Sofia Loves Books: Review: Kiss Me Not (Kiss Me #1) by Emma Hart

What do you do when you’re the reigning kissing booth champion but the only person you want to kiss is your best friend’s brother?

Kiss Me Not, an all-new hilarious brother's best friend romance from New York Times bestselling author Emma Hart is available now!

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Let me make this clear right here, right now: I, Halley Dawson, do not care that Preston Wright is kissing other women.

Not a lick. Not at all. Nuh-uh-freakin’-uh.

I do care that he’s doing it six feet away from me behind a gaudy velvet curtain—making him my competition in this year’s kissing contest.

Why do I care, you ask? Because I’ve had an unfortunate crush on the insufferable idiot since I was sixteen years old, but I also know it’s never going to happen.

He’s the Creek Falls bachelor to die for, and I’m the Creek Falls racoon lady who puts peanut butter sandwiches out for them every night.

I’m not going to let him break my four-year-long reign—no matter how many times he breaks the rules and slides the curtain across to do the one thing he’s not allowed to:

Kiss me.

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Review:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Kiss Me Not is the first stand-alone novel in the Kiss Me series by Emma Hart. The main characters are Halley the kissing booth queen and Preston the brother of one of Halley's friends. So I am going to point the obvious and say that the main trope of this book is the beloved "best friend's brother". The blurb pretty much covers what you need to know about the story before you begin reading it.

If you have read The Accidental Girlfriend you might remember meeting Halley there. If you haven't, no worries. This is a stand-alone novel and Lauren and Mason make a very brief appearance in this book. Some events of the books are happening at the same time, but that's the only thing these books have in common and I am mentioning it because I was surprised to see the other couple again.

As for this couple, I will say that I liked them together. The attraction between them was present before the book even began and they certainly took their sweet time to go from two people crushing on each other to a loving couple. But for me, their story worked out nicely. Halley has a very special relationship with the raccoons she is feeding and it was a fun part to read. To be honest, sometimes I felt like she had a chip on her shoulder and she was making things more serious than they were meant to be. Preston was a refreshing presence in the book because he is not your usual manwhore and he is actually a decent guy. I was so happy to get the chance to read a book with him as the hero.

I will admit that Kiss me not is not, in my opinion, one of Emma Hart's best works. It's good, but not as good as other books she has written in the past. I did get hooked on the two future books though. They will be about Halley's friends and we were mostly teased about the third book I think. The order doesn't matter. What matters is the way I am going to convince Emma Hart to give me those books in the next couple of days. I can't wait for them

Excerpt:

“I never answered your question.” “What question?” I darted my eyes to the side. “Just now. You asked me if I wanted to kiss you.” I did, didn’t I? Right. “Oh,” was all I said. Slowly, he moved his hand to my chin and gently lifted it. Still, I didn’t look at him, keeping my eyes firmly trained on the front of the tent, even though I was facing him. “Halley.” “Yeah?” “I want to kiss you.” My eyes darted to his. “I thought that’d do it.” His lips twitched, and he lowered his head until I had to fight the urge to close my eyes in anticipation of the kiss that was coming. I swallowed, my lips parting. Preston moved closer. And he kissed my cheek. I jerked out of whatever trance I’d just been in. “What the hell?” He jumped off the stage, grinning. “I guess we’ll have to wait until tomorrow to break the stalemate, won’t we?” “Oh, hell no!” I jumped off, stalking him to his side of the stage. “You just stood there in front of me and told me you want to kiss me, then kiss my cheek? The hell was that?” His eyebrows shot up, amusement flashing in his eyes. “If I didn’t know better, I’d think you wanted to kiss me, too.” “Irrelevant,” I shot back. “But you’re a special kind of asshole to tell a girl you wanna kiss her and then not do it.” I turned around, then stopped. “You know what? When I beat you tomorrow, you can kiss my ass.” “You’re way too mad about this.” “I’m not mad!” My voice raised a few octaves. “I couldn’t care if you want to kiss me or not. I most certainly don’t want to kiss you.” “Why are you shouting at me?” “I’m not—” I was shouting at him. “Whatever,” I said in a normal voice. “Make sure you take that money to the bank. Tell Tish I sent you.” I left him on his side of the curtain and went to get my purse. He could get fucked. After all that where I think I was so damn nervous I broke a sweat, he didn’t even kiss me. I wasn’t lying with what I said. He could kiss my ass. I’d even wear my good panties and bend over for him.

About Emma Hart

Emma Hart is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty novels and has been translated into several different languages.