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Love Stories For Young Adults #3
How to Kiss a Guy
Winning a starring role in her school's production of "Beauty and the Beast," Naomi Peters discovers an entirely new side to her personality and hopes her chemistry with male lead Dylan Russo will continue offstage. Original.
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 1995
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September 1, 2021
My string of meh to terrible reads continues… Here we have Naomi Peters who goes from introverted and responsible to selfish, lying twat at warp speed after meeting Dylan McKay Russo and his “mysterious” earring. Oh, and did I mention that Dylan is a poet? (Because *of course* he is.) Here, have a sample:
“When you leave,
I grow as empty as a children’s zoo
in a blizzard.”
*dies* ☠️
“When you leave,
I grow as empty as a children’s zoo
in a blizzard.”
*dies* ☠️
August 24, 2021
agosto 16, 2021.
entiendo que en su época este libro haya sido muy bueno, pero me pareció insufrible. si fuera una película tipo romcom, probablemente me gustara un poco más, pero no me gustó este libro en sí.
para empezar, qué personajes mas insulsos. a excepción del falso novio de la protagonista (no me acuerdo el nombre, pero me pareció un personaje dentro de todo aceptable, principalmente porque se tomó bastante bien la boludeada que le hizo naomi) y del otro chico de este grupito (porque es lindo y meh), todos los demás son un poco molestos.
naomi es suuuper equis, me hubiese gustado que profundizaran un poco en ella; en su pasado, sus gustos, etc. me pareció muy tonto que vea a un chico una sola vez y al toque decida que todo en su vida es una mierda y empiece a criticar absolutamente todo sin hacerlo de una buena manera. QUE GILA FUE CON SU NOVIO (o su falso novio, es lo mismo). el chico se portó bien con ella en todo momento, y era tan fácil como ir y decirle "che no siento nada por vos", en lugar de despreciarlo, ilusionarlo y criticarlo mentalmente todo el tiempo.
por otro lado está el protagonista masculino, del cual solamente me acuerdo lo del taller mecánico y que actuaba bien. fin. este libro no profundiza en naaaada este personaje, lo cual es un desperdicio porque no me disgustó tanto.
por último en cuanto a personajes, amanda me parece una amiga bastante cuestionable. entiendo que todos estos personajes tienen 15/16 años, y entiendo que sus actitudes van acorde a su edad, pero que insufribles son estas dos chicas. por dioooos, son super manipuladoras y no creo que su amistad sea para nada buena.
sobre el libro en general, me pareció muy aburrido, tiene muy pocas páginas y tardé una eternidad en leerlo. los personajes son aburridos, el romance es aburrido, la trama es aburrida. ni siquiera profundizan tanto en lo de la obra escolar. en fin, no me gustó, pero es un libro viejo y antes de leerlo ya suponía que no iba a convertirse en mi libro favorito de la vida.
entiendo que en su época este libro haya sido muy bueno, pero me pareció insufrible. si fuera una película tipo romcom, probablemente me gustara un poco más, pero no me gustó este libro en sí.
para empezar, qué personajes mas insulsos. a excepción del falso novio de la protagonista (no me acuerdo el nombre, pero me pareció un personaje dentro de todo aceptable, principalmente porque se tomó bastante bien la boludeada que le hizo naomi) y del otro chico de este grupito (porque es lindo y meh), todos los demás son un poco molestos.
naomi es suuuper equis, me hubiese gustado que profundizaran un poco en ella; en su pasado, sus gustos, etc. me pareció muy tonto que vea a un chico una sola vez y al toque decida que todo en su vida es una mierda y empiece a criticar absolutamente todo sin hacerlo de una buena manera. QUE GILA FUE CON SU NOVIO (o su falso novio, es lo mismo). el chico se portó bien con ella en todo momento, y era tan fácil como ir y decirle "che no siento nada por vos", en lugar de despreciarlo, ilusionarlo y criticarlo mentalmente todo el tiempo.
por otro lado está el protagonista masculino, del cual solamente me acuerdo lo del taller mecánico y que actuaba bien. fin. este libro no profundiza en naaaada este personaje, lo cual es un desperdicio porque no me disgustó tanto.
por último en cuanto a personajes, amanda me parece una amiga bastante cuestionable. entiendo que todos estos personajes tienen 15/16 años, y entiendo que sus actitudes van acorde a su edad, pero que insufribles son estas dos chicas. por dioooos, son super manipuladoras y no creo que su amistad sea para nada buena.
sobre el libro en general, me pareció muy aburrido, tiene muy pocas páginas y tardé una eternidad en leerlo. los personajes son aburridos, el romance es aburrido, la trama es aburrida. ni siquiera profundizan tanto en lo de la obra escolar. en fin, no me gustó, pero es un libro viejo y antes de leerlo ya suponía que no iba a convertirse en mi libro favorito de la vida.
