Full Name: Never Kiss Your Bestfriend
Author: Sumrit Shahi
Published by: Rupa Publications India
P-ISBN: 978-8129134851
No. of Pages: 206
Category: Fiction
"Witty, funny and straight from the heart.
Sumrit does it again."
- Durjoy Datta
★★★★☆ 4/5
The Blurb:
Go lingerie - shopping with him. Pass out drunk with her on the same bed. Cry on his shoulder when you break up. Bore her with football talk at 3 a.m. Ask him for advice on how to keep your boyfriend 'happy'. Watch a cheesy movie with her and cry freely. Ask him to rate your butt. Dance with her in your boxers. But never, ever kiss your best friend. In this sequel to the bestselling Just Friends, find out what happens when headstrong and impulsive Tanie Brar meets her equally crazy best friend Sumer Singh Dhillon after five long years of separation. Heart-warming and poignant, Never Kiss Your Best Friend redefines the rules of friendship with its story of a boy and a girl who are soulmates in every sense.
The Author:
Sumrit Shahi is an Indian novelist, scriptwriter and freelance journalist. He has two youth-based shows which airs on Channel V India, one is Sadda Haq - My Life, My Choice which won the Youth show (fiction) category at Zee Gold Awards and Indian Telly Awards in 2014 and the other is Million Dollar Girl - From Banaras to Paris and also Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera on Star Plus to his credit. He is the author of three novels, Just Friends, A lot like love...a li'l like chocolate and Never Kiss Your Best Friend. He wrote his first novel Just Friends at the age of 17.
The Cover: ★★★☆☆ 3/5
With a beautiful Sea Green Background, you will see many little hearts flying like butterflies everywhere. A heart is held by two best friends and "Never Kiss Your Best Friend" is inscribed on it.
The Plot: ★★★★☆ 4/5
The author of the book will make you fall in love with friendship all over again. It took 4 long years for all the readers of JUST FRIENDS who wanted to know more about stories of both Aryan Dhillon and Tanie Brar to unravel the story.
The book is relatable. There is no one on this earth who doesn't lose friends or best friends. And again there is no one who doesn't love their best friends. The plot of the book is very attractive, unconventional, original and fresh.
It is a journey of Tanie Brar who lost her best friend five years back and how she fell in love with Sumer Singh Dhillon and vice versa. From Clubs to booze and from infatuation to love, there is everything in this book.
The equation is not yet solved, the book will only help you to know more about it.
After all the question is still alive "Can a boy and a girl just be friends?"
The Verdict:
Sumrit has used very fine and easy English to connect with readers. A perfect piece for all the teenagers to understand the relationship between a boy and a girl. At few points, the story was predictable.
The book has come out victoriously.
