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

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Unlike anything I’ve read before… immediate, gripping, incredibly tense, heart-breaking, heart-warming and FUN! Since their moms are best friends, Tate has always been in Penny’s life but it’s only rather recently that Penny’s feelings for the other girl seem to have shifted from driving her crazy to wanting to kiss her. Penny’s mother, Lottie, is a parent who has shut down, so wrapped in her own grief that she can’t even see her child’s pain.

It's a gorgeous yet oft-heartbreaking examination of grief, trauma, mental health, healthcare, friendship, parenting, and more. That’s not to say there aren’t good aspects to this book — it’s a Tess Sharpe book and I always at least enjoy her works.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. 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. 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!

In case it is not extremely clear with my review, I highly recommend Six Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) to fans of contemporary young adult fiction. While some kids step up in a family and suffer silently, they still need support from their parents. I would have liked to spend a little more time in this world, but I think that's my only real complaint. It made me hopeful, and it made me want to dive into the book and give Penny and Tate a massive hug.The Girls I’ve Been is a powerful gut-punch of a book that will leave you reeling long after its final pages.

I read a lot of 5 times fanfics and decided I should turn the structure into a very slow burn, angsty YA Romance novel about two girls almost kissing and then being super in denial about it every time it happens while everyone else in their lives is like “Those two.Penny and Tate just can’t stop almost kissing, and readers will be on the edge of their seats waiting for the next vignette of past near-kisses as they piece together the romantic history between the two. Many thanks to NetGalley, Little and Brown Books for Young Readers, and Tess Sharpe for an ARC of this book! I love slow burn as much as anyone, but it got to a point (especially after Yreka) where I was like, why aren't you together by now? I’ll be watching out for other novels by Tess Sharpe, and I highly recommend this story to anyone who loves emotional and well-written contemporary YA! Penny and Tate’s POVs were incredibly distinctive, and the flashbacks granted me an inside into why Penny and Tate were feeling what they were feeling.