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Jenna and Susan #2
When You Know
"When You Know," is the sequel to Kiki Archer’s best-selling lesbian fiction novel, "One Foot Onto The Ice." Teacher, Susan Quinn, and Club Ski instructor, Jenna James, have finally found love. True love. Real love. Breathless love. There’s chemistry. There’s passion. There’s a future. But what happens when distance separates them? The fun cast of characters from St Wilfred’s All-Girls School are back to support Jenna and Susan on their journeys of self-discovery. Will Susan be able to overcome her anxieties and accept that Jenna’s changed? Will Jenna really be able to give up the life she loves on the slopes of the French Alps to teach alongside Susan? But more importantly, will their new relationship withstand the worries and doubts that social media can cause? When you know, you know … but is that ever enough?
241 pages, Paperback
First published April 13, 2014
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About the author
Kiki Archer
17 books282 followersLambda Literary Award finalist and Polari First Book Prize judge, Kiki Archer is the UK-based author of ten best-selling, award-winning novels.
Ranking highly on the Guardian newspaper’s Pride Power List and the Diva Pride Power List in 2017, 2018 and 2019, Kiki’s ‘chick-lit with a lady-loving twist’ has reached a mainstream audience now embracing stories with lesbian leads.
Kiki has won a SoSoGay Best Book Award, a National Indie Excellence Award, a Gold Global eBook Award, a Diva Literary Award and three Ultimate Planet Awards. She was a Distinguished Favourite in the New York Big Book Awards, a Distinguished Favourite in the Independent Press Awards, a Finalist in the NIEA Awards, a Finalist in the Lambda Literary Awards and has received two Honourable Mentions in the Rainbow Awards.
In 2018 Kiki won Best Author at the Waldorf’s star-studded Diva Awards.
In 2019 The Independent newspaper ranked Kiki #43 in their Top 100 celebrated LGBT+ people.
Ranking highly on the Guardian newspaper’s Pride Power List and the Diva Pride Power List in 2017, 2018 and 2019, Kiki’s ‘chick-lit with a lady-loving twist’ has reached a mainstream audience now embracing stories with lesbian leads.
Kiki has won a SoSoGay Best Book Award, a National Indie Excellence Award, a Gold Global eBook Award, a Diva Literary Award and three Ultimate Planet Awards. She was a Distinguished Favourite in the New York Big Book Awards, a Distinguished Favourite in the Independent Press Awards, a Finalist in the NIEA Awards, a Finalist in the Lambda Literary Awards and has received two Honourable Mentions in the Rainbow Awards.
In 2018 Kiki won Best Author at the Waldorf’s star-studded Diva Awards.
In 2019 The Independent newspaper ranked Kiki #43 in their Top 100 celebrated LGBT+ people.
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June 10, 2018
Ok let me say this first. I want, no need a fifth. The author has expertly combined four books (this book and one foot on to the Ice, she's my students and instigations) to end together. O.M.G. are you serious. Now I need more. I get carried away....sorry. This book will have you rolling around the floor in hysterics especially the car scene. Once you've read it you'll remember being there and doing that only probably not with a Quaver packet. So many hilarious scenes. Kiki Archer's writing style is very fluid and realistic. Her characters are funny and so real. I really need a fifth so please, please write a fifth. You'll laugh a lot, you'll get frustrated a lot and you kinda start to actively dislike some characters. Read, you'll love it. Enjoy!
Excellent!
Excellent!
June 4, 2022
3.5 ⭐️
April 17, 2014
I've already written this on Amazon, so here goes:
Like its prequel One Foot Onto the Ice, and all of Kiki Archer's other books, this one's funny, smart, interesting and sexy. All of the characters are lovable even with their flaws (well, almost all, there are some despicable ones as well, Ramsbottom can make a reader physically sick and I wanted to kick Amber's arse more than once), and the situations they get themselves into are hilarious.
What makes Kiki's books different than so many others in the genre is that her stories are never just romance stories between the two main characters. They are so much more. Her characters have lives going on outside of their love stories, and together with a great supporting cast and amazing humour, it makes for a very enjoyable read that you just can't put down.
The ending was spectacular and it is the best proof that Kiki Archer knows what her readers want and she gives it to them, and in most unexpected ways. I can't wait for the sequel, and I'm sure it will be worth the wait, just like When You Know was.
P.S. I'm proud of myself for not using the word "awesome" in this review. :)
Like its prequel One Foot Onto the Ice, and all of Kiki Archer's other books, this one's funny, smart, interesting and sexy. All of the characters are lovable even with their flaws (well, almost all, there are some despicable ones as well, Ramsbottom can make a reader physically sick and I wanted to kick Amber's arse more than once), and the situations they get themselves into are hilarious.
What makes Kiki's books different than so many others in the genre is that her stories are never just romance stories between the two main characters. They are so much more. Her characters have lives going on outside of their love stories, and together with a great supporting cast and amazing humour, it makes for a very enjoyable read that you just can't put down.
