My Last Kiss
Author: Bethany Neal
Series: None
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Release Date: June 10, 2014
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Summary:
Cassidy Haines remembers her first kiss vividly. It was on the old covered bridge the summer before her freshman year with her boyfriend of three years, Ethan Keys. But her last kiss – the one she shared with someone at her seventeenth birthday party the night she died – is a blur. Cassidy is trapped in the living world, not only mourning the loss of her human body, but left with the grim suspicion that her untimely death wasn’t a suicide as everyone assumes. She can’t remember anything from the weeks leading up to her birthday and she’s worried that she may have betrayed her boyfriend.
If Cassidy is to uncover the truth about that fateful night and make amends with the only boy she’ll ever love, she must face her past and all the decisions she made – good and bad – that led to her last kiss.
Bethany Neal’s suspenseful debut novel is about the power of first love and the haunting lies that threaten to tear it apart.
First Sentence: “How old were you when you had yours?”
My Review:
I have never DNF’d a book for a longest time, probably for more than five months, which is why I’m really sad to say that I DNF’d My Last Kiss once I’ve read only a measly 98 pages. Believe me, I wanted to stop reading altogether after forty pages or so. To make things worse, I’ve been looking forward to reading My Last Kiss ever since I first saw its gorgeous cover, so I’m really disappointed that I couldn’t even finish reading the book.
Suddenly it dawns on me: No one can hear me. Or see me. (ARC 12)
After reading the first twenty pages of My Last Kiss, I was already tempted to DNF it. Nothing in the book called to me or drew me in. Usually, with mystery novels, I immediately start investigating and planning and guessing what had happened to the victim and who the murderer was, if there was any, right from the very beginning of the book. My Last Kiss, however, didn’t get that reaction out of me. Instead, I was reading My Last Kiss and constantly feeling bored, which is definitely something a novel focused on a what events caused me to die? mystery shouldn’t do.
“Why are you here?” he whispers.
“I don’t know.” I look away from him because he deserves a better answer than that, but I don’t have it. “Do you know” – my voice wavers – “what happened to me?” (ARC 59)
Honestly, I could have finished My Last Kiss by speed reading through it, but I had the feeling that nothing else in the story would change or interest me. There was simply nothing that convinced me to read on. To make matters even worse, I could easily move on from the book without knowing what had happened to Cassidy, which is not a good sign.
It’s such a shame that I couldn’t finish this one, especially since it has a gorgeous cover. Even though I DNF’d the book, thank you so much Stephanie for letting me borrow it!
Oh wow I loved this cover as well! What a disappointment. I don’t think it will be my kind of book either. Thanks for the review!
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It’s the worst when a book doesn’t meet your expectations or totally disappoints you. Here’s hoping the next one is way better!
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Oh, that’s so sad, I really loved the cover, too.
But all the reviews I’ve read were bad so far.
Sorry you didn’t enjoy it.
AW! So sorry this didn’t work for you at all. It happens but is so sad when it’s a book you’ve been looking forward to and had high hopes for.
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Sorry it didn’t work for you! I really did love this one! :)
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That sucks it really does have a beautiful cover it sucks that it was something you couldn’t get into. Mystery books really do have to pull u in for u to enjoy them.
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I am sorry to hear that this novel wasn’t a winner for you! Great and honest review though!
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Sorry you had to DNF this one. It sucks when you have to DNF a book because that usually means that the book really disappointed you. So, again, sorry you had to DNF this book, especially since it the cover is beautiful, but you know what they say, never judge a book by its cover (Even though we all do at one point).
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It’s funny because I was just checking my email and a blog was doing a giveaway for this book. I read the summery and thought it sounded kind of sad so I didn’t enter. But I thought, I should look it up and see what reviewers are saying. I deleted the email and your review was immediately after. Freaky, right???? Strangeness! :-)
Ah, well, you know I’m disappointed to hear this! I hope I didn’t jinx you. :)
You read 98 pages, and that is certainly long enough for you to know that this book wasn’t for you. I only wish you could have stopped at page 1!
Stephanie @ Inspiring Insomnia recently posted…Top Ten Books I’ve Read So Far This Year
I haven’t heard many good things about this one! Such a bummer :(
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Bummer :(
Yes,the cover is wonderful :)
Maybe I’ll read it, maybe not :D
Thank you for the honest review :)
Ah, man. I’ve seen so many bad reviews on this book. That cover really does call to you though. I won’t be reading & thanks for reviewing.