Book Review of YA Fiction When She Smiled by Ritoban Chakrabarti

When She Smiled
Author:Ritoban Chakrabarti
Print Length: 234 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1502850575
Publisher: Ritoban Chakrabarti; 1 edition (November 30, 2014)
Language: English
ASIN: B00QFXTPL6

Book Description:

Mrityunjoy Roy is a fifteen year old Bengali who has spent the last ten years of his life growing up in Shimla, India. While his family is completely academically oriented, he wants something more. Finally he meets Akanksha in school, who turns his world upside down with her gorgeous looks and mind boggling smile. As fate would have it, she joins his tuition, and thus begins the torrid year of puppy love, romance, heartbreak, tragedy, and self discovery. Set among the scenic Shivalik hills of Shimla when mobile phones and internet were non-existent, this is a story of how an average young teenager comes to terms with his destiny.

Book Review:

Brittany Perez (Oh My Bookness)

Bperezbookreviews@gmail.com

January 29,2015

When She Smiled by Ritoban Chakrabarti,the story starts unfolding with the tale of Mrityunjay as he settles in his new school. His friendships, his crush on Akansha all introduce you to a world of teenage "love" and "loss".

Mrityunjay also known as Roy, makes the reader or for some may bring them back to their time when they were in high school, for teenagers relate or on some levels see similarities in their own environment or life's journeys up to this point. To the "love" or "puppy love" at a young age, the altercations, the studying, the pressure from ones peers, all those little things combined weaved into a story with a positive message at the end.

The story has a nice flow, easy to follow through from one scene to the next. You get to read the story as if you were taking the journey with Roy or as/through him. You see his life through different aspects from home, to school, with teachers, through the strong feelings he struggles with and for Akansha. Akansha,the girl, pretty, a little mouthy, dealing with her own issues, emotions.

Love, loss, forgiveness, never give up hope........

In the end we all face something we want to forget but will persevere and be just stronger for it.....

About The Author:

Ritoban Chakrabarti is an entrepreneur who started his first internet marketing company right after college. Since then he has self-taught himself programming, designing, marketing, and management. When She Smiled, a young adult romance, was his first novel. He is an avid traveller, and believes in a life without boundaries

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