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With This Kiss by Carrie Hope Fletcher
4.0

With This Kiss is such an interesting and thought-provoking read! How terrifying it would be to visualize how the person you care enough about to kiss would die. The way that the author tells this story is both compassionate and entertaining.

Lorelai’s character is well-developed and extremely likeable. She is a young woman who has led a very guarded life due to her secret. Two previous kisses forecasted with accuracy how these two young men would die. The secret that she holds has been shared with only two other people – her best friend and roommate and her Grandmother who lies dying in hospital.

When she meets Grayson she instantly knows this is something special. She feels the push and pull of wanting to get to know him better, but not wanting to share a kiss. Life for Lorelai is easier if she doesn’t get romantically involved which she’s been able to manage until this point in time. But the draw to Grayson is something she feels very little control over.

Lorelai convinces Grayson that she only wants to be friends. Yet as this friendship builds, it is clear that there is more to this couple than someone to grab a coffee with. It’s a story of trust, love and understanding. This character-driven story is moving and memorable and one that I will be recommending to others.