Name: With This Kiss
Rating: 3.5 (13 reviews)
ISBN: 9780008467203

Carrie Hope Fletcher

The brand new love story from the Number One Sunday Times bestselling author - coming August 2021

With This Kiss

‘no one can be that obsessed with movies and books and not be a hopeless romantic’

✨ easy read with an interesting concept - our FMC is able to see how people die by kissing them

(unfortunately that’s where the good ends)

✨ v slow paced & wasn’t capturing my attention so I didn’t feel inclined to pick it up

✨ didn’t feel or understand the connection between Lorelai & Grayson and just found their characters flat

✨ the plot felt v repetitive and I think it would’ve been more interesting to delve into her ‘gift’ and what she was actually experiencing

✨ too much ‘telling’ and not enough ‘showing’ and just had so many unanswered questions by the end that I felt v confused

Kindly gifted by Harper Collins AU in exchange for an honest review

Larissa Kirchberger

BOOK REVIEW

With This Kiss / Carrie Hope Fletcher

Rating ⭐️⭐️

‘no one can be that obsessed with movies and books and not be a hopeless romantic’

things I liked:

✨ easy read with an interesting concept - our FMC is able to see how people die by kissing them

(unfortunately that’s where the good ends)

things I didn’t like:

✨ v slow paced & wasn’t capturing my attention so I didn’t feel inclined to pick it up

✨ didn’t feel or understand the connection between Lorelai & Grayson and just found their characters flat

✨ the plot felt v repetitive and I think it would’ve been more interesting to delve into her ‘gift’ and what she was actually experiencing

✨ too much ‘telling’ and not enough ‘showing’ and just had so many unanswered questions by the end that I felt v confused

Kindly gifted by Harper Collins AU in exchange for an honest review

A Book with a super intriguing premise; Would you want to know how you were going to die? Would you want to kiss someone and see how they were going to die? This book explores this premise. This was an easy and pleasant reading experience, despite at times dealing with some tricky topics; But I just wish that People would talk and be honest with each-other.

This book felt a little unpolished and rather predictable but having said that I really enjoyed the magic within the book and parts where super emotional and touch me as reader which I loved. The book had a dual perspective as we saw Lorelai’s throughs and experiences from the past showing how she had arrived at the feelings in the present day.

From reading this one its clear to see that Carrie Hope Fletcher has a true passion for the arts, especially theatre, & I loved how this was woven into the writing. The book follows Lorelai who works at a fabulous cinema that focuses on showing loved films of the past, she also writes her own book to screen adaptations.

The setting and style had 'It Only Happens in the Movies ' by Holly Bourne vibes. If you liked that book you will like this one, I think.

One last thing of note was that all the character names are so unique, and great! 

So, to sum up, predictable but magical. You won't regret reading it 😊✨

Ian Brakspear

A Book with a super intriguing premise; Would you want to know how you were going to die? Would you want to kiss someone and see how they were going to die? This book explores this premise. This was an easy and pleasant reading experience, despite at times dealing with some tricky topics; But I just wish that People would talk and be honest with each-other.

                           

This book felt a little unpolished and rather predictable but having said that I really enjoyed the magic within the book and parts where super emotional and touch me as reader which I loved. The book had a dual perspective as we saw Lorelai’s throughs and experiences from the past showing how she had arrived at the feelings in the present day.

 

From reading this one its clear to see that Carrie Hope Fletcher has a true passion for the arts, especially theatre, & I loved how this was woven into the writing. The book follows Lorelai who works at a fabulous cinema that focuses on showing loved films of the past, she also writes her own book to screen adaptations.

 

The setting and style had 'It Only Happens in the Movies ' by Holly Bourne vibes. If you liked that book you will like this one, I think.

 

One last thing of note was that all the character names are so unique, and great! 

 

So, to sum up, predictable but magical. You won't regret reading it 😊✨

Beth Bartholomew

I was sent this book by the publishers in exchange for an honest review. 

There is a simplicity in the way this is written that initially, I found hard to adjust to, but at the same time it was quite soothing and I found myself carried into the story. This was an easy and pleasant reading experience, despite at times dealing with some tricky topics.   

I went into this book very intrigued by the premise of seeing how someone would die by kissing them. It reminded me of the concept of They Both Die at the End, the question of does knowing about an imminent death in fact cause the death itself? Initially, I felt this book didn't quite explore this concept in the way I was hoping, but as the book went on, this because much more part of the plot. I liked the questions the main character asked and how she dealt with this strange gift she has. 

It's clear Carrie Hope Fletcher has a passion for the arts, especially theatre, and I love how this seeps into her writing. This book follows a main character who works at a fabulous cinema that focuses on showing loved films of the past, she also writes her own book to screen adaptations. I really enjoyed seeing this side of Lorelai and getting to know her more. She was a flawed and guarded main character who certainly developed throughout this book. 

With This Kiss

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