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Violet Hill #1
Second Kiss
Daisy Grace Webber's life hasn't exactly turned out how she thought. She didn't think she'd drop out of college and come back to the small town she grew up in. To be fair, she didn't think her love of baking would turn into a job at the Violet Hill Cafe either, but it did.
Something else she didn't expect was for Molly Madison to walk back into her life, eight years after she moved away. They'd been best friends forever, or so she'd thought. But Molly is back in town and she's looking... really good, actually. And that reminds Daisy of that one time at a sleepover when they'd kissed during a game of Spin the Bottle. That one kiss has been on her mind since then, but it's irrelevant. Molly isn't into girls.
But as Daisy and Molly spend more time together, feelings start to grow, and Daisy is wondering just how "straight" Molly really is...
Something else she didn't expect was for Molly Madison to walk back into her life, eight years after she moved away. They'd been best friends forever, or so she'd thought. But Molly is back in town and she's looking... really good, actually. And that reminds Daisy of that one time at a sleepover when they'd kissed during a game of Spin the Bottle. That one kiss has been on her mind since then, but it's irrelevant. Molly isn't into girls.
But as Daisy and Molly spend more time together, feelings start to grow, and Daisy is wondering just how "straight" Molly really is...
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Chelsea M. Cameron
114 books4,881 followersChelsea M. Cameron is a New York Times/USA Today/Internationally Best Selling author from Maine who now lives and works in Boston. She's a red velvet cake enthusiast, obsessive tea drinker, former cheerleader, and world's worst video gamer. When not writing, she enjoys watching infomercials, eating brunch in bed, tweeting, and playing fetch with her cat, Sassenach. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Maine, Orono that she promptly abandoned to write about the people in her own head. More often than not, these people turn out to be just as weird as she is.
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July 4, 2018
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This one was my favourite of the Violet Hill Novellas, HANDS DOWN! So much, that I found myself crying of happiness by the time I reached the epilogue. It’s just so precious I wanted to wrap the girls up and protect them and their love forever.
If you know anything about me you know I am a sucker for best friends to lovers romance arcs, they make my demiro heart happy. But you know what I love even more than that? ESTRANGED BEST FRIENDS REUNITING AND REALIZING THEY WERE IN LOVE ALL ALONG *cries forever*. I’m just. I highly doubt I can produce any coherent thoughts at this point, all I can do is SCREAM.
Daisy is a lesbian and Molly identifies as queer and honestly? they are just perfect for each other, I loved how they picked up where they left off and filled out the blanks of all the years they were out of each other’s lives with little games and late night conversations, how everything between them just felt so natural and as meant to be. And I mean… They went to playgrounds, play tag and made blanket forts, those are my kinds of dates and those little details made me fall in love with the story even more.
And can we talk about the Queer Café Daisy works at? That setting in itself is just so welcoming and the fact that everyone who works there is like family and loving and accepting made the story so easy to love. I also adored Daisy’s mom not only because of how much their relationship was similar to mine ad my mom’s but also because of how much of a fangirl she was. I’ve never ever read a parent as supportive as this one in my life. And it felt good.
This one was my favourite of the Violet Hill Novellas, HANDS DOWN! So much, that I found myself crying of happiness by the time I reached the epilogue. It’s just so precious I wanted to wrap the girls up and protect them and their love forever.
If you know anything about me you know I am a sucker for best friends to lovers romance arcs, they make my demiro heart happy. But you know what I love even more than that? ESTRANGED BEST FRIENDS REUNITING AND REALIZING THEY WERE IN LOVE ALL ALONG *cries forever*. I’m just. I highly doubt I can produce any coherent thoughts at this point, all I can do is SCREAM.
Daisy is a lesbian and Molly identifies as queer and honestly? they are just perfect for each other, I loved how they picked up where they left off and filled out the blanks of all the years they were out of each other’s lives with little games and late night conversations, how everything between them just felt so natural and as meant to be. And I mean… They went to playgrounds, play tag and made blanket forts, those are my kinds of dates and those little details made me fall in love with the story even more.
