Sunday, February 1, 2009

The ABC's of Kissing Boys by Tina Ferraro

Parker Stanhope has been playing soccer all her life. As a junior, she has seniority and will get to play on the varsity team. But due to some incoming players, all the juniors get moved up to varsity, except two. And one of those two is Parker. Now that she's still on JV, her friends have abandoned her and Parker will do anything to get them back. Including an elaborate scheme involving her older brother's best friend and a kissing booth. But Parker isn't as good at kissing as she is playing soccer...

This book was adorable! It was a very quick read, as I read it in less than a day. But it was still really good. The whole premise was interesting, to say the least. Parker must kiss her brother's best friend at the kissing booth, and he keeps reminding her that it must look geniune. Like most girls, Parker doesn't have much experience in kissing, so she enlists the help of freshmen neighbor Tristan to teach her the ropes. Now, that shounds extremely awkward, but Parker is not like other girls and sees the practicality in learning to kiss well. I liked Parker's boldness and that she wasn't self-conscious during the "lessons". It's nice to see a heroine as confident as Parker. The romance between Tristan and Parker was really cute, and borrowed some themes from Romeo and Juliet because both their fathers hate each other. The ABC's of Kissing Boys was funny, romantic, and even had some great lessons on the definition of true friendship

8 out of 10.

3 comments:

Thao said...

This book is cute. I wanna read it

TinaFerraro said...

Yeah, Thao, it IS cute. I read it...wait, I wrote it. :) Okay, kidding aside, Simply_Megan, I am glad you enjoyed it and thanks for this lovely review!

Bookworm said...

We have like, the same taste in books, no joke! (: I got this in the mail from Random House and it looks so cute, I can't wait to begin!