Review: I'm in Love!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2014
Kissed begins like a modern day fairy tale; a girl who needs rescuing from her unhappy life meets the her ideal young man in her dreams. The novel also has the traditional good versus evil plot line with added romance, but to say Kissed is only these things is to simplify a beautifully formed and articulately written story. Kimberly Loth's novel is made more compelling and unique through the added fantasy story-line.Despite the dire situation Naomi is in, she is a tenacious character who the reader immediately feels an empathetic connection with. The reader wills her to escape from the abusive cult she is forced to live in by her parents. Naomi clings to the hope given her by the roses she grows; they are a strong motif in the story, each flower representing certain characters and the emotions of our heroine.Although Kissed has a love-triangle it is essential to the development of the story; the relationships between Naomi, Kai and Puck are the means by which significant traits about the secret race of The Guardians are revealed. Naomi suffers much angst about the romance in her life and I confess that around halfway through the novel I had to look at the final pages to see what her decision would be. Although at that point I did not react, by the time I reached the end I was ready to slap Naomi, disappointed in her choice!Kissed is a wonderful book, it's story able to appeal to readers of different genres. I am very excited to see how Kimberly Loth evolves the plot in The Thorn Chronicles sequel.I received this as a complimentary review copy, but this has had no influence on my opinion.