And can we talk about the Queer Café Daisy works at? That setting in itself is just so welcoming and the fact that everyone who works there is like family and loving and accepting made the story so easy to love. I also adored Daisy’s mom not only because of how much their relationship was similar to mine ad my mom’s but also because of how much of a fangirl she was. I’ve never ever read a parent as supportive as this one in my life. And it felt good.
June 28, 2018
“Second Kiss (Violet Hill #1)” is the first of three novella length (2 hours) stories that feature friends and family members who work at, or frequent, an LGBTQ friendly cafe. Wow…this lesfic theme is certainly making the rounds! With only 2 hours to work with, author Cameron doesn’t give much depth to the characters, and the story feels rushed compared with Brayden’s “Seven Shores” series.
MC Daisy’s BFF MC Molly left town 9 years ago, and suddenly reappears - showing up at the Violet Hill Cafe where Daisy works. Now, Molly apparently forgot the “forever” part of BFF, because she hasn’t called, texted, written or facebooked Daisy for 9 years. Eventually, Daisy recognizes that she didn’t really work too hard to contact Molly either.
Anyway, lesbian Daisy spends time blushing and noticing how pretty Molly is, and remembers their spin-the-bottle kiss from long ago. But she isn’t sure she can be “just friends” with straight Molly. Well, straight Molly reveals that she’s moved back in town because she and her girlfriend broke up…soooo…they play spin-the-bottle again.
The narrator did a great job with the book, and her voices for both MCs were pretty sexy. But as much as this is a short, sweet story of friends finally becoming lovers, I was annoyed by a few things.
(1) Why on earth did Molly drop off the face of the planet and ignore Daisy for 9 years?
(2) Molly’s aggressive pursuit of Daisy feels more like rebound action than mutual destiny.
(3) Daisy likes her life and is reluctant to let Molly back in…but she seems to have no friends, and spends her days off watching TV.
“Second Kiss” was nice, but felt like we could have been more invested in the characters. I did like Daisy’s mom. While I do sort of recommend it as a light enjoyable read , I’m rating “Second Kiss” as 3* instead of 4* because most of my 4* rated books are much better. Let’s call this a Meh-plus.
MC Daisy’s BFF MC Molly left town 9 years ago, and suddenly reappears - showing up at the Violet Hill Cafe where Daisy works. Now, Molly apparently forgot the “forever” part of BFF, because she hasn’t called, texted, written or facebooked Daisy for 9 years. Eventually, Daisy recognizes that she didn’t really work too hard to contact Molly either.
Anyway, lesbian Daisy spends time blushing and noticing how pretty Molly is, and remembers their spin-the-bottle kiss from long ago. But she isn’t sure she can be “just friends” with straight Molly. Well, straight Molly reveals that she’s moved back in town because she and her girlfriend broke up…soooo…they play spin-the-bottle again.
The narrator did a great job with the book, and her voices for both MCs were pretty sexy. But as much as this is a short, sweet story of friends finally becoming lovers, I was annoyed by a few things.
(1) Why on earth did Molly drop off the face of the planet and ignore Daisy for 9 years?
(2) Molly’s aggressive pursuit of Daisy feels more like rebound action than mutual destiny.
(3) Daisy likes her life and is reluctant to let Molly back in…but she seems to have no friends, and spends her days off watching TV.
“Second Kiss” was nice, but felt like we could have been more invested in the characters. I did like Daisy’s mom. While I do sort of recommend it as a light enjoyable read , I’m rating “Second Kiss” as 3* instead of 4* because most of my 4* rated books are much better. Let’s call this a Meh-plus.
July 29, 2018
3.5 stars
This was very very cute! I love how honest it was about a lot of the stuff that sapphic girls go through because of heteronormativity and stuff.
The relationship was a little rushed and I guess that's to be expected from such a short novella, but it worked for me because at least they had some backstory.
This was very very cute! I love how honest it was about a lot of the stuff that sapphic girls go through because of heteronormativity and stuff.
The relationship was a little rushed and I guess that's to be expected from such a short novella, but it worked for me because at least they had some backstory.
February 21, 2020
Queer romance novellas are the best kind of romance. They're short, so the conflict isn't so drawn out it becomes unrealistic, and they're less likely to have trite gendered dynamics and toxic masculinity everywhere.
