I didn’t love this book as much as I wished I did. The lucid dreaming aspect of the book was one of those things that did not work for me. Every time Lissa tried it or discussed it I was just kind of done. It’s a major element and it put me off. I would not have kept going if it wasn’t for how short the book is and the characters that I liked.Loved the side plots that involved Ariel and Darlin. They are just great characters. Ariel reminded me of a friend I had in high school. She’s a free spiri...

I borrowed this book from the library because first of the all, I really liked the cover and second of all, the blurb on the back sounded interesting.Now, after finishing the book, I think that those were the only two good features of this piece of fiction.Okay, okay. That is a slight exaggeration. The story begins with a prologue (that is also repeated later in the story) that sort of tells the reader what had happened between two best friends, Lissa and Kate, at a party. Kate gets drunk and sh...

I picked up this book hoping for a teen girl struggling to figure out her sexuality. Instead, I get a book about lucid dreaming, which I have no interest in. There is barely any mention of her questioning her sexuality.

If I'd read Kissing Kate in high school, it probably would have been one of my favorite books. Reading it then would have shown me that it was okay to question, okay to feel what I was feeling. In that sense, Kissing Kate is a good first-coming-out-to-yourself book. Yet reading it as an adult, I can see the things that could be construed as flaws. Overall, it's a good read. I think Adult Lissa would look back at this time in her life, and be like.

I almost didn't want to write a review about this book because I didn't really enjoy it. Still, I'm trying to keep up with all of the books that I've read this year (I think that I've only missed a couple of reviews) so here it goes.I. Didn't. Like. It.Kissing Kate is the story of two best friends, Kate and Lissa. One night at a party, a very tipsy Kate approaches Lissa and kisses her. (In fact there's quite a bit of kissing going on and minor touching). When Kate's boyfriend and a couple of guy...

This book started off really great, honestly. But then towards the end, with about 50 pages left, then 25, I was kind of like "Is that it?" I was convinced she would fall in love with her new friend, since that seemed to be the direction it was going but nope. Not that I mind but now I kind of just don't see the point of her character other than Lissa's character development. The point being, this book kind of just...left me hanging. Like I don't know if it was a choice or if it's length of the

When I first read the Title of the book “Kissing Kate,” instantly, I felt as though this book would be exhilarating. I kept flipping through the pages hoping it would get better, but it never did. I am highly disappointed in the author because I feel like this book is missing essential details and scenes. The author had a whole bunch of useless information like Darlin’s role in the movie was completely pointless. The part where Ariel and Lissa went to visit her gay cousin was also pointless beca...

Kissing KateLauren MyraclePenguin Group, 2003, 198 pages, $7.99Friendship, Homosexuality, Lesbians, Identity978-0-14-240869-8One summer night at a party, Kate, a drunk 16 year old, kisses her best friend Lissa. After awkward weeks of avoiding each other Kate tries to reconnect with Lissa and pretend like nothing has happened and just be friends. Lissa tells Kate she wasn't drunk and isn't sure how she feels about Kate or herself. Kate tries to talk Lissa out of being a lesbian, but Lissa's new f...

(Spoilers - varying from major to minor- ahead. Warning. Proceed carefully.)When a book handles a dangerous,powerful, hard subject such as coming to terms with your sexuality - and accepting it - I feel as if it should be fantastic, should make me bawl or something along the same lines. The premise was fascinating. It sounded real in a way that I can't imagine myself in, but can see other people having as a reality. The cover was pretty. And when I first met the main character, I sort of like he...

I wasn't going to rate this but I got 10 pages in and couldn't stand the writing style or the whiny main character, so I'm giving this 1 star anyway

This book isn't easy to rate it's a quite complex story and after you finish it it leaves you with mixed feelings. Lissa is very confused and lonely. Her best friend, Kate, after kissing her is ignoring her. And so Lissa is questioning everything she knew about herself, or didn't know. Trying to figure out who she is. And then at her work place there's this new girl whom she knew at elementary school and who at all cost wants to be her friend.If you expect here an ordinary lesbian romance you ar...

During a party one night, Lissa is surprised when her best friend Kate leans in to kiss, but even more surprised by Kate's reaction when Lissa kisses her back. Now abandoned by her best friend, Lissa has to try to figure out what that kiss meant and what it means about who she is now. Kissing Kate is a simple and sweet story. Lissa is kind of lost, without really realizing just how lost she is, because she doesn't wallow in it. She doesn't rage or become rebellious; she doesn't turn to drinking

Kissing Kate was okay. I loved the idea of the story. I loved the main character but it really did not go any where for me. I understand Lissa was coming to terms with her sexuality and trying to be happy, I guess, but it wasn't enough...Gay? for me. :P I don't know. It just wasn't much. Its a good story for people trying to find their way with who they are. Personally it wasn't my favorite. Not to mention the ending was blah. I was looking forward to more romance. To me this book just didn't qu...

i kinda got lost when she started to talk about lucid dreams. also, she only kissed kate twice. the book is called kissing kate, i would expect more than kissing kate two times. one last thing: when she started to talk about astral planes, i thought of doctor strange.also, it has the d slur somewhere in there, also, the r word. gross.