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The tale of the rich and the flamboyant!

Sisters is a typical Shobha De tale, masala maar ke. True to her style, De portrays the life of Indian high society with minute details. It is a story of two illegitimate sisters brought together by one tragedy after another. The sisters, in a typical movie style, are the prettiest and the sexiest girls in town. The men they meet are gorgeous and scums! Yeah, all of them. The girls have little morals, which makes it a very racy read. From murder, rape, manipulation, politics to romance, sex, and adulatory…De never disappoints.

The story has predictable twists; if you are soap opera viewer, you will see the death, the takeover, the marriage coming just on the next page. However, to the author’s credit, the book is fairly gripping. If you start off, you will finish it. De’s eye for detail and speedy writing style can be seen at its best.