Second Kiss is the story of Daisy, who works at the Violet Hill Café, and Molly, the girl who was Daisy's best friend until she moved away for high school. It's a very cute, fluffy f/f romance with almost no conflict, short even for a novella, and it was exactly what I wanted it to be.
One thing that made this story stand out for me - apart from the fact that no one writes fluffy f/f books like Chelsea M. Cameron - was the food. There were a lot of food mentions and descriptions, and I was hungry. Also some of the food was Italian and I always love when I see it in books because Italian food is the best food, when you don't put pineapple on it.
There was a scene I didn't like, one of the few that weren't about the main couple. A side character tells Violet that romantic love isn't really for her, and Daisy says something like "just wait". I know that the sequel will follow that side character falling in love, and now I almost don't want to read it. I'm aromantic, I had this kind of conversation in real life, and I don't want romance books to remind me that some people think aromanticism is something you just grow out of (and maybe some people do, and maybe I will, but it's still... not great to tell people they will). I understand that this is a romance trope and that the side character wasn't meant to come across as aromantic, but that felt unnecessary to me.
Second Kiss is the story of Daisy, who works at the Violet Hill Café, and Molly, the girl who was Daisy's best friend until she moved away for high school. It's a very cute, fluffy f/f romance with almost no conflict, short even for a novella, and it was exactly what I wanted it to be.
One thing that made this story stand out for me - apart from the fact that no one writes fluffy f/f books like Chelsea M. Cameron - was the food. There were a lot of food mentions and descriptions, and I was hungry. Also some of the food was Italian and I always love when I see it in books because Italian food is the best food, when you don't put pineapple on it.
There was a scene I didn't like, one of the few that weren't about the main couple. A side character tells Violet that romantic love isn't really for her, and Daisy says something like "just wait". I know that the sequel will follow that side character falling in love, and now I almost don't want to read it. I'm aromantic, I had this kind of conversation in real life, and I don't want romance books to remind me that some people think aromanticism is something you just grow out of (and maybe some people do, and maybe I will, but it's still... not great to tell people they will). I understand that this is a romance trope and that the side character wasn't meant to come across as aromantic, but that felt unnecessary to me.
June 3, 2018
I definitely think this is a cute contemporary you can read in one sitting in less than an hour. It's adorable, cheesy, everything you need when it comes to a f/f romance. Honestly, let girls be happy together, that's all we're asking for.
3.5
3.5
July 17, 2018
This was very fast paced romance about best friends who lose touch and find it again back in their small hometown. It's not a plot that hasn't been done (I dont think many of those exist anymore) but is a good one. A couple of things that threw me off was the animosity Daisy had towards Molly. It also bugged me how fast they got together especially after Molly's break up which she seemed to still be getting over. Regardless it was quick and nice read and available on Scribd.
December 5, 2017
This was so incredibly cute and made me so so happy and I just loved it so much!!!
August 26, 2017
I CANNOT PUT MY EMOTIONS INTO WORDS!!! This was such a light, cute, fluffy, soft book, I can't wait to continue reading the series, I'm already a big big big fan.
March 26, 2019
This took me one hour to read lmfao
December 14, 2017
Actual Rating: 3.5:5 stars
Full review to come on Books and Ladders!
Full review to come on Books and Ladders!
February 28, 2017
All I felt was love. And certainty. And calm. No panic. No feeling of wrongness. Just right. She was right. We were right.
This was the perfect book to get out of the reading slump I was getting into. It's a gorgeous, cute and simple book that warmed my heart in so many different ways. It didn't have a lot of conflict nor drama and I appreciated that a lot. Sometimes with these types of books, the author uses miscommunication or even cheating to further the plot along. But this book didn't need to use anything like that, it was lovely and adorable just the way it was. It's a novella so it is very short but it's just how this story needed to be told. The characters were so relatable in many different ways and even though it was a very short book, I was rooting for them all the time and I wanted them to be happy. It didn't take me long to like them because of the realness of their characters.