The ending was spectacular and it is the best proof that Kiki Archer knows what her readers want and she gives it to them, and in most unexpected ways. I can't wait for the sequel, and I'm sure it will be worth the wait, just like When You Know was.
P.S. I'm proud of myself for not using the word "awesome" in this review. :)
May 15, 2017
Excellent. Great story. Had me in stitches. I need more!
June 27, 2015
Marcus and Amber with "friends" like that no one needs enemies. This follow-up to one foot onto the ice is entertaining, engaging and laugh out loud funny.
April 17, 2014
Freaking awesome!
And the laughs continue in this sequel to One Foot On The Ice. Could not put it down. I won't give you a synopsis as I know an earlier post already did. Just suffice it to say, if you don't fall in love with Kiki's books, you must not be breathing! I can't wait till the next one. Marcus Ramsbottom was just as obnoxious as in the first book. I wanted to slap him silly all through the book. Of course I loved the interaction between Susan and Jenna. Their lovemaking was incredible! Kiki's writing style makes you involved in every aspect of the characters lives. You get emotionally invested. I feel like these characters are my friends, they take me away for a few hours and have me laughing out loud at their antics, as well as cringing at the situations they get themselves into. You can't help but fall in love with Kiki's books! Hope you all enjoy this one as much as I have!
And the laughs continue in this sequel to One Foot On The Ice. Could not put it down. I won't give you a synopsis as I know an earlier post already did. Just suffice it to say, if you don't fall in love with Kiki's books, you must not be breathing! I can't wait till the next one. Marcus Ramsbottom was just as obnoxious as in the first book. I wanted to slap him silly all through the book. Of course I loved the interaction between Susan and Jenna. Their lovemaking was incredible! Kiki's writing style makes you involved in every aspect of the characters lives. You get emotionally invested. I feel like these characters are my friends, they take me away for a few hours and have me laughing out loud at their antics, as well as cringing at the situations they get themselves into. You can't help but fall in love with Kiki's books! Hope you all enjoy this one as much as I have!
January 10, 2021
A great sequel to a great first book..one of the better sequels I have read
November 15, 2020
Can a couple survive a long distance relationship? That has always been a question for me. Especially when one half of the couple is known to be a player and the other half is insecure. I'm surprised Jenna and Susan got through it eventually.
I didn't like how Susan's insecurity was blamed for the moments of contention between the couple because I personally find Jenna's behaviour completely unacceptable for someone supposedly in a relationship. I would think that it would be a problem if my partner hangs out constantly with girls whom she has had a history with, attends wild parties at clubs and is photographed with unknown women in compromising positions. I don't see how any girlfriend would be okay with it.
But I like how it ended - We get a final glimpse of Kat and Freya.
I didn't like how Susan's insecurity was blamed for the moments of contention between the couple because I personally find Jenna's behaviour completely unacceptable for someone supposedly in a relationship. I would think that it would be a problem if my partner hangs out constantly with girls whom she has had a history with, attends wild parties at clubs and is photographed with unknown women in compromising positions. I don't see how any girlfriend would be okay with it.
But I like how it ended - We get a final glimpse of Kat and Freya.
July 19, 2020
Laughter & love
Omg, the freeway scene… YASSSSSSSS!! I swear I've know that feeling of never having a bathroom when you need one all too well myself! But that's the gift of Kiki's books—there's always that iconic, over the top, hilarious moment that stays with you long after you're done reading.
Omg, the freeway scene… YASSSSSSSS!! I swear I've know that feeling of never having a bathroom when you need one all too well myself! But that's the gift of Kiki's books—there's always that iconic, over the top, hilarious moment that stays with you long after you're done reading.
August 2, 2014
Flipping fantastic, love the humour love it all. Kiki archer rocks
September 2, 2017
It was really funny and very well written.
I could almost smell Professor Ramsbottom or feel the cold weather on my skin.
Kiki Archer is amazing with her words.
I could almost smell Professor Ramsbottom or feel the cold weather on my skin.
Kiki Archer is amazing with her words.
March 13, 2018
Read with a few days
Unable to put it down,read when ever I could and when I shouldn't of
Brilliant book, where there be a sequal ??
Unable to put it down,read when ever I could and when I shouldn't of
Brilliant book, where there be a sequal ??
June 3, 2020
This author is funny and serious when necessary in her writing. I really enjoyed the book and looking forward to reading other books by this author
January 25, 2019
Absolutely Brilliant
Having home to a school called Saint Wilfrieds .This sequel was brilliant. This follow up was one of the funniest i've read including the sex scenes.
Kiki Atcher wrote a sequal that had keep in stitches well done to her. Hopefully there will be more about the school.
Having home to a school called Saint Wilfrieds .This sequel was brilliant. This follow up was one of the funniest i've read including the sex scenes.
