3.5/5* Review.

So, this wasn't what I was expecting.

I knew nothing about this book when I picked it up, and from the title I was expecting a dramatic and romantic storyline. That is not this book. Kiss Me First is one of the only books I've read that scarily, yet somehow eerily accurately, depicts the dangers of the Internet... especially when in the wrong hands.

There are seriously sinister undertones throughout this novel, and yet the main character, Leila, is still relate-able at times, and humanised by the author. A very clever move.

Leila is an unreliable first-person narrator, and although she's painted as an un-likeable character, there are definite sympathetic and vulnerable elements to her character, that somehow made me connect with her in a way that I was almost uncomfortable with. Tess on the other hand is the popular girl-about-town, who is dealing with mental health issues that make her an erratic fireball of a character. Oddly, I struggled with her a little more than I did Leila.

Overall, the plot was very well executed, if a little slow at times, but I was entertained right until the end as the mystery unravelled.

Check out the full review here:
http://confessionsofabookgeek.com/2015/10/21/review-kiss-me-first/