The Girl I Last Loved

by Smita Kaushik

Love is all about flowers, gifts, movie nights, first kiss and then many more. Or is it?
Then what about one sided love...
Being friends in spite of knowing your true feelings...
The incapability to read eyes...
Don't frustration, pain and loneliness lie on the other side of love?
Meet Akash, an over achiever, who aims to conquer it all but is unable to love.
Kasam, a girl beyond his reach.
Though destiny keeps bringing them together, their world seldom collides.
When he was a naïve geek, she was the Style Diva.
And now when he is a corporate junkie, where faces are masked. She is a professional motivator, who sees even beyond the faces.
Two people.
Single love story revisited three times.
Four proposals.
A ten year journey of finding and losing love.
Countless moments of serendipity.
Yet not a single moment of confession.
He lived all his life fighting love...
Will he ever fight for love?

Genres: Fiction, Romance, Love, Novels

219 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2012

About the author

Smita Kaushik became an author by chance and now devours it by choice. Her debut novel 'Let's Get Committed' not only created waves among the young generation but also pitched some notes with others as well. Though her forte lies in romance with hint of comedy, she sometimes tries to lay hands on philosophy. Result came her second novel, an intense romantic saga ‘The Girl I Last Loved’. Always a creative inclined person, she has excelled in different art forms like contemporary, madhubani & warli. For fun she likes to watch rom-com and read novels.
Her 3rd novel "Let's Love...from a distance" is coming out in May 2013.

Reviews

[Harshita · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are looking for that perfect romantic novel with happy ending then this is the novel to go for. The story revolves around Akash and Kasam. Kasam is the girl everyone yearns for. Akash is one of those guys who are mad after her, he finds her out of her league. It is not just a story, it’s a journey of love that takes ten years to complete. Kasam gets to know about Akash’s fondness for her through the help of their friends in school. They roam about as friends and Akash always feels that Kasam would never accept him as her beau. During their friendship they get to know each other very closely. It is nice to see the author mentioning certain dark and light thoughts and habits both of them possessed and how Akash noticed everything. The description happens to be very catchy with a very soothing and good language usage. Each scene comes alive with every word, Kasam’s habit of chewing the thermocol cup while drinking coffee, her colourful bangles and her take towards life, changes that come in her with life with time and everything that is hidden behind the colourful, attractive and the most wanted girl of the campus.
Their paths cross again after years when they meet at Mumbai and Akash is smitten by her beauty yet again. Smita has described every scene very beautifully. The colourful description of Kasam when Akash finds her amidst the crowd of Mumbai Station takes you to another world. I loved it how Smita describes every minute detail with ease.

"In a few more glimpses, I saw her lemon coloured kurti and purple embroidered jhola. I was nearing her. My speed continued to increase. I saw her hand, her sparkling multi coloured bangles, a red coloured thumb ring, a sea-green ring rig on her little finger, when she tried to stop a man who was about to crash into her."

This was just an instance of the perfect character definition the author builds up in the whole story. Kasam is shown donning the hat of a motivational speaker and runs an institute ‘Prayas’ as Akash says ‘she was doing what she was best at.’ Her speeches are super awesome and mind blowing. You almost feel the impact of those powerful words Kasam tries to present to the audience. It ain’t easy to be a motivational speaker and portraying one’s character like this requires a thumbs up to the author. Now the only question is will they meet again? Would Akash be able to express his feelings for her? Kasam had left him for someone else then, would she leave him again? It’s just round 2 guys, there’s another meeting left for the lovers to finally have a happy ending.

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[Mss Sunrise · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it! I think that its concept is good and solid, yet i felt that there is something missing in the plot. I mean the romance was good, but somehow different. I like the psychological and spiritual discussions a lot, too.

[Sukarn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Horrendous grammar. The editor of this book, if there was one, should be fired.

[Gaurav Prabhu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story. I thought it might be like other ones but this indeed touched. The guy's perspective is well described. Not much into romantic stuff but this felt good. Some ideas throughout the book were borrowed but that's okay I feel. There are other unique points of the love story which I won't reveal and they add to this story. A good read for all the romantic souls out there!

[Sathish · Rating 2 out of 5]

A template oriented story about two friends of opposite sex refusing to accept that they are meant to be together.

Even though this kind of plot has been done to death, there's always some fresh perspective induced by few authors that makes this genre evergreen.