Kiki Atcher wrote a sequal that had keep in stitches well done to her. Hopefully there will be more about the school.
September 19, 2015
weakest story....
Sadly, for all the good parts in this book, it didn't work as well for me this time around.
I would have to say the ending was the best part, and that's kind of off-putting for me, especially since I'm torn with the merging that took place there.
I bought this book sight unseen when it first came to ereader, simply because I've come to absolutely adore Kiki Archer's telling of a story. That could have been my undoing.
Not that this was a bad story. By any other author, this would be a four star. But I think for me: _One Foot Onto The Ice_ was so superior to this one, that it made this one feel like it was written rushed. (However, I know I am in a minority on this, as so many readers do love this book.) Maybe I was in a bad place when I read this book.
Truly: there is nothing wrong, per say, with this book: it's just that I felt let down.
Sadly, for all the good parts in this book, it didn't work as well for me this time around.
I would have to say the ending was the best part, and that's kind of off-putting for me, especially since I'm torn with the merging that took place there.
I bought this book sight unseen when it first came to ereader, simply because I've come to absolutely adore Kiki Archer's telling of a story. That could have been my undoing.
Not that this was a bad story. By any other author, this would be a four star. But I think for me: _One Foot Onto The Ice_ was so superior to this one, that it made this one feel like it was written rushed. (However, I know I am in a minority on this, as so many readers do love this book.) Maybe I was in a bad place when I read this book.
Truly: there is nothing wrong, per say, with this book: it's just that I felt let down.
July 11, 2014
Just like its prequel this book is full of comical situations, big feelings and erotic moments. While Susan would get on my nerves every now and then - which I guess she was supposed to - it was good to see I could rely on the always cool and relaxed Jenna for staying sane and putting things into perspective; or for simply just saying how it is, for example when it comes to male teachers who would cross a line or two (or three, or four, ...).
I found it amazing how the author had managed to stay true to all the characters she had created for "One Foot Onto the Ice". You'll recognise them at once. It's made it easy to dive back into this "world" and enjoy another story with Jenna & Susan.
The very last paragraph will leave Kiki Archer fans grinning :-).
I found it amazing how the author had managed to stay true to all the characters she had created for "One Foot Onto the Ice". You'll recognise them at once. It's made it easy to dive back into this "world" and enjoy another story with Jenna & Susan.
The very last paragraph will leave Kiki Archer fans grinning :-).
April 18, 2014
Loved this book, as I have each Kiki Archer novel I've read, and had the widest grin when reading the final page (if you've read other books by this author, you will too!) I'm now already looking forward to Kiki Archer's next offering, whenever that may be...no pressure Kiki! Laugh out loud funny in parts with the anticipated - frustrating (Susan), loveable (Daisy), sexy (Jenna) and downright objectionable (Ramsbottom) - characters.
July 1, 2014
It was so hard for me to get through this book without shaking my kindle a couple times. Yes, it had humorous moments. For the most part, the two main characters are likeable... but I could not just get passed the crazy sub-characters and subplot. I ended up skimming the last 40% of this book. Loved the add-in on the last page and I will happily take more of that... but as for Jenna and Susan - I wish them the best...
June 1, 2014
Don't hesitate with this one
I hesitate to buy books that have a schoolgirl theme to them because I have huge problems with teachers falling in love with their students, but Archer doesn't go that route and has created adorable to dastardly characters in her sequenced books On Thin Ice and When You Know. Fun and exciting to read.
I hesitate to buy books that have a schoolgirl theme to them because I have huge problems with teachers falling in love with their students, but Archer doesn't go that route and has created adorable to dastardly characters in her sequenced books On Thin Ice and When You Know. Fun and exciting to read.
March 29, 2025
Adequate not sure what more I can think of ! Like the first part of the series . I got the same outcome of these lead characters ! Unwillingness to take off there blinders and see the truth of people they associated with daily . For the deceptive human beings they truly were ! And so like with the other review I tag this as less than a five star novel for the writer short sightedness !
December 27, 2014
Loved this book
I just adore these characters and this writer. I'm so glad she tied up loose ends and gave them a happy ending. Marcus drove me insane in both books so I'm glad it is the end if him.
I just adore these characters and this writer. I'm so glad she tied up loose ends and gave them a happy ending. Marcus drove me insane in both books so I'm glad it is the end if him.
May 5, 2014
Loved it!!! Can't wait for the next book!!
April 3, 2017
I enjoyed this one a little more than the 1st book, One Foot on the Ice. Both are great, fun reads. Definitely recommend.
January 11, 2015
I love ur books
I can't wait to get more of ur books u have a way of really bringing it out to life.
I can't wait to get more of ur books u have a way of really bringing it out to life.
May 10, 2014
A follow up sequel to 'One Foot Onto the Ice'.
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