Blind Kiss by Renee Carlino | REVIEW!
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Synopsis:
Penny spends her afternoons sitting outside a sandwich shop, surrounded by ghosts. Fourteens years ago, this shop was her childhood dance studio-- and she was a dancer on the rise. Now she's a suburban housewife, dreading the moment her son departs for MIT, leaving her with an impeccably decorated McMansion and a failing marriage. She had her chance at wild, stars-in-her-eyes happiness, but that was a lifetime ago. After The Kiss. Before The Decision.
The Kiss was soulful. Magical. Earth-shattering. And it was all for a free gift card. Asked to participate in a psych study that posed the question. "Can you have sexual chemistry without knowing what the other person looks like?" Penny agreed to be blindfolded, make polite conversation with a total stranger, and kiss him. She never expected The Kiss to change her life forever and introduce her to Gavin: tattooed, gorgeous, and spontaneous enough to ask her out seconds after the blindfolds came off.
For a year, they danced between friendship and romance-- until Penny made The Decision that forced them to settle for friendship. Now, fourteen years later, both of their lives are about to radically change-- and it's his turn to decide what will become of their once-in-a-lifetime connection.
About Renee:
Renee Carlino is a screenwriter and bestselling author of contemporary women's novels and new adult fiction. Her books have been featured in national publications, including Cosmopolitan Magazine, InStyle Magazine, USA Today, Huffington Post, Latina Magazine, Publisher's Weekly, Redbook, Sunset Magazine, Coastal Living and the Union Tribune. She lives in Southern California with her husband, two sons, and their sweet puppy, John Snow Cash. When she's not at the beach with her boys or working on her next project, she likes to spend her time reading, going to concerts, and eating dark chocolate.
My Review:
I went into this book knowing nothing about it, like I do with most books I read. There was no prologue and the first chapter, the way it started off the book, it was a little weird because you don't understand what's going on. You finally understand the first chapter towards the end of the book.
But holy damn! This is the first book in a while that had my emotions all jacked up! I cried pretty much the whole last 25% of the book. Gavin and Penny were perfect together and even though you wanted to scream at them for making really stupidly bad decisions, you still couldn't help but love them. They have everything anyone would want in a friendship/relationship. But they go through so much, it breaks your heart at times.
I am not usually a big crier, but this one really got to me. It was an emotional roller coaster, that's for sure. These two characters, you can feel the connection between them. The love, the hate, the sadness, the silliness, the connection they have with each others families! But most importantly, the love, from the moment they met, to nearly twenty years down the road.
Don't let the emotional side fool you, there were some laugh out loud moments. I love Gavin! He was perfect for Penny and vise versa, it just killed me it took them so long to fall into their emotions for each other. It is an amazing book, so deep and heartfelt, you can feel the emotions bleeding through the pages, even though it made me a blubbery mess, all the best books do. I loved Penny and Gavin and their amazing story, even though it had me ugly crying at the end.
5 Owls!
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