The title of the book affirms that love can last forever.

At 18, Ronit a freshly minted graduate from the Naval college in Mumbai meets Aisha. Aisha – the sister of his arch-nemisis. He falls head-over-heels in love. Aisha also feels the same. They spend 7 long years dating and finally tie the knot. They move into Ronit’s family home in Delhi. Marriage doesn’t agree with them. They fight. Aisha heads back to Mumbai and Ronit finds a job on an oil-laden ship navigating the Somalian waters. Ronit is depressed and shares his woes with Shekar, the ship captain. Shekar urges him not to give up on true love.Shekar shares his love story. One filled with being orphaned, wooing the girl, marrying her and finally divorcing her. Only after divorce he comes to know that his ex-wife had cancer and she pushed him away. Ronit gets back on land. Makes up with Aisha. Happily ever after.

The book is told from Ronit’s point of view which is quite unique in this genre. I liked how the story flowed. The author takes us between scenes in ease and the plot moves along with ease.

I don’t gravitate to the romance genre much.It is so easy to fall in to the cliched route and make your characters appear shallow. The book suffered because of that. The lead characters seem to lead a one-dimensional life with no focus on reality. The mother who doesn’t seem to take an interest in her son’s life, a sister (who coincidentally has marital problems when Aisha moves in and resolves them as soon her brother reconciles with his wife), a wife who moves back home but doesn’t file divorce papers or read the news about a hijacked ship – the book has enough potholes.

What holds this book together and prevents it sinking like Titanic is Khanna’s clear writing and the relatively unknown settings on a ship that has been hijacked.

This book would make a great beach read.

I received a free copy of this book for review. All opinions are my own.