The Karachi Deception – Shatrujeet Nath

Posted on November 20, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Three elite commandos of the India Army – Major Imtiaz Ahmed, Captain Shamsheer Suleiman and Lieutenant Rafiq Mehmood – are chosen for once in a lifetime one-of-a-kind mission: to enter Pakistan and eliminate the dreaded underworld don, Irshad Dilwar. Despite the detailed planning, the puzzle pieces don’t fit into place. It…

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The Glorious Heresies – Lisa McInerney

Posted on November 18, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I don’t spend every second social occasion fantasising about enormous inanimate objects that one time used to mean something to me. But I’ve been fucked these past three weeks. I’ve been sick, and tired, and dizzy, and dead. And so that fucking piano is taunting parts of me I kept well…

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The Hearts We Mend -Kathryn Springer

Posted on November 15, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Widowed at the age of 25, Evie Bennett has spent the last 13 years raising her son Cody, encouraging women to boldly pursue God’s plan for their future. She wasn’t happy, as per the dictionary definition, but she was content. But all her organisational skills went up the flames when she…

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What now?

Posted on November 13, 2016 by J D Jung

(by JD Jung) I apologize for the lack of activity on UnderratedReads, but I have been preoccupied with the depressing results of the recent U.S. Presidential election.  Actually, I have been in a daze, feeling powerless to fight what I know is evil and wrong. Chock it up to my naiveté, but I’m shocked by…

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Ashvamedha: The Game of Power – Aparna Singh

Posted on November 6, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Ashwin Jamal is a charismatic youth icon with a fan following that is larger than all the politicians combined and he just became the youngest Prime Minister of India. Little does he know that for the last 25 years, he has been groomed to be the most powerful leader of the…

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Pearl, MD – Marie Bartlett

Posted on November 3, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) This book revolves around the time when a woman is not welcome to have a profession other than being a housemaid and giving birth. Men dominate and make decisions for her. If a woman decides to beat the social norm, such as Pearl, they choose to make her life unbearable, in…

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My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive – Julissa Arce

Posted on November 1, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “In less than two weeks there was more than a good chance my secret would finally be exposed---the secret that could ruin my life, that could send me to jail, that could end my career before it ever began. The secret I’d been forced to keep since I was fourteen years…

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Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2016 by J D Jung

(by JD Jung) For those of you who celebrate Halloween, we would like to remind you to have fun but keep it safe. Though the American tradition of the day tends to be quite campy, there are some underrated reads that are anything but that. Here are just a few of my personal international favorites for the…

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Storm of Ecstasy (The Guardians of the Realms Book 9) – Setta Jay

Posted on October 28, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Being the son of Hades and a Guardian of Realms means Pothos has been gifted with immense power; powers that he struggles to control. The fact that half of his heritage is from the unknown world of Thule adds on to the complication of the growing darkness that is encroaching upon…

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Bunyan’s Guide To The Great American Wildlife- Quentin Canterel

Posted on October 25, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I don’t want to be weak. I want to have a voice like everyone else…Without a voice, I am nothing.” That’s how many of us feel. However for some, this sentiment is monumental. Take John, for instance. He was a twenty-three year old anarchist who was writing a guide to the…

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