There were two little things that bothered me while I was reading it though, even if now it doesn't bother me that much looking back. The first one is kind of an obvious one and that's that everything happened too quickly. It felt that even though the two protagonists hadn't seen each other in eight years, they just jumped back to where they left off as soon as they saw each other even if the main character did doubt their relationship for a bit, it didn't take too long until they were together. I don't even mind it any more because they are so cute though. The second thing is Chelsea M. Cameron's writing. I absolutely adore the way she builds relationships and the way she constructs characters and situations but I feel like her writing needed a bit more editing since the main character would repeat a lot of the things she said and would always think something and say the complete oposite thing. Like, it didn't make sense that it happened SO many times even if it's one of the characters qualities.
February 7, 2017
First of all, thank you to Chelsea M. Cameron for sending me an ecopy of her novella. I really enjoyed reading a F/F romance for the first time.
As I said, I really enjoyed discovering a story in which we have two women falling in love. That was the first time I read a romance like this and I honestly like it. The characters are cute but not in a bad way. Indeed, they show their feelings but they are not blind and keep following their real personality. However, what I 'disliked' - if it is the right word to use - is that the plot is going very fast. I know this is a novella and we can't stay on the same point for a long time, but I think it is too premature. Actions and decisions made by the characters wouldn't be the same in the real life, in my opinion. I think people take more time to live all these things, so, for me, the plot is closer to fiction than daily life.
Nonetheless, this is a good story and it can be perfect for a quick read.
As I said, I really enjoyed discovering a story in which we have two women falling in love. That was the first time I read a romance like this and I honestly like it. The characters are cute but not in a bad way. Indeed, they show their feelings but they are not blind and keep following their real personality. However, what I 'disliked' - if it is the right word to use - is that the plot is going very fast. I know this is a novella and we can't stay on the same point for a long time, but I think it is too premature. Actions and decisions made by the characters wouldn't be the same in the real life, in my opinion. I think people take more time to live all these things, so, for me, the plot is closer to fiction than daily life.
Nonetheless, this is a good story and it can be perfect for a quick read.
March 3, 2018
Love me some queer girl fluff.
June 22, 2017
Actual rating: 3.5 stars
Second Kiss was really cute and short, perfect if you just want to something sweet to read an afternoon or weekend. The book has the BFF to lovers trope mixed with second chance romance so if you go weak at the knees for that, this novella is definitely for you. At times I thought it went a bit fast for my taste but for the characters and the story, I see why it fits. They were cute and things even got a bit steamy, so I'm sure a lot of people will enjoy Daisy and Molly's story.
"There she was. Molly Madison. My childhood BFF who was now a twenty-two-year-old woman standing in front of me."
One issue that bothered me with Second Kiss was that the main character, Daisy, drove while intoxicated. She clearly stated she's a lightweight, and that after two mojitos she was pleasantly buzzed and then afterward she sat down in her car and drove like it was nothing. As someone who is really against driving while intoxicated, this rubbed me the wrong way. However, that a personal preference and just a small part of the book so it doesn't have to affect how anyone else reading this story might feel.
All in all, I would recommend this novella to people in search of a cute and a little sexy f/f story. However, personally, it did not impress me as much as I hoped it would. Nonetheless, I'll definitely check out the standalone sequel Double Exposure.
Second Kiss was really cute and short, perfect if you just want to something sweet to read an afternoon or weekend. The book has the BFF to lovers trope mixed with second chance romance so if you go weak at the knees for that, this novella is definitely for you. At times I thought it went a bit fast for my taste but for the characters and the story, I see why it fits. They were cute and things even got a bit steamy, so I'm sure a lot of people will enjoy Daisy and Molly's story.
"There she was. Molly Madison. My childhood BFF who was now a twenty-two-year-old woman standing in front of me."
One issue that bothered me with Second Kiss was that the main character, Daisy, drove while intoxicated. She clearly stated she's a lightweight, and that after two mojitos she was pleasantly buzzed and then afterward she sat down in her car and drove like it was nothing. As someone who is really against driving while intoxicated, this rubbed me the wrong way. However, that a personal preference and just a small part of the book so it doesn't have to affect how anyone else reading this story might feel.
