Name: Six Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did)
ISBN: 9781444967876

Tess Sharpe

Six fun facts about Penny and Tate:
1. They've known each other their whole lives
2. Their moms are best friends
3. Penny and Tate are definitely NOT friends
4. They keep almost kissing
5. They don't talk about it
6. Thanks to their moms, they're moving in together

But when 'almost' becomes 'I am now wearing your lip gloss', Penny and Tate have no choice but to finally face the music . . . 

Six Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did)

Julia Rutgers

[ . . . ] for a second I just want to stay there, held and safe with her, because she's never broken under anything I've seen thrown at her. She's the only person I know who I can say that about, and I want to know the secret . . . because I feel like breaking. So badly.

I pull out the pack of cards I brought with me, trying not to look at the clock as I lay them out in seven neat piles. I lose myself in the order of it: descending numbers, alternating colors.

She is forever my contradiction. My downfall.

[ . . . ] it's like I know the shape of those words in the air when she says them.

[ . . . ] we'll forever be these two comets in the sky. The crash would be galaxy-changing, but we're always going to miss each other in a mess of what-ifs.

dezzy

Six moments lead us to two girls, one kiss, and three little words that were maybe always true in this gorgeous novel perfect for fans of Nina LaCour and Jenny Han. Penny and Tate have always clashed. Unfortunately, their mothers are lifelong best friends, so the girls' bickering has carried them through playdates, tragedy, and more than one rom-com marathon with the Moms. When Penny's mother decides to become a living donor to Tate's mom, ending her wait for a liver transplant, things go from clashing to cataclysmic. Because in order to help their families recover physically, emotionally, and financially, the Moms combine their households the summer before senior year. So Penny and Tate make a pact: They'll play nice. Be the drama-free daughters their mothers need through this scary and hopeful time. There's only one little hitch in their plan: Penny and Tate keep almost kissing. It's just this confusing thing that keeps happening. You know, from time to time. For basically their entire teenaged existence. They've never talked about it. They've always ignored it in the aftermath. But now they're living across the hall from each other. And some things--like their kisses--can't be almosts forever.

6 Times We Almost Kissed (and One Time We Did)

the whole time i was screaming at them to just shut up and kiss! that ending made my initial rate higher 

ayoni

shiya

I LOVE YOUU PENNYTATE this book was made for me😭😭

Damn. I wish I had more time to read this in one go because it was so good but I kept reading chunk by chunk which ruined the flow. 

Keira 💫

Real Rating-4.5. I'm not on the blog tour for this book, I'm not even sure why I got it, the book just showed up at my house one day. 6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) is a delightful tale of finding yourself, finding out who your true friends are, and finding love. Penny and Tate are the main characters, and I enjoyed both of their points of review immensely. Penny starts off as a distant character, but she really opens up as you learn more about her and her story. I'm one of those readers who needs the plot to engage me, and Six Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) was a story that gripped me from beginning to end. This was my first novel from Tess Sharpe, and I loved the writing so much. The dedication at the start of the novel gives a shout to all the fanfiction writers and readers, and I loved that. The formatting and style of this book really read like fanfiction because of the chapter titles. There is a romance in this book, and the reader will be waiting for the day when they do kiss. The romance in this book is sweet because you go on a real journey with Penny and Tate. I recommend this book for fans of fanfiction, especially ones where your favorite couple kisses, and fans of LGBTQ+ fiction.

Steph L 


Real Rating-4.5. I'm not on the blog tour for this book, I'm not even sure why I got it, the book just showed up at my house one day. 6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) is a delightful tale of finding yourself, finding out who your true friends are, and finding love. Penny and Tate are the main characters, and I enjoyed both of their points of review immensely. Penny starts off as a distant character, but she really opens up as you learn more about her and her story. I'm one of those readers who needs the plot to engage me, and Six Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) was a story that gripped me from beginning to end. This was my first novel from Tess Sharpe, and I loved the writing so much. The dedication at the start of the novel gives a shout to all the fanfiction writers and readers, and I loved that. The formatting and style of this book really read like fanfiction because of the chapter titles. There is a romance in this book, and the reader will be waiting for the day when they do kiss. The romance in this book is sweet because you go on a real journey with Penny and Tate. I recommend this book for fans of fanfiction, especially ones where your favorite couple kisses, and fans of LGBTQ+ fiction.

Julie Rubens

alex

Six fun facts about PENNY and TATE: 1. They've known each other their whole lives 2. Their moms are best friends 3. They are DEFINITELY NOT friends 4. They keep almost kissing 5. They don't talk about it 6. Thanks to their moms, they're moving in together ... But when an almost-kiss goes from almost to I am now wearing your lip gloss, Penny and Tate have no choice but to finally face the music ... right? An utterly compelling will-they-won't-they slow-burn queer romance from the author of THE GIRLS I'VE BEEN. Praise for The Girls I've Been: 'Unlike anything I've read before... immediate, gripping, incredibly tense, heart-breaking, heart-warming and FUN!' Holly Jackson, author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder 'Slick, stylish and full of suspense' Sophie McKenzie 'Grifters! Secret identities! Death-defying escapes! The Girls I've Been is a powerful gut-punch of a book that will leave you reeling long after its final pages. I couldn't put it down!' Chelsea Pitcher 'Oh my god, I could hardly breathe until I finished. The tension! Absolutely loved it' Emily Barr