On Sale Date: May 24th 2016
Pages: 304
Age Range: Young Adult
Veda's summer is going different from the start; her boyfriend Mark breaks up with her. The first few days after the breakup she feels heartbroken and humiliated. But then her friend Mel inspires her to a challenge for the summer; to kiss 26 boys, starting with their names from A to Z, and use this to forget Mark.
From the top of the Ferris wheel at her hometown carnival to the sandy dunes of Lake Michigan, Veda takes every opportunity she can to add kisses (and boys) to her list, and soon the breakup doesn’t sting quite as much. But just when Veda thinks she has the whole kissing thing figured out, she meets someone who turns her world upside down; Killian. Veda doesn't plan for her developing feelings for him, and she'll have to decide if she is ready for a new relationship.
This book is so CUTE! This is teen romance at its best! Although the ''Kiss 26 guys'' is a little odd and naive at some points, it was highly entertaining and as a reader you just can't help to love main character Veda. Her friend Mel was nice, but sometimes I just didn't understand her meanings. In the end she was just a little odd. when she tells Veda more or less to take the challenge not so serious. I really appreciated how the relationship between Veda and Killian starts off as a friendship and then an attraction develops. He was just very cute and was just the guy Veda needs after her breakup with Mark. The family dynamics were very realist. Veda is struggling to accept her dad's new wife.
Overall, 26 Kisses is a fun contemporary YA, perfect for fans of Kasie West and Stephanie Perkins!