All in all, I would recommend this novella to people in search of a cute and a little sexy f/f story. However, personally, it did not impress me as much as I hoped it would. Nonetheless, I'll definitely check out the standalone sequel Double Exposure.
May 24, 2017
There is just one reason why Second Kiss deserves the 5 stars: it's a f/f love story where nobody dies, nobody cheats on anybody (not even with a man because nobody is confused about its sexuality nor it's just a phase THANK YOU) and there isn't any unnecesary drama. This is so important in a world where books keep hiding the LGTBIQP+ community (so sad that SOME of the top young-adult authors -and when I say some I mean Laura Gallego- think that you just can include queer characters if you force a queer plot full of politics shit to justify them. BECAUSE THERE CAN BE MALE CENTAURS FUCKING FEMALE FAIRIES BUT HOW CAN WE INCLUDE LESBIANS FOR GOD'S SAKE)
SO
we need books like this. And we need queer characters EVERYWHERE.
SO
we need books like this. And we need queer characters EVERYWHERE.
February 20, 2020
3.5 stars rounded up.
I love Ramona's voice and the way she reads books. So I did a search for her on Audible. I came across this and I will say I do believe it is my first f/f story. I know I've read some short novellas and I guess with this being 2 hrs long is considered one too.
This one was done well. It was quick. It was light. It filled the void I needed after a heavy book I finished listening to earlier.
I love Ramona's voice and the way she reads books. So I did a search for her on Audible. I came across this and I will say I do believe it is my first f/f story. I know I've read some short novellas and I guess with this being 2 hrs long is considered one too.
This one was done well. It was quick. It was light. It filled the void I needed after a heavy book I finished listening to earlier.
December 7, 2017
This was short and there was zero conflict whatsoever, but it was a super delightful story about former best friends who in catching up years later also fall in love, and despite how short this was, I fell for both of these women immediately. The characters were surprisingly fleshed out for a novella of less than 60 pages.
December 22, 2017
Cute, fluffy and queer, what more is there to want in quick comfort reads?
Looking forward to the rest of this series
Looking forward to the rest of this series
January 27, 2019
This was just too cute
May 8, 2019
3.5 of 5
The fluffiest fluff that has ever fluffed.
The fluffiest fluff that has ever fluffed.
September 27, 2021
so cute 🥺
November 21, 2018
Meh. Engaging enough prose and simple story-through, a bit shallow, but it doesn't try to be more than the novella it is. Probably someone's perfect comfort reading, but not really mine.
January 1, 2017
All I felt was love. And certainty. And calm. No panic. No feeling of wrongness. Just right. She was right. We were right.
This was my first F/F book, also my first book by this author and it was freaking cute as hell. Seriously, gave me all the happy feels!
A friends to lovers and second chance romance. Daisy and Molly were best friends until Molly away and cut all contact. She's now back a couple of years later and trying to mend things with Daisy. Is friendship all that's there though?
I absolutely loved Daisy. Seriously. She's definitely made my top fave characters ever. Her sarcasm, bluntness, and at times awkwardness is pure hilarity. I love her so much, anyone who swears as much as Daisy is my kinda person. I really liked Molly too but this is a novella and was told in Daisy's POV so didn't get to know her as much as Daisy. But I loved the two of them together.
“What the fuck is even happening, Molly?”
She leaned over and kissed my cheek. “Love,” she said.
I turned and met her eyes. “What did you say?”
“Love. That’s what’s happening.” I waited for her to tell me that she was joking.
“You love me?”
She laughed. “Are you kidding? I’ve loved you my entire life. I might not have known, but I’ve never felt this way about anyone. It’s the most obvious thing in the world. Of course I love you. How could I not?”
This is a short read but I loved it. It was sweet and cute and romantic. Even though I loved the characters and their relationship and I smiled and laughed the whole way through, I didn't quite connect with Chelsea M Cameron's writing, I can't explain it, it was a little flat for me at times but I'll be still checking out other books in thisa series when they release.
March 4, 2017
Great story
This is a short, romantic and spicy story, I enjoyed since page number once. Molly and Daisy has been best friends since kids but Molly like left years ago... Now she is back in town looking for her old good friend and hoping.....for much more.....
