Review: Quirky and fun novella!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 24, 2013
This was such a quirky, fun and enjoyable read. I really liked this story, even considering how short it was.Jenna is a YA author who's publisher wants the main character in her books to experience her first kiss. Jenna wants to protect the character and thinks she's not ready but really it's Jenna who is not ready to move forward after being burned by her high school/college sweetheart.Pushed into going out by her really appalling excuse for a friend (I absolutely loathed Lisbeth), she uses the night out to try and experience a first kiss so she can write about what it feels like. After trying to get a kiss from a guy with a girlfriend, she encounters Ben who finds the situation hilarious.Assuming that Ben wants to get with Lisbeth, Jenna is lead into a series of events that she didn't expect, not realising that it was Jenna that Ben in fact wants. In the end, Jenna gets the answers to her research, Ben gets the girl and Lisbeth loses out for being in Ben's words..."shallow and rude.... and probably the worst girlfriend on the planet".I thought that Jenna was a wonderful character, with how clumsy and awkward she was. Ben was loveable, and it was great to have a man who sees through the gorgeous yet completely horrible friend. Lisbeth was just an ridiculous person, who blatantly puts Jenna down (in my opinion, trying to make herself feel better), and if she was a friend to mine I would have kicked her to the curb long ago.This was such a feel good novella, that made me laugh and smile with its humour and fun. The perfect quick read :)