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

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I do not read my goodreads mail, but if you'd like to contact me the best way to reach me is tess(at)tess-sharpe. There is a romance plot line, but it feels secondary to the grief, even though I'd say both are equal main story arcs.

At 17, Tate and Penny task themselves with caring for their mothers, taking care of all the arrangements for the surgery, and managing the finances of their homes by taking on extra work shifts and even selling their few prized possessions. I went into this with certain expectations and this quickly blew right past them, in the best possible way.Times We Almost Kissed will take you to emotional and really hard places and, to my utter frustration and elation, will make you wait forever to give you any real satisfaction. It's a gorgeous yet oft-heartbreaking examination of grief, trauma, mental health, healthcare, friendship, parenting, and more. In this, you have it twofold: a mother-daughter relationship ruined by grief after the death of a husband/father, and a mother-daughter relationship dealing with a recurrence of cancer and a necessary operation. I also don't love big sections of text messages in novels unless they feel like they NEED to be included, and the side plot felt like a bit of unnecessary filler at times. 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.

Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did)” by Tess Sharpe is just about as perfect as you can get for a queer young adult romance. The Girls I've Been is a powerful gut-punch of a book that will leave you reeling long after its final pages. They would be the first person to tell you they’re not friends but they defend each other and are there for one another and I enjoyed them together and separately. i loved reading from both girls' perspectives but i have some really big soft feelings for penny in particular and want to give her the biggest hug! Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) was released on January 24 and is a tribute to slow-burn romances, encased in a heartrending family saga.Try being seventeen, grieving for the loss of your dad and the distance that put between your mom and you, processing almost kissing someone several times, all while having to live in the same house, across the hall, from the girl you’re obsessed with. in this case, we meet an unconventional, dysfunctional family that has become all too well acquainted with grief. The style is primarily the reason I didn’t enjoy Six Times quite as much as Tess Sharpe’s other books. They’re not quite friends, but they’ve seen each other at their worst moments and, for all they claim to dislike each other, have stuck through thick and thin.