First book I read from this author and I really... Really liked it!!!!!
This is a short, romantic and spicy story, I enjoyed since page number once. Molly and Daisy has been best friends since kids but Molly like left years ago... Now she is back in town looking for her old good friend and hoping.....for much more.....
First book I read from this author and I really... Really liked it!!!!!
August 21, 2017
**I was given this audio book for free from Audiobook Boom and the narrator, Ramona Master for a honest review.**
Title: Second Kiss (Violet Hill #1)
Author: Chelsea M Cameron
Narrator: Ramona Master
Length: 2hrs and 11mins
Publisher: Chelsea M Cameron
Date: 6-29-2017
Daisy Grace Webber's life hasn't exactly turned out how she thought it would. She didn't think she'd drop out of college and come back to the small town she grew up in. To be fair, she didn't think her love of baking would turn into a job at the Violet Hill Cafe either, but it did.
Something else she didn't expect was for Molly Madison to walk back into her life, eight years after she moved away. They'd been best friends forever, or so she'd thought. But Molly is back in town and she's looking...really good, actually. And that reminds Daisy of that one time at a sleepover when they'd kissed during a game of Spin the Bottle. That one kiss has been on her mind since then, but it's irrelevant. Molly isn't into girls. But as Daisy and Molly spend more time together, feelings start to grow, and Daisy is wondering just how "straight" Molly really is...
This feels like a coming of age story but with adults. Daisy and Molly have been friends for ages, but grew apart as they went off to college after a sleepover spin the bottle kiss. This is kind of glamorously cheesy in all the right parts. Girl likes/crushes on best friend not knowing if best friend feels same way. Sleepover games leaves door open to explore to then the next morning be brushed aside and never spoken of again. Years later running into each other innocently enough and then flame comes back. The writing is kind of cheesy, but Ramona Master does a wonderful job at making you fall in love with Daisy. I didn't honestly care for Molly to much, but that is the brilliance of Master's narrating style. I could hear in Molly things that I would normally find annoying in another woman. She makes the characters really come to life and in combination with Cameron's words, turns them into relate-able women that most lesbians or questioning women can relate too. I think even if your not a lesbian or questioning, something similar may have happened to either yourself or a friend.
Is this title one I would recommend to others looking for the "lesbian story" probably not, but if someone wanted a short audio book with a great narration, then yeah I would recommend this version. I am kind of curious to check out book 2 as well, but I don't know that I need to add it to my read it this month list, perhaps a ways down the road.
Title: Second Kiss (Violet Hill #1)
Author: Chelsea M Cameron
Narrator: Ramona Master
Length: 2hrs and 11mins
Publisher: Chelsea M Cameron
Date: 6-29-2017
Daisy Grace Webber's life hasn't exactly turned out how she thought it would. She didn't think she'd drop out of college and come back to the small town she grew up in. To be fair, she didn't think her love of baking would turn into a job at the Violet Hill Cafe either, but it did.
Something else she didn't expect was for Molly Madison to walk back into her life, eight years after she moved away. They'd been best friends forever, or so she'd thought. But Molly is back in town and she's looking...really good, actually. And that reminds Daisy of that one time at a sleepover when they'd kissed during a game of Spin the Bottle. That one kiss has been on her mind since then, but it's irrelevant. Molly isn't into girls. But as Daisy and Molly spend more time together, feelings start to grow, and Daisy is wondering just how "straight" Molly really is...
This feels like a coming of age story but with adults. Daisy and Molly have been friends for ages, but grew apart as they went off to college after a sleepover spin the bottle kiss. This is kind of glamorously cheesy in all the right parts. Girl likes/crushes on best friend not knowing if best friend feels same way. Sleepover games leaves door open to explore to then the next morning be brushed aside and never spoken of again. Years later running into each other innocently enough and then flame comes back. The writing is kind of cheesy, but Ramona Master does a wonderful job at making you fall in love with Daisy. I didn't honestly care for Molly to much, but that is the brilliance of Master's narrating style. I could hear in Molly things that I would normally find annoying in another woman. She makes the characters really come to life and in combination with Cameron's words, turns them into relate-able women that most lesbians or questioning women can relate too. I think even if your not a lesbian or questioning, something similar may have happened to either yourself or a friend.
