A Half-Baked Love Story' by Anurag Garg and Gunjan Narang

The book presents a candid narration by a lovestruck, spellbound guy, Aarav, who confesses every last detail of his love story to his drunkard friends on a New Year night. The story is about his first love, Anamika, a cute Bengali girl that turned his world upside down. The story is a feel-good innocent romance of two very different characters and swiftly moves with them as they understand the pangs and pleasures of first love, while battling with the situations that life has placed them in. The book also talks about the influence of the so-called "Modern Society" and peer pressure on one's life.

The writing is simple and the language readable, devoid of any complexities. The characters are extremely relatable to any Indian, especially Delhiites, and leave a long-lasting impression on the reader. The story moves a bit slowly in the first half, but picks up the pace as we venture into the past in the second half. The interconnectivity sometimes feels a bit rough, but is compensated in full by the genuineness of the plot. At first, the story seems a bit too dull and perhaps even exhausting, but it soon becomes a lot more enjoyable after a couple of pages.