A Thousand Boy Kisses

Paperback, 352 pages

Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

ISBN:: 978-1-5304-9619-8

(1 review)

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.

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WardenRed reviewed A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole

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2 stars

We had this love long enough to teach us a lesson. To show us how capable of love we truly are.

Um. Okay. Wow. I guess I'm SO not the audience of this book??? Because I've seen so many glowing reviews praising the writing and thecharacters, and I don't want to yuck on anyone's yum, but I just didn't see it. The writing was ridiculously melodramatic in the cheesiest way possible and full of telling instead of showing. There's not a single realistic line of dialogue. The main characters had exactly two personality traits each (Polly: "in love with Rune," "manic pixie dream girl"; Rune: "in love with Poppy," "brooding anger issues"). All the other characters around them felt made of cardboard and the adults in their lives kept making weird decisions. Not a single person was even trying to acknowledge the fact that this Big Pure Love was more …

We had this love long enough to teach us a lesson. To show us how capable of love we truly are.

Um. Okay. Wow. I guess I'm SO not the audience of this book??? Because I've seen so many glowing reviews praising the writing and thecharacters, and I don't want to yuck on anyone's yum, but I just didn't see it. The writing was ridiculously melodramatic in the cheesiest way possible and full of telling instead of showing. There's not a single realistic line of dialogue. The main characters had exactly two personality traits each (Polly: "in love with Rune," "manic pixie dream girl"; Rune: "in love with Poppy," "brooding anger issues"). All the other characters around them felt made of cardboard and the adults in their lives kept making weird decisions. Not a single person was even trying to acknowledge the fact that this Big Pure Love was more like codependency and habit turned obsession.

Out of all the books I've read about terminal illness, I swear this was the least emotionally affecting. Probably because by the time the Big Sad Reveal came, I was already spite-reading and looking up from the page every few paragraphs simply to roll my eyes. I only finished it because it was for a book swap challenge and I wanted to get through it as fast as possible.

I... honestly don't know what else to say. Oops?