'Ugly Cry Book Search' Update: A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole

THE SEARCH FOR UGLY CRY READS: UPDATE #2:

Tears Shed: 0

STATUS: STILL MADE OF STONE

Overall: Colleen-2 Tears- 0

Book Review

This is a story that is known as a major tearjerker, but it didn’t pack that degree of emotional punch with me. I smiled, I laughed, and I felt the heartache, and the endless- although sappy- love between the two main characters.

Poppy was selfless and caring. She was always incredibly optimistic and peppy, almost unrealistically so. Rune was broody, but gentle, kind, and protective of Poppy. Together they shared the kind of love that some people can only hope for, the forever and always kind. To infinity and beyond. It had been growing since the day they met at just 5 years young. I found it was oh so sweet at times, and often very cheesy. Their conversations also got somewhat repetitive.

The plot twist happens early on, and I thought it was too predictable. At the first signs of it, it was clear to me that the author was going to take it in one of two directions. As I read more dialogue, I knew exactly which scenario was about to play out and I was right.

A Thousand Boy Kisses was an overall decent read. There were things I enjoyed, and things I didn't. I really was not a fan of the epilogue, I would have preferred the author left it out. I won’t give major spoilers, but it basically left me with mixed feelings- I wasn’t left entirely happy.

If you enjoy YA romance, check it out for yourself.

-Colleen

Purchase a copy of A Thousand Boy Kisses on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Boy-Kisses-Tillie-Cole/dp/1530496195/

Blurb:

One kiss lasts a moment. But a thousand kisses can last a lifetime. One boy. One girl. A bond that is forged in an instant and cherished for a decade. A bond that neither time nor distance can break. A bond that will last forever. Or so they believe.

When seventeen-year-old Rune Kristiansen returns from his native Norway to the sleepy town of Blossom Grove, Georgia, where he befriended Poppy Litchfield as a child, he has just one thing on his mind. Why did the girl who was one half of his soul, who promised to wait faithfully for his return, cut him off without a word of explanation? Rune’s heart was broken two years ago when Poppy fell silent. When he discovers the truth, he finds that the greatest heartache is yet to come.

*Standalone Young Adult Romance. For ages 14 and up