Review of the Book "VIRGIN"

Title: Virgin

Author: Cheryl Brooks

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca, an imprint of                      Sourcebooks, Inc.

Year of Publication: 2011

Gist of Book

The book is exotic and sensuously erotic science fiction. The Author Ms. Brooks is a critical nurse by night and a romance writer by day. Previously published works in her Cat Star Chronicles series include Slave, Warrior, Rogue, Outcast, Fugitive and Hero. The Book ‘Virgin’ talks about a man who valued his freedom more than any woman until his eyes caught up the sight of a young and beautiful bar girl inside the bar where he was enjoying his drink. 

For last 33 years, he was all alone being captain to his own ship and delivering services to the people in that city. The moment he saw that girl, it suddenly changed his attitude towards girls and started dreaming about her instantly. His friends always used to tease him for not having able to win woman’s heart. This time he has his chance. When he was about to leave, the girl came to him asking him to take her with him in his ship to her place because she doesn’t want to live there. He was happy and with other passengers on board they left. He fell immensely in love with her and even she was very much happy to be his first woman in life. The journey was awesome and the author has put all kinds of descriptions that the readers can easily picture. 

As they travel, they came to know that they are with the mission to be accomplished. The girl has her necklace (Acquerri stone) put on her neck. It was given by her father who was once a ruler in her village. The village broke up into chaos and disorders and broke up into two groups. They were fighting over the reinstatement of peace and all were in search of one of the five stones lost from their temple because of which the disorders are believed to have occurred. Knowing the mission, they gave their live to bring back the peace in that village. The people in that village knew the stone is kept safe with the daughter of their previous ruler but no one knew where his daughter was. When they saw the stone on girl’s neck, the mission has been explained to them and they accepted the mission. Risking their lives, they manage to put back the stone in the temple. The moment the stone has been put back in the temple, the words of an oracle have been heard from heaven “by the hand of the loss daughter of Aquerei (name of that place) shall the new age begin”. The peace has been restored. After that they led a very happy life together.

Interesting facts about the book

As we read thorough the books, the author gives even a very small detail of a situation which gives reader a clear picture of what has been described. The author also creates suspense in the reader in every end of the chapter which gives reader a passion to read more and more. It gives smile on the reader’s face, tears in their eyes and fear in heart as we read through the book. Though fiction, it enables us to think of another world in this world.  

              

Lessons Learnt   

In relation, we should not give our body without giving our heart. Like the main protagonist in this book who did not even touched a woman who have thrown themselves at his feet until he met a woman to whom he gave all his heart. The other thing is perseverance. Perseverance is an effective tool to accomplish any mission in life.