Title: From Ashes To Dreams

Author: Rashmi Trivedi

Publisher: Bluerose Publishers

Blurb as on Goodreads:

Sometimes life brings you to a crossroad, where you have no choice but to live every day as if it was your last one. Naina was at such a crossroad! An orphan, she did not have much to look forward to in life, until she fell in love. Love gave her wings and she started to fly, only to come crashing down as the wind beneath her wings turned into a storm. She tries putting an end to her now wretched existence, but fate has some other plans for her. She comes to know that she has limited time to live and decides to start living every day instead of merely surviving. She lives every moment without worrying about the future she does not have or the past that could not be undone. She falls in love once again, this time with life! Will fate respect her fortitude?

My take:

The story mainly revolves around three friends Naina, Kusum and Raghav who grew up in the same orphanage after being abandoned by their biological parents.

Though the three had shared a special bond since childhood they were all distinct in their very own nature. Naina is a shy, sensitive and much of a reserved type. Kusum, on the other hand, is a self-centred one. Raghav is a very caring and protective person.

Though all the characters had been given equal importance, Naina took the centre stage. To love and to be loved back was all a dream to her until she met Sid. Now, he meant the world to her, maybe because of that, her world collapsed when he left her.

People whom she had known all her life left her in one way or the other so she decided to take on her life. But little did she know that option had been already taken away from her hand.

Well, to start with it I should say that I’m emotionally connected with this book because of the real-life characters the author had presented here. The author had touched upon various themes such as friendship, love, possessiveness, jealousy, despair which was well described and deserves an appreciation.

It might be easy to express your feelings/emotions into words but making the other person feel it, is totally a different story and the author had done a great job in making the reader feel the emotions expressed in this book.

Language is simple and easy to understand. The book had been divided into five parts and was presented in pov, which gives us a better understanding of the perspective of each character.

One thing I don’t like in this book is the love part between Naina and Siddarth. I felt it was unrealistic. But I liked the way how the author presented the protagonist (Naina) from an introverted girl to a much determined and a matured women.

I would love to recommend this book for the most important message it had delivered i.e “Nothing is worth taking on your life for.” I have received this book for review through the Pristine Book Review program.

My rating: 3.5/5