Is this title one I would recommend to others looking for the "lesbian story" probably not, but if someone wanted a short audio book with a great narration, then yeah I would recommend this version. I am kind of curious to check out book 2 as well, but I don't know that I need to add it to my read it this month list, perhaps a ways down the road.
May 9, 2024
CW: sexual content, implied homophobia
Cute and quick. I was actually trying to read the 3rd book of this novella series since it apparently has an ace character, but I ended up downloading the whole series, so guess I’m reading all 3. So this one has a lesbian and a queer woman in a relationship. Super low stakes and fluffy for the most part, but with 2 spicy sex scenes.
I really like Daisy Grace’s narrative voice. It made me laugh and smile a lot. This is the first book out of the sapphic ones I’m reading where I’ve smiled a lot while reading.
There are minor, perhaps what some may call nitpicky, issues with this novella. It switched tense twice and the romance/sex happened REALLY fast, despite Molly having just gotten out of a serious relationship recently and Daisy being like, “what’s happening, this is so fast??” I get that they were best friends as kids, but a lot can change in the formative teenage years, and they barely know each other anymore despite their history. Daisy was angry at Molly for most of this and rightfully so, because Molly left her high and dry and didn’t contact her for 9 years. And Molly is crying about a failed relationship with a woman who “she thought was the one” only very recently? But that all gets swept under the rug like it’s no big deal, and they have great sex and also they’re so in love and have been all along. So that was a little hard to swallow. And Daisy drives buzzed? Literally she says she’s buzzed, then a few paragraphs later, she and Molly jump in Daisy’s car. Dangerous!!! Also. Daisy mentions she has a cat in like chapter 1, and then the cat is completely forgotten after that. Molly comes over and there is no cat or mention of the cat. Weird for an author to introduce a pet that never makes an appearance—especially when it seems like Pumpkin the cat is Daisy’s only companion. The author also tends to put the reactions of the next speaking character after the dialogue of the last speaking character (as in Daisy would say something and Molly would react on the same line, and then the next paragraph Molly spoke) so sometimes I got lost and didn’t know who was speaking.
But if those things and speed of relationships doesn’t bother you, this is a cute quick read with some spice.
Cute and quick. I was actually trying to read the 3rd book of this novella series since it apparently has an ace character, but I ended up downloading the whole series, so guess I’m reading all 3. So this one has a lesbian and a queer woman in a relationship. Super low stakes and fluffy for the most part, but with 2 spicy sex scenes.
I really like Daisy Grace’s narrative voice. It made me laugh and smile a lot. This is the first book out of the sapphic ones I’m reading where I’ve smiled a lot while reading.
There are minor, perhaps what some may call nitpicky, issues with this novella. It switched tense twice and the romance/sex happened REALLY fast, despite Molly having just gotten out of a serious relationship recently and Daisy being like, “what’s happening, this is so fast??” I get that they were best friends as kids, but a lot can change in the formative teenage years, and they barely know each other anymore despite their history. Daisy was angry at Molly for most of this and rightfully so, because Molly left her high and dry and didn’t contact her for 9 years. And Molly is crying about a failed relationship with a woman who “she thought was the one” only very recently? But that all gets swept under the rug like it’s no big deal, and they have great sex and also they’re so in love and have been all along. So that was a little hard to swallow. And Daisy drives buzzed? Literally she says she’s buzzed, then a few paragraphs later, she and Molly jump in Daisy’s car. Dangerous!!! Also. Daisy mentions she has a cat in like chapter 1, and then the cat is completely forgotten after that. Molly comes over and there is no cat or mention of the cat. Weird for an author to introduce a pet that never makes an appearance—especially when it seems like Pumpkin the cat is Daisy’s only companion. The author also tends to put the reactions of the next speaking character after the dialogue of the last speaking character (as in Daisy would say something and Molly would react on the same line, and then the next paragraph Molly spoke) so sometimes I got lost and didn’t know who was speaking.
But if those things and speed of relationships doesn’t bother you, this is a cute quick read with some spice.