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August 23, 2019
Mom's need not worry at all! Amazing for tweens & teens, no sex, no talk of sex. Not even sexual innuendos, (Despite maybe some of the covers and titles LOL) just kissing! First kiss/first love, romantic, creative, clever, funny! I would highly recommend these "love stories" books written by different authors. They're what I started out on, as an adolescent in the 90s, daydreaming about my future first love, 😻 and I sometimes still pull them out and read them as an adult! And, most all of the main characters, a girl looking for love, have a best friend/gal pal like most of us do/did to rely on, and to chat with! My mom loved these for me, as did I!
February 8, 2025
sweet stories, will re-read someday
February 18, 2015
Picture this: a girl inherits a ton of YA romance novels when her older cousin moves out of grandma's house. She's wide-eyed and book-starved. She's never had that many books thrown at her before. What does she do? She reads them all and rationalizes it later in life, like what I'm doing now lmao
So yeah, I did go through a YA phase, and it was through these books! I'm old and crusty but that doesn't mean I never felt the mushiness of ~first love~, kids. I went through all that and THIS BOOK WAS WITNESS TO IT ALL.
Naomi was basically me. I related to her so much back then - all brains (with a secret passion for the stage), on track to a top university, taller than most boys - the only difference was she had a Dylan.
And DYLAN. TALL PALE BEAUTIFUL SENSITIVE BAD BOY DYLAN WITH THE MOTORCYCLE. I suppose I could blame him for some anomalies in my life, i.e. my 14 year old teenage crush on Sirius Black despite him being an oldass thirty something, and my seriously scary?? all-consuming lust for Fenris when I've only backseat played DA2.
Ok, so maybe I did audition for that disastrous Midsummer Night's Eve production in high school slightly hoping that there was a Dylan? (There wasn't. Found new friends though.)
Anyway, I think I need to reread this solid 90s masterpiece just for old time's sake.
So yeah, I did go through a YA phase, and it was through these books! I'm old and crusty but that doesn't mean I never felt the mushiness of ~first love~, kids. I went through all that and THIS BOOK WAS WITNESS TO IT ALL.
Naomi was basically me. I related to her so much back then - all brains (with a secret passion for the stage), on track to a top university, taller than most boys - the only difference was she had a Dylan.
And DYLAN. TALL PALE BEAUTIFUL SENSITIVE BAD BOY DYLAN WITH THE MOTORCYCLE. I suppose I could blame him for some anomalies in my life, i.e. my 14 year old teenage crush on Sirius Black despite him being an oldass thirty something, and my seriously scary?? all-consuming lust for Fenris when I've only backseat played DA2.
Ok, so maybe I did audition for that disastrous Midsummer Night's Eve production in high school slightly hoping that there was a Dylan? (There wasn't. Found new friends though.)
Anyway, I think I need to reread this solid 90s masterpiece just for old time's sake.
June 9, 2010
This was the only book that was saved from the Love Stories collection of my sister. The others were burned when our summer house caught fire. This was saved because I moved it with me to write a script for it.
To move on the review, this was the first book I realized that I have a thing for bad-boy like fiction boys. Dylan is dark and brooding. Not to mention he rides a bike and seems aloof to almost everyone. I feel for Naomi's character who's shy and serious, who suddenly decided to break out of her shell and audition for a school play.
Theatre is the setting for this romantic story of guy meets girl and falls in love with each other. Reading made me feel funny inside and this was one of the first romantic reads I had when I was a young adult.
To move on the review, this was the first book I realized that I have a thing for bad-boy like fiction boys. Dylan is dark and brooding. Not to mention he rides a bike and seems aloof to almost everyone. I feel for Naomi's character who's shy and serious, who suddenly decided to break out of her shell and audition for a school play.
Theatre is the setting for this romantic story of guy meets girl and falls in love with each other. Reading made me feel funny inside and this was one of the first romantic reads I had when I was a young adult.
January 31, 2015
My sisters and I used to collect these Love Stories books but this book wasn't one of my favorites, even back when I first read it when I was so much younger. This read had possibilities and may still appeal to some other reader though.
January 20, 2009
C'mon... it was good. The title is embarassing though when an older guy sees you reading it. Sad day... sad day.
June 13, 2011
Another great book from the love stories series ... I trade in all my books for the whole series
November 2, 2012
i used to LOVE this book
i wish i still had my old copy
i wish i still had my old copy
June 29, 2013
It's an okay book. It'll probably be more appealing to younger audiences.
January 10, 2013
ONE OF MY FIRST LOVE STORIES I EVER READ
October 18, 2014
Sweet story
Read
April 6, 2010F LOV bk.3
December 7, 2018
The book is so original.
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