The things that we lost by Jyoti Patel

Thank you @RandomTTours and @JyotiPatel for letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. The Things that we lost is a beauful book and read. I found the story easy to get into and the characters were really likeable. I was sad when Nik grandad died there was so many unanswered questions for him. I liked Nik alot and whated to give him a big hug and felt sorry for him because he never know his dad and his mum will not tell him anything about him. The themes in the book is loss , love and family. I really like the front cover is very colouful and bright. This story is moving and you really feel for mum and Nik through out the book. Beautifully written and I cant wait to read more from Jyoti Patel 5 stars. Blurb Nik yearns to know more about his father, who died before he was born. His mother, Avani, held hostage by her guilt surrounding his death, refuses to share any information with her son. Nik is forced to create a fragmented image of his father, pulled together from hushed whispers at family gatherings and photos stolen from his mother’s bedroom. When his grandfather dies, secrets are revealed, and everything Nik thinks he knows about his father is turned on its head. Nik makes it his mission to discover the truth about his father and the circumstances of his death, uncovering painful truths in the process. The Things That We Lost is a beautifully tender exploration of family, loss, and the lengths we go to, to protect the ones we love. Author bio Jyoti Patel was born in Paris to British Indian parents and grew up in North West London. She is a graduate of the University of East Anglia’s Prose Fiction MA and winner of the 2021 #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize. Her writing has previously been published as part of We Present's ‘Literally’ series and in the anthology for the 2022 Bristol Short Story Prize, for which she was shortlisted. The Things That We Lost is her debut novel. #Merky Books This year we’re excited to launch the third #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize, an annual writing competition that is open to young, underrepresented, and unpublished writers from across the UK and ROI. The winner of the New Writers’ Prize will receive a publishing contract with #Merky Books. The prize will also aim to provide all applicants with the tools, information and access they need to develop their ideas, progress their writing and set off on the path to publication.