The Kissing Booth

This is more of a 3.5 than a 4.

This book was pretty sweet.

I'd recommend this book to younger teens. It's the kind of story I would have lapped up when I was thirteen and fourteen, very fluffy and girly.

I certainly got exasperated at points. I couldn't understand why she (or anyone!) wanted to be with Noah: he was definitely a bully. Threatening and physically hurting other guys just for talking to her? I beg your pardon? He controlled her love life and she never even knew, then when she did find she seemed not to care.

Read this book for nostalgic feelings of being a teeny-bopper who thinks being 16-18 is the best thing ever. Nevertheless, I look forward to reading what Beth Reekles' comes up with in the future.

The kind of story I would show more have LOVED when I was a young teen.

Thank you to Random House and Net Galley for a copy of this in exchange for an honest review.

PS. Drink a cheap and nasty alcopop with this, like a VK or something. Or even some Lambrini. Re-live your under-age-drinking years. show less

well, this was just...cute.

Cute in a "OMG that would NEVER happen like that" kind of way. I think the fact that this was pulled to print from Wattpad and the author was very young made me want to give her an extra star.

But, really, this would just never happen this way. Maybe it's the difference of culture in other countries? if the author is in the UK, maybe that's why I'm having a tough time leaping at all the things that would never happen in a US school.

A kissing booth at a school carnival - no way!! Public Displays of affection (meaning extra long hugging!) is grounds for detention in US schools! There is NO WAY they would allow a whole kissing booth where people paid to get a sloppy french kiss!
Drinking and getting so drunk at a show more party that you don't make it home and your dad says NEXT TIME he'll ground you. Um, no - legal drinking age is 21. I know kids drink younger, but a dad that just shrugs. Well, I guess that's NOT the kind of parent I hope we have as an example in YA books. (and then letting her stay out all night at a hotel with her boyfriend. What an irresponsible dad!)
Getting a hotel room while under the age of 18 and NOT having a credit card - not in the US! The only exception might be those especially seedy "pay by the hour" kind of rooms and that sure didn't sound like where they went!!

and I thought Noah scaring every other male away from Elle especially disheartening. If she'd been able to have her pick of any boy...if they hadn't all been too terrified to get to know her and try to date her - would she have picked Noah over all the others? Who knows!! She never got the chance to even see if she liked any other boy.....

all of these things were distracting and disappointing and made the book just a little too silly for me. I couldn't suspend my belief long enough to even like it. show less

Oh boy...

You know, I usually love YA books and can put up with some of the problematic parts but... this one was a big NOPE for me. I had to DNF it after just about 100 pages. I went and read some summaries and other reviews to see if it was just me and... yeah. This one was a bit too much for me. Really just too much and too problematic. Abusive relationships, some sexual scenes with underage kiddos... I felt too darn weird reading this. Ick. Yuck. Eek.

One out of five stars.

This book was so good!

Sure, It has its issues like any book does. There were a few mistakes here and there with grammar and some British slang was used, but the content made up for any of that. Personally, I like my books with a perfectly happy ending all wrapped up with a nice little bow on top. But Beth Reekles' The Kissing Booth definitely made its way onto my list of favorite books.

Noah Flynn is by far the best book character I've read about in years. Most romance books have "the guy"; That guy who is so perfect it's just unrealistic. Thankfully, Beth Reekles did not give us "the guy". She gave us Noah. He is over-protective, way too jealous, a violence junkie, and a major jerk sometimes; but that is what made him perfect.

I read this on the strength of word of mouth and tbh I wasn't disappointed. Its an easy read, written by a 17 year old girl in Wales. Yes the book has flaws but when you consider the age this book is aimed at then I dont think they'd mind and I didnt either. I will say that the book is set in the US, the author is from the UK and its quite apparent with the language she uses.

Its a typical girl falls for the bad boy who cares about no one but likes a good fight. She's his brother's best friend and he likes to torment - yeah well dont they all love to torment the girls they like!

Worth a read but dont expect Jane Eyre, this is a book aimed at YA, written by a YA about YA and in terms of all that it fits the brief!

Picked it up after seeing the trailer for the Netflix movie coming out. This book has some real problems...I didn't realize it was set in America until halfway through because of all the British slang and one of the main male characters seemed to be two completely different people in the first and second halves of the book.

That being said it was a quick and easy read and I found it to be a fairly enjoyable (though unrealistic) story.

Elle is best friends with Lee and has always admired Lee's brother Noah from the sidelines. Noah kisses Elle at the carnival kissing booth which sets off a series of events that change the dynamic of both of their lives. This looks like a cute little romance, but this is a YA romance for mature teens. Mature themes including sex and violent anger. I liked the idea of this book, but in the end after thinking about it I really not as sold on the finished product. Middle of the road 3 stars.