the story moves along, the layers keep adding to them. The friendship has been beautifully described and the conversations between the characters are realistic. The friendship between the girls and even that between the five of them is worth reading.
The language is simple, and I enjoyed how she had interspersed the conversation with commonly used Tamil words, but as I do not follow the language, I had to keep going till the end to know their meaning, so as to enjoy it more. So maybe, if the author can add the meanings of the Tamil words as a footnote on the page where the word is mentioned, it would make it more enjoyable.
I loved the narration and the fast pace of the book, as it moved from one friend to another.
December 16, 2019
Absolutely Lovable
Love, family, friendship --- this one has it all. It's a balanced concoction of romantic, melancholy and hilarious. I really hope someone would create a webseries on this soon.
Love, family, friendship --- this one has it all. It's a balanced concoction of romantic, melancholy and hilarious. I really hope someone would create a webseries on this soon.
August 23, 2023
I got this book for free from one of the on the line book sales, thinking it would be nice to read a Indian adaptation of one of my favorite TV shows (Friends)! But immediately from the beginning I didn’t and quiet like the formatting of the book and it was really hard to read at least on the e-book version. I also wish there was some way to have a glossary because I know that it was cool to incorporate some of the actual dialect into the dialogue of the novel, but it was hard to read at times.
DNF.
DNF.
March 21, 2020
True friendship is forever
A very good read for those who value their friends and friendship. A subtle but emphatic way to reiterate the fact that you have to love and accept a person as a whole, no conditions apply!!
A very good read for those who value their friends and friendship. A subtle but emphatic way to reiterate the fact that you have to love and accept a person as a whole, no conditions apply!!
June 27, 2023
Awesome
A lovely tale of lasting friendships and love after marriage and heartbreak... A tale very different from Aarti's other books
A lovely tale of lasting friendships and love after marriage and heartbreak... A tale very different from Aarti's other books
December 10, 2020
Loved it
The story is very much relatable ,when the school friends meet later in life when situations change. It is so satisfying to know,your friends love you for what you are, not what you have metamophosed into. Loved the storyline and storytelling
The story is very much relatable ,when the school friends meet later in life when situations change. It is so satisfying to know,your friends love you for what you are, not what you have metamophosed into. Loved the storyline and storytelling
May 29, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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