Time will tell by Andaleeb Wajid

"Time will tell" by Andaleeb Wajid. This book is published by Bloomsbury Publishing (IN) in 2015 and has 208 pages. This is third and final book of Tamanna trilogy.

Tamanna knows that Manoj has gone into future (2022-23) by mistake. She tells her family about Manoj. It is decided that whenever she goes to future Rajat, her friend, will accompany her. This is when the story takes a major twist.

Will Tamanna go to the future? Will the camera work after 20 years? What is the twist? Will there be a happy ending?

Andaleeb has introduced a twist in tale around 40th page and to top it up has introduced another major twist around 100th page. Although the twists are significant, I had a premonition about the second twist. She also introduces a villain in the book. This is a novelty as there was no villain in previous two books. Tamanna is kidnapped and taken to future.

Love story of Tamanna and Manoj continues with time travel in this third book. This time the story moves to future. The future is shown bleak. By a major coincidence Tamanna finds Manoj in future. Concept of formation of bubble around a person that serves as their mobile, video chat, communicator etc is interesting. Thus people will literally live in a bubble.

Although this is a good book, the previous two books were better. Author has not ended the series on a high note.

If you have read first two then it's a must read.

Back in time by Andaleeb Wajid

"Back in time" by Andaleeb Wajid. This book is published by Bloomsbury India in 2014 and has 162 pages. This is the second book of Tamanna trilogy. (I had posted a review of first book 'No time for goodbyes' last month).

Tamanna is back in past using a sepia photograph and meets Manoj in Madras. The camera which also doubles up as time machine is stolen. A cousin of ajji's husband, nicknamed 'dragon amma' by Manoj, is scheming to kick ajji and her daughters out of their house. Tamanna is in a life threatening road accident in 1983.

Can she go back to present? Will Manoj accompany her? Why does a sepia photograph cause her time travel? Does any one else know the secret of time travel?

Andaleeb has kept it simple and straight. Love story and time travel is a potent combination. Author has handled both deftly without compromising one for other or letting one overpower other.

If you have read first book, you can not resist reading this one and can't wait for the third one. The story moves on and readers are hooked. There are hilarious, dramatic and emotional situations in past and Tamanna responds to them with the experience of present.

This is a small book but it packs the punch. End of the book is again interesting and readers are sure to see another time travel in next book, but this time it will be to the future, not past.

A very good book. Must read if you have read the first one.