ARC Review: How to Keep a Boy from Kissing You (Aurora Skye #1) by Tara Eglington
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Series: Aurora Skye #1
Author: Tara Eglington
Published October 25th 2016 by A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin
Goodreads Synopsis
Sweet sixteen and never been kissed—and that’s the way Aurora Skye wants it to be. She’s too busy finding guys for her two best friends, counseling her sensitive New Age dad (the NAD), and dealing with the unexpected return of her long-absent mom.
But always in the background there’s Hayden Paris, the boy next door, the bane of Aurora’s existence. Smart, funny, and always around to see her at her worst, he ‘gets’ her like no-one else... and that’s what makes him so infuriating.
When Aurora and Hayden are coerced into the lead roles in the school production of Much Ado About Nothing, things can only get worse. How is Aurora going to save her first kiss for the secret admirer who wooed her with poetry and a spectacular bunch of flowers on Valentine’s Day if she doesn’t know who he is and she’s obligated to lock lips with Hayden in the play’s final dramatic clinch?
From talented debut YA author Tara Eglington, How to Keep a Boy from Kissing You is a page-turning, funny and delicious romp of a book.
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.
This book was cute, and so fun to read. Aurora has never been kissed, but with her busy life - her family being strange and difficult, and her matchmaking for her best friends - she's never really been bothered. She just has too much to go on, especially once she she is cast as the lead in the school production of Much Ado About Nothing. To make her life even more complicated, her leading man, the Benedick to her Beatrice, just happens to be next door neighbour, Hayden, who has been a thorn in her side for years. He's witty and smart, and has seen her at her worst, which is not what Aurora wants. She's also got a secret admirer coming out of the woodwork too, and it's all getting a bit too much.
While I liked Aurora, she did annoy me at times, which kept this book at a 4 star level. She was obsessive about things, and a busybody into other people's lives, when it could've been better for her just to leave things alone. She had a hatred for Hayden that was a bit too dramatic, and her blindness to how he felt about her, a self confessed cupid, was slightly unrealistic. Hayden was a good character, who did compliment Aurora, and their scenes together were cute and, at times, swoony. The book was predictable in it's plot, but I didn't go into the book expecting something brand new, so it didn't bother me. I know there's a sequel (or companion book), and I'll probably read that too.
Dates Read:
August 4-7, 2017
Rating
4 Stars
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