Review: I couldn't stop myself from devouring First Kiss
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2013
Jake is an up and coming rock star and his dreams of making it into the big music scene are starting to come true. Aly, Jake's neighbor is young and innocent and completely hard for him to resist. Can Jake fight his urge to be near her to be the good guy? Or will Jake's heart fall victim to Aly's innocents, threatening to break both of their hearts?When I first started reading this story my only concern was the age of the characters. I tend to prefer older characters I can relate to and at the ripe old age of 28 I hardly can relate to high school students. I wanted so badly to love First Kiss but the age thing kept holding me slightly back from full on falling in love with it. By the end of the book I was head over heels for the romance and I felt this new age Romeo and Juliet connection to the story.  Aly is the younger girl who knows she is in love and Jake is the older boy who is utterly drawn to Aly's innocence. The tale becomes them against the world and I loved it.I couldn't stop myself from devouring First Kiss in less than two days.  First Kiss is an emotional journey of first love and first heartbreak. I found myself balling my eyes out while reading this book, which was a difficult task all in itself.Now here is the thing I feel like Skid Out is a tale out slightly before it's time literally by a few months. The novella debuted just before this new craze of New Adult broke on the scene and I think if this story was New Adult it would blow stories like Thoughtless, and Beautiful Disaster out of the water. That's right I said it!  This novel is currently being marketed as a mature YA, and it is, I recently learned that the series will be in the NA genre by the next book.So watch out Jamie Mcguire Travis might have some competition from Jake.Now with all of the above said I recommend this novel to lovers of NA, and a more mature YA. I think the mature YA storyline and the upcoming NA transition makes this the perfect book for fans of the genre. First Kiss is a powerful emotional read that is hard to put down and even harder to forget once the story has ended. I am dying for the next book to come out and the release of First Kiss has just happened.  Bottom line First Kiss is the type of book I search for, an amazing read that I lose myself in; a romance that I can't forget and a tale that leaves me begging for more.