Kiss and Break Up by Ella Fields
Genre: NA Realistic Fiction
Blurb (on back of book):
From bestselling author Ella Fields comes an all-new, turbulent, new adult romance.Dashiell Thane wasn’t a nice guy.
He was an abrasive, demanding, conniving, intolerable brat.
Yet somehow, we’d been best friends our whole lives.
Until our senior year when I finally decided to dip my toes into the dating pool.
All it took was one kiss for jealousy, lies, and betrayal to sweep in and propel us heart first into dizzying, hostile depths.
You’re not supposed to kiss your best friend.
You’re definitely not supposed to kiss your best friend while you’re dating someone else.
And the absolute worst thing you could do is fall for your best friend.
Unless, of course, you want to ruin everything.
MY OPINION: ***
I read this book a solid amount of time ago before school even started, but I have not had the time to get around to writing the review yet. I don't remember a lot about this book but I will try to summarize my main points for this review.
Peggy and Dash are best friends who are hopelessly in love with each other but don't realize it. I usually am not a huge fan of the friends-to-lovers trope because I find it quite boring and mundane, but I actually really enjoyed their relationship and watching them start to realize that they're in love with each other.
Peggy has never had a boyfriend, despite the fact that she is eighteen and graduating soon. What she doesn't know is that Dash has basically warned off all the guys at school from her, a common trope that I happen to be a fan of, provided it's not done in a sickening or manipulative way.
Dash, on the other hand, is a bit of the player bad-boy type who only ever has one night stands with various girls and isn't a big fan of commitment. However, this all starts to change when Peggy finally gets asked out by a boy at school, and he quickly devises a plan to be Peggy's "practice" for all the relationship-things that you do. While he still has not realized his true feelings for Peggy, something in him is revolted by the idea of her going out with someone else and he resolves to fix this problem by basically getting in the way of their relationship.
However, as their relationship evolves, Dash begins to realize that he wants something more. Peggy is still lost in her newfound relationship with Byron, a popular boy at school who seems to have taken a sudden interest in her. However, she has begun to start feeling something for Dash as well after their little practice sessions.
I loved how we got to see the story from both Peggy's and Dash's point of view. I love dual perspective romances because it truly embodies the angst and confusion and hurt that each characters go through as their "soulmate" makes bad decisions.
I felt bad for Byron for a bit as he was getting played by Peggy (unintentionally?) but by the end, I truly despised his character. While I hate to say it, he was very accurate to teenage boys of modern-day society unfortunately, and I hated seeing that asshole type embodied in a fictional character.
I did truly enjoy this book. It had all the angst and heartbreak and gut-wrenching romance that we all want for a summer read. I did think there were times when both Peggy and Dash acted quite immature and I wanted to punch Dash on many occasions, but overall, I loved the characters. I also loved getting to see the side characters that become the stars fo the next couple of books, and I think that the author developed each character very well. They didn't all seem like they came from the same mold, which I appreciated.
The only reason behind my average rating is that at times, the book felt very cliche. I could easily see what was going to happen and the writing seemed trite and immature at times. It also felt very much like every other book within this genre; luckily, I happen to love this niche of contemporary romance but I wouldn't say anything about it truly stood out in terms of uniqueness.
Overall, I would recommend this book to readers looking for a fun, easy, cute romance. It's definitely something that will keep you up all night (I finished it in a day!) because of how addicting the characters and the plotlines are!
Main Character: Poppy, Dash
Sidekick(s): Friends, family
Villain(s): Misunderstandings, Byron, etc
Realistic Fiction Elements: This book was all very real to life
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