The Readdicts Monthly Giveaway 2016 #2 (February) *Featuring Srishti Quickies*

Hi everyone, welcome to our February giveaway, as part of our Monthly Giveaway 2016. If you missed the January giveaway, check it out here.

This time, we have collaborated with Srishti Publishers and Distributors and we are giving away four- yes. four- books and these books are all the books released by Srishti Publishers and Distributors under their Quickies line. 

Here's what you can win: 

   

This giveaway was planned at the perfect time, becasue Srishti has come up with the Quickies box-set which was launched at the World Book Fair in Delhi recently. That's also why Arup @ Srishti has very generously offered to give away a box-set of all the four Quickies to one lucky winner, which means that this giveaway will have two winners! 

You can find Sarika's reviews for the books at the following links: 

Dark Temptation: The Naughty Proposal!

10 Rules of F**G Around

Daring Daroga: Killer in the Shadows and Catch Me? No You Can't!

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Thank you so much for stopping by, and happy reading! 

Also guys, our buddy KM over at Writer and Tales has started her own monthly giveaway, so make sure you check out her first giveaway. 

And of course, we'd like to thank Arup and Srishti for always supporting us. Don't forget to show them some love in the comments! 

Review- 10 Rules of F**G Around by Vicky Arora

Goodreads Summary:

Ronnie is 18 and wants to hook up with as many hot chicks as possible. Since practice makes a man perfect, he practices every day with different partners or multiple partners. His philosophy: Footiyas will choke themselves with just one girl. Footiyas? Oh, the guys who go to an ice cream shop if their girlfriends say 'I like chocolate flavour' and not to the chemist.

He shares his flat with DJ who has perfected the art of happy hour nights. To DJ, even an easy addition sum of 1+1 equals to 'happy hour'. 
And there's Bhaskar - cute, studious, nice guy, whose assignments everyone copies. He thinks no girl likes him and wants a girlfriend desperately.

Ronnie decides to help with his 10 rules, which when applied correctly can get anyone the girl of their dreams. Rules which are a sure short way of helping him get a girl. But the rules can also get them in trouble if they backfire and unleash the wrath of a woman scorned. 
Will his rules help them mount the pinnacle? or will Ronnie fall short of expectations?

REVIEW:

From the looks of it, I had a feeling that 10 Rules of F**G Around would be a silly yet funny read, and that is exactly what it turned out to be. I do mean funny in a very positive sense, because the book made me laugh many times. However, when it comes to silly, the book was very dumb to the point that all the sexist thoughts in it annoyed and irritated me to no end. So while it was comic most of the time, I cannot possibly deny the fact that it was way too sexist and full of female objectification for my feminist taste. 

10 Rules of F**G Around is written in the first person's point of view where the reader gets in the head of spoilt brat Ronnie Kapoor who is a self-proclaimed bad boy and hence, considers himself a charmer. Now I have nothing against bad boys and self pride, but the whole playing games to get the girl (in bed) drama was simply unnecessary and immature. I mean, Ronnie wants every other girl he sees to sleep with him and that's unacceptable. At least, there was some conversation between him and the girls, so the book wasn't all about sex. Thank heavens! However, the excessive use of Hindi in an English book and the ridiculously pathetic mention of Honey Singh songs almost regularly got on my nerves. 

Like I mentioned before, the book did make me laugh because of Ronnie's sense of humour and that's the reason why it gets an extra star from me, but when I look at it closely, I cannot bring myself to accept, let alone like, the book. For a quick read, yes, it was fun, silly and helped pass time, but true as it could be, I just detest reading about boys who only look at women as sexual objects. If it weren't all about getting the girl in bed, but just about Ronnie's life in general, I would have thought of liking the book more. 

*A copy of 10 Rules of F**G Around by Vicky Arora was provided by Quickies- Srishti Publishers and Distributors in exchange for an honest review. We thank them for the book. 

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Review- Dark Temptations: The Naughty Proposal! by Shanaya Taneja

Goodreads Summary:

Tara: "I'm not interested in getting involved with a nice guy. No more serious relationships! I just want to enjoy. This time it's going to be my rules, my way."

Sneha: "Who cares whether he is a nice guy or a bad guy. As long as he is a guy, you need to enjoy him and move on. At least, that's what I do." 

Dheeraj: "This can just be our way to fulfil our dark temptations. Is that what you wanted to hear? So you just take care of the time we plan to share, and leave the rest to a rich rascal like me." 

Abhimanyu: "Let's enjoy every moment." 

A wild night of pleasure and passion brings up The Naughty Proposal! that takes them on a bumpy ride from one bed to another. A proposal which involves sinful delight, amorous games, and unbridled passion, where pleasure is the ultimate prize. Or is the prize something else?

REVIEW:

I usually don't read erotica much, but I decided to give Dark Temptations: The Naughty Proposal! a shot anyway as it was a quick read. What I liked most about the story was its ending. What happened at the end, I saw that coming, but knowing books, you know it never goes that way you see it in your head. So while the twist was very interesting, it wasn't new for me because I predicted that something of the sort would happen. Nonetheless, I was just glad that the story didn't end in a traditional way. 

The Naughty Proposal! is the story of four people: Sneha, Tara, Abhimanyu and Dheeraj. All of them are portrayed as independent people looking for a good time. The story starts out at amazing party host, Sneha's house. Sneha finds herself hooking up with the very hot Abhimanyu and she tries her best to convince her friend Tara to hook up with another hottie, Dheeraj. While things don't go as planned, they eventually end up going on a very predictable path. 

The Naughty Proposal! goes from the point of view of all the characters, but mostly from Tara and Dheeraj's points of views in third person. There was hardly a time when we go into Abhimanyu's head, which was odd, because every other character got some say. Then again, at the same time, I feel a lack of his point of view was needed to keep the story slightly mysterious. Like I said at the very beginning, the end of the book was quite the surprise and ended up making the book a quick and decent read. 

*A copy of Dark Temptations: The Naughty Proposal! by Shanaya Taneja was provided by Quickies- Srishti Publishers and Distributors in exchange for an honest review. We thank them for the book. 

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