I received this book for free from Avon in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
About That Kiss by Jill ShalvisAlso in this series: Sweet Little Lies
Series: Heartbreaker Bay #5
Published by Avon on January 23rd 2018
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Small Town
Pages: 349
Format: eARC
Source: Avon
ISBN: 0062741772
When love drives you crazy . . .
When sexy Joe Malone never calls after their explosive kiss, Kylie shoves him out of her mind. Until she needs a favor, and itโs a doozy. Something precious to her has been stolen and thereโs only one person with unique finder-and-fixer skills that can helpโJoe. It means swallowing her pride and somehow trying to avoid the temptation to throttle himโor seduce him.
the best thing to do . . .
No, Joe didnโt call after the kiss. Heโs the fun time guy, not the forever guy. And Kylie, after all sheโs been through, deserves a good man who will stay. But everything about Kylie makes it damned hard to focus, and though his brain knows what he has to do, his heart isnโt getting the memo.
โฆ is enjoy the ride.
As Kylie and Joe go on the scavenger hunt of their lives, they discover surprising things about each other. Now, the best way for them to get over โthat kissโ might just be to replace it with a hundred more.
About That Kiss is a charming and sweet romance that will leave you with a smile on your face and a book that will evoke hoots of laughter and smiles all around…perfect book to get you out of the winter blues
I haven’t read Jill Shalvis in a while, I will admit that I didn’t get a kick out of book one, so I have been nervous to get back into this series but I can say that I really enjoyed About That Kiss way more than I was expecting too. I really have to be in the mood to enjoy Jill Shalvis and I think I was in the “right” mood for this book. And I am so happy that I really enjoyed this as much as I did. It was a bit different than what I was expecting, but I was pretty happy with out it played out in the end.
Both Joe and Kylie have a love/hate relationship going on. They have a great kiss which is why the title is so aptly named “about that kiss” because honestly they keep going back to that moment. Joe has a few alpha male tendacies, he has never taken it seriously with a woman before so of course he is way out of his element with Kylie. Now Kylie has had her sights set on her boss, but the way that Joe kisses her changes everything even though she knows that Joe doesn’t do relationships or long term….EVER!! And boy she feels like she is walking down a path that is so unknown.
What really made this book WOW the reader, is the chemistry that these two have. I do have to say that I LOVED their interchanges and boy these kissing changes are powerful I can tell you that much. Definitely blew me away and yeah I liked Joe’s character because his whole take control and kiss the gal against the wall or inside a closet…totally did it for me. And I really got a kick out of seeing them solve a mystery together and develop some true heartfelt feelings for each other along the way. There was an almost “poignant” feel to their relationship and I just adored the way this story developed especially the romance of the story was so “on key” and I have to say Bravo to Jill Shalvis for making this book so special for me.
Book 1 in this series was my least favorite to be honest. I think you’d like book two if you haven’t tried it yet ๐
oh goody!!!! Glad to know I wasn’t the only one that had issues with it. I will be picking up book two pretty soon though. ๐
Iโm reading this now. Iโve been waiting for Joe so Iโm glad to be reading it.
Hope you enjoyed it hun….I did enjoy it quite a bit.
I was a little hesitant grabbing this book. Some of the books of hers have been misses for me. Thankfully I really enjoyed this one!
Yeah I know how you feel hun. I was so nervous about this book since I don’t always love her books. But this was a winner.
I love couples with great chemistry and it’s nice that there’s an actual plot here, not just a relationship ๐ Love/hate is one of my favorite tropes and, really, how can you resist it?
Amazing review! <3
Yeah even though I love my romance, I do get more out of it if there is more than just the relationship. You would really enjoy it.
Oh yes, these two <3 And Joe, so dreamy! Love your review, hon!
Yes….Joe was so dreamy and the best kind of alpha male right? Man his kisses!!! hehe
Oh YES! Toe-curling!
Glad this one hit the mark for you! I’m a huge Shalvis fan so I can’t wait to start this over the weekend. It looks like the H/h were a perfect pair and Shalvis was up to her comical-yet-heartfelt self. ๐
I just know that you will love this one Michele, especially if you love Shalvis. Its probably one of the best books I have read from her.
Yesss! I agree, the first couple of books in this series were good but they didn’t wow me. I’m enjoying the later releases a lot more and I’m glad because I adore Shalvis’ writing style. Great review, sweets!
I have heard that the later books in the series are way better than the first couple of books. So I might pick up books 3 and 4 next.
I’m so glad you loved this one! I loved it too! And I understand what you mean about book 1. I didn’t love that one either, but each book gets better.
Thank you Quinn!! I am glad you felt similar about book one since you adore this author and its probably the reason why I haven’t read the other books in the series. However I am planning on catching up very soon. ๐