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ramengrrl 's review for:
Kiss the Girl
by Melissa Brayden
Received this ARC from NetGalley...
I really, really, loved this book. Melissa Brayden has a voice that is just so...relaxed and comfortable for me. Her characters are complex, yes, but there's a certain simplicity in how the dialogue was delivered, and the emotion was right there (ok I felt punched in the solar plexus like 3 times while reading. That was uncomfortable in a restless, get-me-to-the-next-part-because-it-has-to-get-better kind of way). There were laugh out loud moments (like every time a certain soap opera--my fave growing up btw--was mentioned. And I questioned Bent's girlfriend's name--coincidence? Don't think so.) and parts where I had to stop reading and get past the tears and clogged sinuses and sniffling. Blotchy crying face is not a good look and gee, my eyes were oddly swollen when I got out of bed this morning...
The pacing is excellent--just the right amount of tension. I was holding my breath at points, waiting to see what would happen. And even though I could predict what happened almost every time? Still made me alternately squee! and cry.
What I really enjoyed about the book (stop reading here if you don't want to know anything about the storylines):
The banter between the 4 best friends. If I had friends like this I'd want them to be as awesome as these girls (not that my best friends aren't all fabulous, mind you). There are going to be stories about the rest of the Savvy girls, right!!?!?!
The Starbucks as nemesis storyline.
The number of times I wanted to smack Brooklyn in the head was just enough. Any more and I would've thrown the Nook against the wall. But I was SO HAPPY at the end it was like my best friend had the HEA, not a character in a book
The number of lines I could pull out that had my girlfriend muttering, "just shut up. what's so funny, anyway? do you know what time it is?"
OMIGOD. "Think like a ninja."
I really, really, loved this book. Melissa Brayden has a voice that is just so...relaxed and comfortable for me. Her characters are complex, yes, but there's a certain simplicity in how the dialogue was delivered, and the emotion was right there (ok I felt punched in the solar plexus like 3 times while reading. That was uncomfortable in a restless, get-me-to-the-next-part-because-it-has-to-get-better kind of way). There were laugh out loud moments (like every time a certain soap opera--my fave growing up btw--was mentioned. And I questioned Bent's girlfriend's name--coincidence? Don't think so.) and parts where I had to stop reading and get past the tears and clogged sinuses and sniffling. Blotchy crying face is not a good look and gee, my eyes were oddly swollen when I got out of bed this morning...
The pacing is excellent--just the right amount of tension. I was holding my breath at points, waiting to see what would happen. And even though I could predict what happened almost every time? Still made me alternately squee! and cry.
What I really enjoyed about the book (stop reading here if you don't want to know anything about the storylines):
The banter between the 4 best friends. If I had friends like this I'd want them to be as awesome as these girls (not that my best friends aren't all fabulous, mind you). There are going to be stories about the rest of the Savvy girls, right!!?!?!
The Starbucks as nemesis storyline.
The number of times I wanted to smack Brooklyn in the head was just enough. Any more and I would've thrown the Nook against the wall. But I was SO HAPPY at the end it was like my best friend had the HEA, not a character in a book
The number of lines I could pull out that had my girlfriend muttering, "just shut up. what's so funny, anyway? do you know what time it is?"
OMIGOD. "Think like a ninja."