Dekko

by Vidhipssa Mohan

March 2020. The entire world is shutting down. Six months ago Sara moved to Scotland from India for a new chance at life but nothing has gone right since then. She is stuck in a new country in the middle of a global pandemic. She is lonely, she is homesick, her money is dwindling fast and the worst of all, she can't fall asleep at night. In an attempt to make her life better, she drinks a special kind of tea made of a rare Scottish flower only to realise that the flower is toxic and may kill her any moment. Except she doesn't die. She breaks the boundary of time and in the middle of a global pandemic, she finds a new life in the distant past... In the vein of Outlander and The Time Traveler's Wife , Dekko is a page-turner entrenched in history set against the backdrop of Scottish landscape. The Legends of Porin Book 1: Dekko Book 2: Rani

298 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 22, 2020

Reviews

[R.L.S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

For me, this started a bit slowly, but Sara's experience trying to adapt to a new culture was vividly portrayed, and I found myself forcibly reminded of my own cross-cultural experience, and how lonely and awkward it can feel to begin in a place where everybody but you seems to know how to behave.

I like the way Sara hangs on to herself and her culture even in a foreign land, and I love the parts of the book that slip back into history. The paranormal elements are an added bonus.

I wish there'd been a bit more closure at the end of this novel, but it is a Book 1, so presumably the story will come to a more full resolution at some point or another.

[Joann · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had high hopes when this story began. I found the syntax to be bothersome. The author hardly used any contractions, which I thought was strange. There were also a few incorrect words or skipped words. The story was slow-moving and at the end, still unclear. I don't know that it needed a sequel, considering that it was a shorter book. I think it needed more work in this first novel. I almost gave up several times, but pushed myself through, for some reason.

[Vidhi · Rating 5 out of 5]

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