February 23, 2018
"You like girls," I said.
She nodded. "Yup."
"You like girls in a gay way."
"Yes."
"You like girls as in you want to kiss them and be with them and date them and marry them."
She started to laugh. "Yes. I don't know how many other ways I can say it."
3.5 stars
Second Kiss is a novella about a second chance romance between Daisy and Molly, who were inseparable best friends before they shared their first kiss 8 years ago and Molly moved away.
I've only read Style by Cameron, but I am absolutely sure that she writes the cutest new adult f/f romances. Try and read this without a smile on your face the entire time, I dare you. However, I wish this was a full-length novel with alternating chapters from before and after, like How to Love by Katie Cotugno or Paper Hearts by Claire Contreras. I would have loved to explore their feelings after they're separated and both of their explorations into their sexualities, Daisy realising she's a lesbian and Molly wondering whether to label herself as the same or queer. Also, I think the "unrequited" feelings when they were teenagers and best friends would've been interesting.
The only thing I disliked was
January 5, 2018
I still don't love Chelsea Cameron's writing style, but I really enjoyed the first half of the book anyway. It's cute fluff, and I was hopeful about where it was going. Of course, that's when the story veered off into eye-rolling, teeth-grinding territory. I had issues with two related themes that appeared in the second half of the book: the "mother always knows (best)", and the "fated love" trope. These girls were thirteen when they last spoke. At that age, it is creepy and controlling for a parent to decide that somehow they are just "meant for each other." I am fully willing to believe that two girls who once had crushes on each other could meet again as adults and fall in love, but the idea that this was their one and only chance for love just rubs me entirely the wrong way. We are all very different people at 22 from who we were at 13, and I really wanted to see more of Daisy and Molly learning to be together as adults. Additionally, nine years of silence seems like a huge breaking of trust to me, one that I think would require time to heal. All in all, I was left very unconvinced by their happy ending.
August 10, 2017
This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of AudiobookBoom dot com.
I'm not a fan of profanity, so that's really my only issue with the book. I love how the focus on their relationship is based on their friendship as kids. Instead of just focusing on sex, they build a blanket fort, have ticket fights, and play on the swing sets. I liked the supportive mom as opposed to the upset-mom, and the story has a happy ending. The story is told in first person, and I think the narrator was a fantastic fit for the main character. She conveys the emotions of distaste, worry, and excitement very well. She uses a completely different set of mannerisms for mom, which fit the mom figure very well. I wasn't a big fan of molly's voice. if you pay attention, she does speak differently so you can tell them apart, but the pitch isn't significantly different so it can be a little bit difficult.
I'm not a fan of profanity, so that's really my only issue with the book. I love how the focus on their relationship is based on their friendship as kids. Instead of just focusing on sex, they build a blanket fort, have ticket fights, and play on the swing sets. I liked the supportive mom as opposed to the upset-mom, and the story has a happy ending. The story is told in first person, and I think the narrator was a fantastic fit for the main character. She conveys the emotions of distaste, worry, and excitement very well. She uses a completely different set of mannerisms for mom, which fit the mom figure very well. I wasn't a big fan of molly's voice. if you pay attention, she does speak differently so you can tell them apart, but the pitch isn't significantly different so it can be a little bit difficult.
June 15, 2017
"I had bread to bake and muffins to make and a girlfriend to dream about while I did all of that.
What had I been so scared of?"
Second Kiss is an adorable story about two best friends reuniting after years away from each other. It's a short read that took me just around an hour and I totally recommend to anyone who loves cheesy F/F books.
The scenes are all super cute and I'm weak for best friends to lovers. But also I loved how the MC left college to go work in what she loved. We need more stories that normalize these situations, especially for young people who feel so lost these days.
What had I been so scared of?"
Second Kiss is an adorable story about two best friends reuniting after years away from each other. It's a short read that took me just around an hour and I totally recommend to anyone who loves cheesy F/F books.
The scenes are all super cute and I'm weak for best friends to lovers. But also I loved how the MC left college to go work in what she loved. We need more stories that normalize these situations, especially for young people who feel so lost these days.
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