Book Name: Kiss of the wildflower and other stories
Author: Deepika Sharma
Publisher : Notion Press
Language : English
Genre : Short- Fiction
Format : Paperback
Pages : 148
ISBN: 978-1-64983-927-5
Price : 150 INR
Buy On: Amazon
My Rating : 4/5
About The Author
Deepika Sharma is an educationist and an acclaimed feature writer for TIMES OF INDIA. She is also a Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner and has a deep interest in Psychology. She is a realist who has always been intrigued by creative writing and editing. She has a blog wherein she pens down her thoughts in the form of stories.
An aspiring author and a winner of two Blog Hops, her short fiction has been widely appreciated. She was part of the widely acclaimed Bilingual anthology ‘The Woman That I Am.’ She has been credited with bringing natural flow to heavy topics ad making them relatable to the readers. She can be contacted at deepikasharma.deep77@gmail.com
My Review
Begin with the cover page; the book has a beautiful picture of a loving couple who look at each other while standing next to a chair and table, having an open pink umbrella at their back. With colorful flowers around, the lush green ambiance clearly hinting at all the astonishing tales of common people from urban to rural areas, from college, marital bliss to wild truth, and from mountain to the valley.
The book ‘Kiss of the wildflower and other stories’ comprises 16 masterpiece short stories, completely unrelated, but have to mention highly captivating tales. Every story is written by the author has the true power to stir your emotion with different shades.
If compilation makes you believe in true love in a chapter, others will shake you with the chilling consequences of being blindfold in love. If one story inspires women’s empowerment, the next will affirm your belief in the bond of family and religious empowerment. When one tale takes you to the galore of ‘everything is planned perfectly,’ the next page will lead you to find happiness in the imperfections.
From the fight to the broken mirror of inner-self for identity possession to chasing the dream by the enthusiastic dream catcher, each character of the storyline will inspire you somewhere in some way.
Nevertheless, I loved all the chapters, but being a fan of love stories these four are my favorites, where the Author’s pen left me to be spellbound.
1). The Missing Man – Niti’s daring step to fight against evil, shows that woman may become weak at some point, but a mother never fails!
2).Roots – The dwellers of Nuh, taught us changing your name or religion can’t stop you from loving your origin.
3).Conversation at night – This tale will make you believe in the love after life.
4). My beginning end and happily ever after – The love story of elderly couple, and the secret between them left me awestruck in the end.
My Verdict
The effortless and flawless flow of the language, including vocabulary used by the author, will keep your interest intact till the end of the book, without looking at the dictionary. One can read the book in one go over a cup of tasty masala chai, though I took 3 days to finish it ( No, No! please do not ask about my speed).
Few stories definitely have adult facts, which is obviously a demand of the storyline, even though the author has written the plot in the most sophisticated way. I have to give an extra point for that. Only for those few stories, I find the book suitable for the age group 13+. Few stories I preferred to read with my pre-teenage son, and he loved it a lot.
I would give 4 stars to the must-read book “Kiss Of The Wildflowers And Other Stories” by an amazing writer and my friend Deepika Sharma!!
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