🌺 B O O K R E V I E W : 🌺 . Lover (The Art of Staying Lost) by @mssakshinarula . Rating: 5/5 stars Goodreads: 4.50 ⭐ . I am very privileged to be the first person to hold a physical copy of this beautiful book. I want to thank Sakshi for trusting me with her proof copy and I'm very grateful for getting the chance to read this ARC. "𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏" When I read Sakshi's first book, Loveish, I thought that was the best formatted poetry collection I had ever read but Sakshi has beaten herself with this book. The interior is absolutely stunning and I cannot imagine the amount of work went into creating this beautiful collection. All the small details that must have taken so many painstaking minutes, hours, days, months! "𝒂 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔" This collection explores love in such an intense way that you can literally feel the emotions playing out. It speaks of heartbreak, lust, letting go, clinging on, the pain that comes with not being loved in return. I could go on. Some of the poems felt like a battle against each other. One would speak of letting go and wanting to be forgotten but then another you could feel the intense pain of being replaced, wondering if they still think of you. It felt like a battle between the brain and the heart and I absolutely loved it! I also loved how Sakshi incorporated her culture in this collection as it gave the book a richer meaning. "𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒌𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆?" It was lovely to see the season incorporated into the book throughout! If you enjoy poetry then I really recommend this collection. It releases on 30th October so not long to wait! . #lover #theartofstayinglost #sakshinarula #poetrycollection #bookreview #bookstagram #booklover #bookworm #books #bookstagrammer #bookish #booknerd #book #bibliophile #reading #bookphotography #bookshelf #bookreviewer #igreads #read (at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFiJRe2Fmwb/?igshid=ei48hij83ct2