Kissing Lessons 😘 by Sophie Jordan

Kissing Lessons by Sophie Jordan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Kissing Lessons

I can’t hardly believe it’s been like two centuries since I last read a book by Sophie Jordan. And I am pleased to admit we both have really grown into our better selves so far.

Kissing Lessons was so much fun. I mean, you can’t expect any less from a book that literally has the word kissing in the title. But it was better than just another summer read.

The story is about this girl Hayden, who everyone knows has a “bad reputation”, so naturally school-nerd Emmaline hires her to teach her how to seduce her brother Nolan’s best friend, Beau, who has been her long time crush.

As you can imagine this leads us to a couple of cringe-worthy moments of adolescence, but also lots of sweet interactions between two misunderstood girls.

I loved a lot about this book, but the thing I liked the most was the two main girls rapidly growing friendship. I loved how neither of them took the rumors for granted and instead made their own opinions about the other. They were good friends and it cemented the need we have for more girls building each other up in Young Adult Lit.

I thought the author did an amazing job developing Hayden. All her monologues reveled exactly who she was, and no one was surer of that than her. She was so tough and independent, yet her vulnerability was easy to spot too. After all she was just a kid living in the worst possible conditions, trying to convince herself she had accepted her fate. I loved her and wanted to hug her most of the book.

The guys were pretty fantastic too. Nolan was such a sweetheart—he was the only man in his household and had learned how to express his emotions without being ashamed of them. And Beau was the least developed character of the four main ones and still he was great, I could perfectly tell him apart of the rest and got to know why Emmaline felt so intensely about him.

Spoiler ahead—-> Maybe the only detail I can point out is the cheating. Which some people might not even consider cheating, but there was a kiss while one of the characters was in a relationship and that always feels wrong to me. But it was so very well acknowledged and not swept under the rug—I appreciated that. <—-end of spoiler.

Overall another great book that made me feel giddy and excited throughout. In a world of uncertainty, today after reading this book I can testify in favor of the fact that first love is still as delightfully glorious to read about as it is to experience.

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