The descriptions of the feelings of abandonment, confusion and loneliness were so realistically written that the reader is sure to visit the throes of despair of their own break-ups. It deals with the devastating loss felt when a person’s first love ends. The book started out great with raw heart wrenching emotions that Nidhi pens down as ‘writing therapy’.

It begins with Nidhi running away from her engagement and we are taken along for a one year long journey of her finding the reason behind this bizarre behaviour. It is a story of Nidhi and Abhay, a couple in their twenties who we see grow up from a happy-go-lucky couple to a couple who must learn to deal with all the twists that the real world throws at young graduates. Letters to My Ex does exactly what it says, it acts as a collection of letters from the protagonist to her ex. It’s telling me to stick to my choice, to stay away from you, to open a Word document and bleed on paper, try to throw up all my jumbled thoughts in form of words, collect all disconnected facts, try to make sense of it all.”įrom the bestselling author of Like a Love Song and Every Time It Rains, a story of heartbreak and things left unsaid… The Book But somehow, my possessed brain knows what I need. The pain of losing you is so crippling that I can barely hold pieces of myself together. “It feels like I’m on autopilot I have no control over anything. She has also contributed in the books of The Backbenchers series and edited 25 Strokes of Kindness (anthology).

She is a bestselling author of six novels and has co-authored two books with Durjoy Datta. She worked as an editor at Grapevine India for three years and as a Publishing Manager at Wisdom Tree before relocating to New York, where she is pursuing Master of Fine Arts (in Creative Writing- Fiction). Nikita Singh was born in Patna and grew up in Indore, from where she graduated in pharmacy. I received a paperback copy from Amazon along with a bookmark which was a nice surprise.

The blurb on Goodreads seemed interesting and I agreed to read and review the book. Publisher: HarperCollins publishers Indiaĭisclaimer: I received a free copy of the book from Writers Melon in exchange for an honest reviewĪs a part of the reviewers for Writer’s Melon, I received an email asking if I would be available to review Letter to My Ex.

Someone like you by nikita singh