Kiss Her Once for Me

“Your trauma is something that happened to you; it's not who you are.”

You know that feeling when you read a book and you just think, ‘This book is Mine. It's everything to me'? That's exactly how I felt reading Kiss Her Once For Me.

One of my favourite movies of all time is The Proposal and I immediately felt the same feeling I do when I watch that movie when I started to read this. I'm claiming this as the queer version and I'm taking no objections.

The highlight would have to be the characters. Each and every one of them felt so carefully crafted and fleshed out. They truly felt real to me and like I was able to feel their emotions and struggles through the book.

You need to give the author credit for the way we were able to read and understand Jack so profoundly without having a point of view of hers written. I think the biggest challenge of this book would have to be making out of it without falling in love with Ellie, Jack and the rest of the family. Andrew, Dylan, Katherine, the grandmas... This was such a beautiful combination of characters in one family and they never failed to have me giggling or crying.

Also, this is a tiny detail to some but as a non-binary person, it was so fantastic to see a character who was just like me.

This was my first book from this author but I think it's safe to say that after reading Kiss Her Once For Me, it won't be the last.