Name: My Last Kiss
ISBN: 9780374351281

Beth Neal

"When a seventeen-year-old girl dies and can appear to her boyfriend, she learns that her death may not have been an accident, and must delve into her past to face all the decisions she made that led to her last kiss"--

My Last Kiss

Bethany Neal

What if your last kiss was with the wrong boy?In Bethany Neal's My Last Kiss, Cassidy Haines remembers her first kiss vividly. It was on the old covered bridge the summer before her freshman year with her boyfriend of three years, Ethan Keys. But her last kiss--the one she shared with someone at her seventeenth birthday party the night she died--is a blur. Now, Cassidy is trapped in the living world, not only mourning the loss of her human body, but left with the grim suspicion that her untimely death wasn't a suicide as everyone assumes. She can't remember anything from the weeks leading up to her birthday and she's worried that she may have betrayed her boyfriend. If Cassidy is to uncover the truth about that fateful night and make amends with the only boy she'll ever love, she must face her past and all the decisions she made--good and bad--that led to her last kiss.

laura

I really liked this book. It was a very fast pace mystery but also such a cool ghost story. It was not predictable at all and i could not predict what was happening. i DO WISH we got to see an more about the character left behind after her death but overall very good read.

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I’ve been trying to mix up my usual reading schedule, not only with young adult and new adult (and the occasional adult), but by adding suspense, mystery or historical fiction into the rotation, instead of sticking with my usual go-tos of romance and science fiction. The blurb for My Last Kiss intrigued me immediately when I first read it. I was excited to learn I had a spot on the tour and would get a chance to read this book before its release.

My Last Kiss begins with Cassidy observing her broken body and realizing she’s a ghost. She’s not sure how she died, but she has flashes of a kiss with someone before her death. She can’t remember who, though. It’s just one of many things Cassidy can’t remember. As she visits her friends and family, only one person can still see, hear or feel her – her boyfriend, Ethan. 

I loved the mystery plot line in this book. I enjoyed how the story unfolded between the scenes with Ethan, the flashes that took her to others in the present and the flashbacks. Nothing was as it seemed and the dynamic between the characters was interesting and complicated. There were so many lies. Everyone seemed to be hiding something. Cassidy is determined to put the pieces together to find out what really happened to her. It’s the only way she can move on.

I can’t review this book without talking about the romance between Ethan and Cassidy. Yes, they had their problems while she was living, but the scenes between them after she had died were heart-wrenching and tender. It makes me so sad they had to say goodbye. I kept hoping for some twist that would allow her to come back, but I knew it wasn’t going to happen that way, no matter how much I wanted it to. 

My Last Kiss was a fantastic debut novel. The writing was excellent, the pacing nearly perfect. I thought I knew all along who was responsible for the accident that led to Cassidy’s death, but I was wrong. The story was complex and unpredictable and I was hooked right from the start. I enjoyed the characters and the interaction between them. I loved that I was kept guessing right up until the very end. I’m looking forward to more great novels from Bethany in the future. 

I received a copy of this book from the publisher, via NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.

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