About book
Puja, 19, confused, energetic, fiery. Her philosophy – Life is complicated and only super achievers have it figured out. Her strict mother sends her to a rural location in Kerala to spend her summer vacation doing volunteer work..
Arush, 20, studious, careful, shy. Born and raised in Britain, he is elated when he gets an opportunity to spend 12 weeks in India, a place his parents are from and one he has never been to.
When Puja and Arush meet, their stark differences are obvious to each other. But with choppy internet and no other distractions, they start getting to know each other and slowly fall in love. But falling in love and staying in love are not the same thing.
When disaster strikes, Puja is forced to confront the harsh realities of life while Arush realises
that India is not always the picture-perfect postcard he presumed it was. Desperately fighting to
expose the truth and save themselves, what happens to their love? Is it strong enough to survive
forces beyond their control? Is it deep enough to drown their own doubts?
Sometimes you have to travel far to find your true self.
A gripping novel from Preeti Shenoy, about young love and discovery.
Book review
(REVIEW on YOUTUBE) This is a story of puja and Arush and their love and survival
The story starts with Arush 20 years old, a very studious boy. careful also, and equally shy. He is Born and raised in Britain, only his name is Indian.
he always dreams of India and wanted to visit India.
he gets thrilled when he gets an opportunity to spend 12 weeks in India to be specific in Kerala.
Where puja is 19 years old kind of normal girl, who believes only a few people can achieve success, only a few people know how to find passion and she doesn’t know how to figure out things in life. Her mother is very strict.
and she sends her to a rural location in Kerala to spend her summer vacation, but she is not interested to go there.
now both are in Kerala for volunteer work with little interest, no Netflix & chill,
literally no other distraction, nothing much to do.
After a few days, Ayush realizes India is not what he expected where puja has to face the truth of life. in between, they fall in love with each other.
There is a lot of things that happen in camp.
(I felt like my college days while reading at some extend) there is police, hospital, ganja lot of things involved.
After pooja left camp?
Not what will arush do?
Will he go back to the UK or stay in camp?
so what at the end?
I really loved the father’s character of pooja.
Other characters are the story.
The story is slow-paced in starting after 20-25 chapters it takes some grip.
Still, there are some unrealistic thing that happens in the plot which I don’t expect.
The story explores a lot of heritage of Kerala. I might visit someday.
To be honest, Its an average read for me!
Expected a lot after wake up life is calling
Actually rating 3.3