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Six Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe

9 reviews

gpuleston99's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Medical content

l4urenbrooks's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

a reasonably quick read which was satisfying and gave big wattpad vibes but it was good nevertheless 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying and Grief

Minor: Sexual assault, Death, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Drug use, and Gaslighting

whosfernn's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

 Cute at times, but absolutely heart-wrenching as well. What a good book to kick off pride month. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Cancer, Medical content, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Blood

jemmaisntcool's review

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Abandonment, Cancer, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

refrejarator's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This brings together so many of my favourite tropes (fanfic or otherwise). I was crying and laughing throughout the whole thing, and my heart was jumping each time they almost kissed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Blood, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Rape

princessrory's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Infidelity

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

dododenise's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I expected this book to feel a lot more like the millions of fanfics I’ve read with this exact trope. But it ended up feeling more like your usual ya contemporary novel. However, I still really loved it. Even if the trauma and angst threw me off a bit at the start, I grew to love this story. 
There was so much tension. Jesus, those girls really just danced around each other for years. It made my slow burn loving heart very happy. 
Anyway, Penny and Tate are amazing and I’d like to throw Lottie from a very high building :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Cancer, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual harassment and Rape

luna_is_superior's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

In LOVE with this book! The characterisation, the angst? I couldn't ask for more!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical content, Vomit, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Cursing, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

tjtjtj's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Thank you so much to TeamBkmrk for sending me this book in exchange for an honest review. I’m beyond grateful. This was beautiful.

6 Times We Almost Kissed is deserving of more than 5 stars. If I could give it 6, I would. 

A wonderful story of grief, chosen family, and hope. Tess Sharpe manages to pack so much meaning into 300-odd pages, combining romance and mystery to make a story about resilience and growth. I could spend days dissecting her work and still have more to analyse. Sharpe’s writing is so beautiful, so digestible, so gripping, it mixes such heavy and difficult topics, with heartwarming and hopeful ones. I couldn’t put this book down and ended up finishing it in 5 hours. I think this is the type of book you’ll find yourself crying over, but for me, I’m just happy the characters got the ending that was right for them. 

I’m so glad this was my first read of the year, but I’m not sure how any book is going to compare.

If you like Tess’s other work, then definitely read this! There is a different vibe to The Girls I’ve Been, but 6 Times still has genius woven into each line. Such fantastic sexuality rep (both MCs are bisexual) and mental health rep. 

Please check tws before reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Cancer

Moderate: Self harm, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying