by Anna Michels
Book: Stand Alone
Publisher: Simon Schuster
Pub Date: March 24, 2016
Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary
Format: Print
Source: Bought
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Kasie West meets Morgan Matson in this
hilarious and heartwarming debut about a girl’s summer mission to get over her
ex-boyfriend by kissing her way through the alphabet.
Getting dumped by her boyfriend is not how Veda
planned on starting her summer. When Mark makes it clear that it’s over between
them, Veda is heartbroken and humiliated—but, more importantly, she’s inspired.
So she sets out on the love quest of a lifetime: use the summer to forget about
Mark, to move on, and move up. All she has to do is kiss twenty-six boys with
twenty-six different names—one for each letter of the alphabet.
From the top of the Ferris wheel at her hometown
carnival to the sandy dunes of Lake Michigan, Veda takes every opportunity she
can to add kisses (and boys) to her list, and soon the break-up doesn’t sting
quite as much. But just when Veda thinks she has the whole kissing thing
figured out, she meets someone who turns her world upside down.
My Review: DNF.
I just couldn't with this
book. The start was very slow for me. It was the typical teenage
breakup and it's currently summer and Veda is still upset about things a bit.
So with the help of her friend, they come up with this plan to kiss a boy for
every letter of the alphabet. Well it sounded like it would be a fun idea and
way to pass the summer.
But frankly, I don't feel as if it was done
well. It was just kinda boring and annoying at points. Okay kiss a boy, rate
them and move on. There wasn't much interaction which made it a bit dull. Then
throw in a guy who actually ends up liking her but you know she has this
game going on an has to finish it and all that.
I just couldn't get into this book. There
were too many points where I just wanted to toss the book.
