Review: Great book with that makes you laugh and love
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 11, 2013
Review:I love, love, love this book! This was my first read of Lauren Layne's books and I couldn't put it down. Even as 2 am rolled around and I knew I had to be up in a couple of hours!Lauren delivered humor, chemistry, personalities, and fun entertainment brilliantly in After The Kiss. From the first page where Julie Greene starts giving a breakdown of her life - I was hooked. There was something oddly familiar about the characters mindset on relationships that had me laughing and feeling a sad sort of empathy at the same time.Mitchell Forbes is a great character! I was a little worried that once the plot started unraveling that Mitchell (not Mitch) would loose his "Wall Street" touch. But he didn't and I'm glad! I love when you are able to fall in love with a character for who he/she is and not have to permanently sacrifice their personality for the sake of developing "chemistry".The way in which the author was able to convey both Julie's and Mitchell's feelings was well done. By the end of the book you didn't feel like either just gave into their respective situations with no further thought, and at the same time the characters didn't behave completely irrationally. It was an excellent progression that played out between Julie and Mitchell, and there's actually some great relationship advice that we all (Yes, gentleman too) should take to heart.Moral of the story: Just because it's a way you've always known, doesn't mean it is the only way you have to know.I recommend this to any reader who wants some comedy mixed in with their romance, shaken on the rocks, with a side of relationship-reality-check.Ratings:Romance: Sexual tension and great character connectionPlot progression: *****Originality: **** (it's actually quite different than a lot of the "dare you to date" type books)Character development: *****