I Kissed Alice

I would like to thank @Netgalley and Macmillan Children's Publishing Group for the opportunity to read I Kissed Alice. Here is my honest review.

Adorable!

In the beginning, I thought this was going to be a tropey YA romance full of angst and assumptions and misunderstandings. I was eye-rolling with the best of them when I started Chapter 1, a bit less when I read Chapter 2, and so on. It turned out to be one of the sweetest, most gratifying romances I have read in ages and favorited up there with Simon vs. the Homosapien Agenda.

The characters of Rhodes and Iliana go through tremendous growth in the story arc, and it just made for a wonderfully satisfying story. When these ladies meet online, they fall for each through a webcomic based on Alice in Wonderland; only it's set in space (totally cool), and the Queen of Hearts has fallen for Alice (not too much of a spoiler/also cool). The illustrations of the webcomic in the story support the characters, their drive, and their personalities. I could have read an entire comic about them, and I am still praying that one is coming in the future.

These two ladies who have fallen for each other have no idea that they share a BFF because their online personas are who they are inside, where their gruff exteriors that they show on the outside are always abrasive toward each other. Watching these two round out the edges, let the guard down, and just simply grow into the skin their in was such a treat. I am so thankful that this was recommended to me and that I was able to get my hands on the ARC.

Perfect summer read.