The main problem here is not the cliched plot but it's main characters.

Never did I ever feel empathetic towards them. And I couldn't understand why the author opted for a non-linear pattern of storytelling in the beginning chapters.

I sensed a mystery lurking behind the non-linear narrative but I ended up being disappointed...

[Swateek · Rating 2 out of 5]

The same Indian romantic fiction where boy thinks he's in love with one girl, but there's someone else who loves the boy. The story revolves around all predictable stuffs and much interestingly this theory is also discussed in the book. The good points would be the consistency of flow, simple word and the writer's ability to maintain the flow of many flashbacks and present events throughout this book.

[Arun · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good one, acceptable...

[The Bookworm · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ratings: 1/5 stars

i'm sorry but what just i read?
The story makes no sense, characters are CringeWorthy, and the language...um..never-mind.
just rubbish!

[Thanay · Rating 3 out of 5]

A simple love story narrated beautifully by the author. But the conflict between the lead characters are too feeble. It could have been way much better if the author could create a strong conflict between Akash & Kasam.

[Ramesh Manickavel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three different times...true love never dies! Good story and somewhat realistic plot.

[Ak · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a mind blowing story but some how interesting and a little motivating...
Zig zag method of chapter is just a headache, I don't know why writers applied this type method.
By the way worth to buy..

[Rahul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it




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[Subhrajit Ghadei · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well written and a decent plot.

[Suresh Kumar]

It's good

[Sahil · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my first ever Romantic novel and believe me I want to kiss my crush like there's no tomorrow . Just bear with it in the starting and it will definitely make your eyes glitter .

[Shristi Singh · Rating 5 out of 5]

The girl I last loved,
the girl who always loved me back<

[Krish Roy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good read.Akash and Kasam are confused about each other.They do love each other but their destinies somehow managed to seperate them for some 9 long years.When Akash was fully dedicated, Kasam was not ready.She had a guy Utsav in her mind.Years later when Kasam declared her love to Akash,Akash took some time to think about their relationship.But Kasam was expecting a quick "I LOVE YOU" from Akash.

The way they used to care for each other has been nicely described.I love that part the most.

[Sanjeev Vadde · Rating 4 out of 5]

Usually, I am not into the genre of books as this. But somehow this particular book caught my attention, especially because of the title and from there, there was no turning back on this book.

A short and nice story, penned down fabulously by the author, a every word in that book is something I was able to connect to. Lovely narration of events, feelings and emotions. May be one of those rare books that moved me a lot. Will definitely recommend it.

[Firoz Kapdi · Rating 3 out of 5]

to begin with. The motivational speeches in the book are amazing. we can conclude that relationships are not complicated, we make them so. if you love some one, say it out until the time and the person both move on and you are left with regret. Nice that the book ends on a good note, in real I have only seen regret. I recommend this for a fast weekend read.

[Anuroop Reddy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This has been a great book. The novel is sad for most part and ending is a happy one.

The narration is simple. But few times it strike the cord.

I can say that the philosophy in it is very true. We fear rejection and try to build a shell around us devoid of emotions and love.

Good read 4/5

[Janusha · Rating 3 out of 5]

A love story which started as children and ended in mid-life due to various reasons: ego, miscommunication or lack of it to express, taking for granted that the other automatically does return the feelings, so on and so forth. A true Bollywood flick if a director aspires to! Enough said!

[SATARUPA PANDA · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Girl I Last Loved" is a delightful and heartwarming tale that effortlessly fits into the niche of coffee-table romance books, offering a charming story of teenage love that can be savored within a few short hours

[Saurabh Khetan · Rating 4 out of 5]

good book with full of emotions.

[Dhananjay Ghangale · Rating 2 out of 5]

cheesy romance

[Piyush · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book. It has almost everything. Sometimes the story is down while sometimes up.

[Praveen Gupta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good one. Story unfold turn by turn with some twist. Though having a classic ending like all other romantic stories.

[Madhura Bhat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice book.. The love of the guy kept the book going all through out..

[Viins Kumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

The way of presentation is very sweet n the words she used for a unconditional love is very perfect. The poem or rhymes in the beginning... Mind blowing.. Seriously best selling love story book..

[Abiya]

very nice novel

[Rayyan · Rating 4 out of 5]

An story to relate with ones life

Felt so heartwarming at the end of book last four chapters catches the pluse of the readers... Had a good read 😊