Review: Kiss To Forget by Anna B. Doe

Kiss To Forget by Anna B. Doe
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was provided an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was an emotional rollercoaster! This had me tearing up in several places, and I'm not usually one to cry when it comes to books. I would recommend having some tissues on standby, you know just in case you need them. This book is a standalone, but reading book 1 in the series will introduce you to the other characters. I don't think it is 100% necessary to read it to enjoy this as the stories do stand on their own.

If you have read Kiss To Forget, you will remember Nixon and Yasmin as friends of the main characters from book 1. Yasmin is Callie's roommate who is taking a ton of classes, working at the coffee shop, and volunteers at the local community center. She works really hard, rarely has time to sleep, and keeps her free time to a minimum. Like Callie, she has secrets but she isn't ready to confess them just yet. Nixon is the quarterback of the football team and best friends with Hayden. He is relatively happy go lucky, but something is up this semester and he isn't telling anyone his secrets.

Nixon is friendly to everyone and usually everyone likes him back, except Yasmin. She seems to hate football players but no one knows why. Their paths continually cross and Nixon accidentally finds out Yasmin's secret. While her secret at first doesn't seem like that big of a deal, there is more to the story. This is the first of several incidents that forms a bond between the two of them, because it is the first time Yasmin discovers that Nixon might actually have something in common with her and that not all football players are all bad. Nixon ends up on a rescue mission to pick up Yas when her car breaks down, when he has to take a detour on the away home. Yasmin finds herself learning more about Nixon than she expected and their bond grows even stronger. They both are able to let down the walls that they have built and find some much needed support when they are together. When tragedy strikes, their fragile relationship is threatened and they both have to make the choice between fight or flight if they want to be together in the end.

This was a wonderful story about resilience, friendship, love, grief, heartache, and so much more. I think I felt every emotion in the book while reading this. Both of the characters have so many things to deal with in this story. This had just the right amount of steam to balance out the angst. I really loved Yasmin and Nixon's story. I'm looking forward to reading more from the group at Blairwood in the future.

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