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•we are going to be that one photo in each other’s life.•

Love! How things change with time and the only thing that remains constant is Love. That ready to fight through all the challenges, and obstacles until the other person gives up.

Prakasshgupta Prakash Gupta’s The love that never happened is about his journey, his love, his Alisha. Taking readers down the memory lane, to the college days and first love, Prakash brings back many memories. The friendships, crush, confession and love. You will surely miss your college friends after reading this book.

Things change with time, Prakash’s love for Alisha remained the same. What happened when their college was over? Where did life take them to?

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It’s a cute story of love, hope and loss. The plot of the story is simple and relatable. Crisply narrated with an engaging writing style, Prakash takes the readers back to his college days. With the shifting plots between the past and present, I liked the candidness and simplicity in his writing style.

It’s a bit slow-paced story with too many details and slangs. The story picks up well in the second half. I liked the unexpected twists in the events at the end of the story. The climax was definitely unpredictable and stunned me.

The author keeps the conversations light and candid. The characters are well sketched by the author. One could relate to the situations well. With a blend of drama, love, and friendship, it’s a sweet Lil story of love that almost happened, I would say.

A light, witty read that you will enjoy.

Summary

“The love that never happened” is based on the stories of the author during his engineering days with a touch of fiction. With this book, he is celebrating the young love that made him feel alive. Because as St. Augustine said, “Better to have loved and lost, than to never loved at all” Prakash and Alisha, 2 completely different individuals meet during their B-Tech days. It is a ride to the time of adulthood when life was young and wild. Life had no rules then as if the rules of life always stayed out of the campus gate. A tale of friendship from B-Tech days, 4 friends and their hostel life, and how love is celebrated in boys’ hostel. It’s not only about love, but it’s also about the friendship of those days. It’s about the transition from a Student to a Corporate employee. It’s about the innocence with which Alisha and Prakash lived their college life. It’s about the first love of campus, it’s about that Old Monk party of Hostel. We get to live college with Prakash and Alisha and see life through them. Their love, which starts with a “Hi”, moves to coffee dates, then to long walks, then to Lovers park. Love was in their hands and they did it perfectly. This book is about the different aspects of love and how life takes a turn the moment you move out of the campus gate. It’s about the reality of life and two innocent souls, who only loved each other. The book takes you back to those college random days, those stupid moments, which were not stupid then. Alisha’s care towards the restless soul like him is a thing to watch. Two different perspectives of life, but the best part is they loved each other. It’s not important that you love and be loved, you must express what you feel in your own stupid ways. This is about, “Not so stupid moments”. “Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.” – St. Augustine

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