Name: A Thousand Boy Kisses
ISBN: 9781530496198

Tillie Cole

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 Tearjerker Romance. For ages 14 and up.

A Thousand Boy Kisses

Élise

Soares

Christina

tiffany 

Karie♡

 'I'll be the hand forever holding yours 

I'll be the footprints walking beside you in the sand'

syd!

“Why does it take a life ending to learn how to cherish each day? Why must we wait until we run out of time to start to accomplish all that we dreamed, when once we had all the time in the world? Why don't we look at the person we love the most like it's the last time we will ever see them? Because if we did, life would be so vibrant. Life would be so truly and completely lived.”

jana 

People didn’t understand that after all this time she was still mine. We were only fifteen, but since the day I kissed her in the blossom grove, aged eight, there had never been anyone else. I had blinkers on to any other girl. I only saw Poppy. In my world, only she existed. 

And she was different to any other girl in our class. Poppy was quirky, not cool. She wasn’t concerned with what people thought of her—she never had been. She played the cello because she loved it. She read books, she studied for fun, she woke at dawn just to watch the sunrise. 

It was why she was my everything. My forever always. Because she was unique. Unique in a town full of carbon-copy bimbos. She didn’t want to cheer, or bitch, or chase boys. She knew she had me, just as much as I had her. 

"Don't. Don't ever apologize for this, for stopping me. It's never something you have to be sorry for."

I’d seen Poppy every day since I was five. Slept beside her almost every night since I was twelve. Kissed her every day since I was eight, and loved her with everything I had for so many days I’d stopped keeping track. 

I had no idea how to live a day without her next to me. How to breathe without her by my side.

"I wish, Rune," Poppy said, causing me to glance up, "I wish that people realized how this felt every day. Why does it take a life ending to learn how to cherish each day? Why must we wait until we run out of time to start to acconplish all that we dreamed, when once we had all the time in the world? Why don't we look at the person we love the most like it's the last time we will ever see them? Because if we did, life would be so vibrant. Life would be so truly and completely 

katerina

"Poppymin?' Rune said. That's what he called me. It meant 'my Poppy' in Norwegian. I loved him speaking Norwegian to me.

"I’Il give you a thousand kisses, Poppymin. All of them. No one will kiss you ever, but me."

Ian Brakspear

This life..... well, it's just a great big adventure while we have it. An adventure to enjoy and love with all of our heart before we go on to the greatest adventure of all.

I didn't know why, but capturing moments fascinated me. Maybe it was because sometimes all we get are moments. There are no do-overs; whatever happens in a moment defines life perhaps it is life. But capturing a moment on film keeps that moment alive, forever. To me, photography was magic.

"I used to know a boy, a boy I loved with my whole heart, who lived for a single mo-ment. Who told me that a single moment could change the world.

It could change someone's life. That one moment could make someone's life, in that brief second, infinitely better or infinitely worse."

Jessica Saunders

This book had me sobbing! Such a beautiful and sad love story. Some books are good as is, don’t think I’m going to read pt2 I think it would ruin this book for me. 

Leidy Ramirez

Lizeth Esmeralda

No book has ever made me so unwell. I cried to the point of having to put it down and catch my breath. This is such a beautiful story and it ripped my heart out. I really don’t think I can look at life the same again after reading this.

Sofie I

a beautiful, tear jerking young adult love story that touches your soul. it’s a reminder to not waste a single second, seek adventures, and capture moments! life is beautiful with the light and despite the darkness. always keep your loved ones close and it’s never too late to rekindle relationships. i wasn’t the biggest fan of the epilogue and positive person who has a terminal illness trope but i loved this theme, somewhat realistic portrayal, and i cried SO MUCH regardless! rune and poppy in my heart for infinity! “Moonbeam hearts and sunshine smiles."

𐔌 . ⟡ shay .ᐟ ֹ ₊ ꒱

I’m so happy it ended the way it did because if that boy had somehow moved on I would have been so pissed😭😭 This was so emotional, I’m almost angry vicky made me read this cause of how much and how frequently i cried throughout the book. Very rarely do you read a book that starts and closes out a love story completely and this really did💗

murjanah

I have never cried so much for a book before, rune and poppy will forever hold a place in my heart 🩷🥹

Rayanne mitchell

Svetlana 

have to cry my eyes out, leave me alone for real 😭😭😭

this is so sad - almost DNFed at the start from the writing tho 

Jenna-Lee Gordon

Anjorin Molayo 

this book was heartbreaking please, and my heart almost burst 🥺. 

4.5 ⭐️

C’était tellement émouvant j’en ai les larmes au yeux… 🎀😔

Anais <3

Julia

This book made me cry so much and was so beautiful. Idc if it had long chapters 😭😭

Isabella 

I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH. I started the book crying and ended it crying; I cried the entirety of the book. I had to put the book down in between and took a minute to just cry. It took me 10 minutes to actually finish the last few chapters because of how painful it was. I probably loved it so much because it is a fear of mine. However, I was not a fan of the epilogue, but other than that, IT IS AN AMAZING BOOK. It was the purest and sweetest story I have ever read. I want to stray away from these kinds of reviews because it might put a ton of expectations and it may fail for some people, but this is genuinely how I felt about this book. Didn't really like the writing, but I was too focused on the story to care about that. If I could give more than 5 as a review, I would. If I could read this book for the first time again, I WOULD.

Sidney Schaffner

I was wrong, if you think ‘If he had been with me” was tough on the eyes, this one is going to hurt a lot more. I’ve never cried this much because of a book, from beginning till end. The love shared between Poppy and Rune was true true love and I adored these two with my whole heart. If you really need a good cry and want to know what it’s like to be loved fully and completely, read this book!

Razen Ouled Khlaf

TikTok made me read it. It was ok but I was expecting a lot more. Shocked when runs ended up dying. Want to know what happened to him.

Katie Roberts

Katelyn f

kei hiroto

definitely one of my favorite reads this year, i was sobbing throughout the last three chapters and this book made me feel terribly single but it was still amazing absolute a++ read i think i’d probably reread this when im sad

When I tell you I SOBBED during this whole book. I can only WISH to be loved so much. I felt it was a bit repetitive at some points but definitely was a page turner. Cried till the end.

Valentina Moreno Escobar

I CRIED MY EYES OUT PLS😭😭 At first i was confused on how people were crying at page 13-16 like yeah they were sad but as the book progressed i cried, their love is so pure it hurts.

Eupho

rakshu

i genuinely have no words. plus the playlist containing one direction’s songs has broken my heart completely. thank you for the epilogue. thank you so much

Im still crying over this and I finished it a day ago 

A Thousand Boy Kisses

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