
Sathian’s second novel (after
Gold Diggers) opens with Sanjana Satyananda in the middle of divorcing her husband Killian, whom she left behind in India after they disagreed over whether to have children. They haven’t spoken in nearly a year. Sanjana’s best friend and her husband are gleefully expectant parents, whereas Sanjana is feeling melancholy about her own life after terminating a pregnancy before leaving Killian. Then Sanjana starts receiving texts from unknown senders congratulating her on her pregnancy and sending photos they believe are of her with Killian in India. But the pictured woman is not Sanjana, so she goes on a quest to find out who her doppelganger is and to learn more about her, her relationship with Killian, and the pregnancy. Relationships, mental health, well-being, motherhood, jealousy, and contentment are explored as Sanjana returns to India, where she winds up at a fertility clinic known as the God Complex. Readers may deem some of the novel’s subplots more successful than others, but all will agree that the overall story remains suspenseful to the very end.
VERDICT This well-crafted, mysterious novel with some dystopian twists is a worthwhile read. Fans of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale will devour it.
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