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My Review:Title: The Candy Cane Kiss (Briarwood High Book 6)
Author: Maggie Dallen
Published by: Indie
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 180
Genres: Young Adult, Romance
Reading Challenges: CC's Goodreads Reading Challenge, CC's The 12 Books of Christmas
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My rating:
Blurb:Fake kisses shouldn't taste so sweet.
When the new star quarterback at Briarwood High winds up in the hospital over Christmas break, he's sure that's as bad as it can get.
He's wrong. His day is about to get so much worse. First he's stuck with that irritating new girl from school who's currenly dressed as a holly jolly Christmas elf as she volunteers on his floor. Then his ex shows up and asks his permission to bring her new boyfriend to his family's Christmas party, and then...well, then he makes it all a million times worse by kissing the closest girl at hand, who just happens to be that weirdo candy striper with a penchant for Grandma cardigans and candy-cane striped tights. She also happens to be the only girl at Briarwood who doesn't like him. He couldn't have chosen a worse fake girlfriend if he'd tried. So the question is...if this relationship is all wrong, why does it feel so right?Lola is a self-proclaimed freak and a military brat just waiting to graduate so she can take the first bus out of Briarwood. She's also more than a little obsessed with all things retro. Including swing dancing. The only problem? Swing dancing requires a partner. Where on earth is she supposed to find a willing dance partner in the sea of conformist mediocrity that is her new high school? Fortunately for her, the arrogant jerk in the hospital bed needs her more than she needs him if he stands any chance of winning back his ex. So yeah, she'll help him. For a price. But the closer they get, the more she hates the idea of handing him over to his perfect ex, and the more she has to wonder. Will she be the one paying the price...with a broken heart?
This book ya’ll! OMG, it was super cute! Just….::shakes hands in the air:: ugh, so good.
Favorite Quotes:
I found myself staring at her lips, willing her to lose the battle. Willing her smile to come back. I wanted to see that smile again, and I wanted it bad. Even weirder, I wanted to hear her sigh my name again in the worst way.
When Lucas walked in, the world burst into Technicolor. This was the way it always was with Lucas. The colors in the room became more vivid, the air crackled with his restless energy, and his eyes met mine with a physical jolt.
First of all, this cover. Isn’t it soooo stinking cute? I love it.
Lola is a keeps to herself kinda girl. Doens’t want to be noticed by anyone so much that she intentionally rebuffs all attempts from potentional friends. I can understand her POV a little bit as she does have some quirkyness about her and she moves around a lot due to her military father. She sticks her nose up all the popular kids, intead of getting to know them, she assumes they are all lemmings and wouldn’t know originality if it was a stick they were hit with. I don’t know if she was spurned by someone and just gave up on everybody or if she genuinly believes that about people. Either way, it’s a bit close minded. But what she lacks in friendliness, she makes up for in talent, determination and caring. It may take a while to get her to let down her walls, but its worth it.
Enter Lucas. He is a bit stereotypical… confident, good looking quarterback and slightly self-centered. Okay may more than slightly, which just feeds in to Lola’s image of the popular kids. But when they make a deal for each other’s benefit, hot damn sparks soar! I love the way their feelings are written in this story. They seem so genuine. Their relationship flows effortlessly and we don’t get any unwanted intentional misunderstandings that usually come around in a YA romance. Their flirty banter is just heart melting. I smiled and laughed a lot throughout this novella. I wish it had been longer. Hmmm, maybe I’ll just read it again.
This does sound so cute!!! I need to see if my library has it!