Review: Finally, an extreme sport I could get into...

Title: Extreme Kissing
Author: Luisa Plaja

Last word first: Bridget Jones meets the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants. A hilarious and entertaining read.

Description (from the book cover): Two best friends, one extreme adventure. Too many secrets...

Bethany is the sensible one with a long-term boyfriend, Carlota is the rebellious one with the wild past. All is fine in their world - except Carlota hates her stepdad and longs for her ex. And Bethany is worried that her boyfriend is about to dump her - and she's "late"... Carlota has a plan to put their troubles behind them on a crazy day out in London. She uses her favorite magazine to guide them on a life-changing adventure - setting real challenges from the glossy pages that lead to exclusive shopping, exciting snogging, and... explosive secrets. The magazine will take them everywhere they need to go - but will it make them reveal the truths they are keeping from each other?

My thoughts: I want to do some Extreme Travelling now, who's with me? This book was pure fun from cover to cover, even as it covered some pretty emotional subject matter. Possible pregnancy, cheating boyfriends and scuzzy muggers are mixed together with all kinds of random hilarity.

I loved the two protagonists! Point of view switches back and forth between Bethany and Carlota, so you get to know them both very well. I'm not going to name names, but let me just say that one of these girls reminds me of me, and the other reminds me of a friend of mine, so I found the book all that more enjoyable. All extreme-ness aside, this book really boils down to a friendship and all that that entails, and you will be rooting for these girls every step of the way. I confess to talking to the characters out loud as I was reading. Mwah-ha-ha.

I know I have at least one reader from the UK, so I'm going to ask you to excuse me, but like all North Americans, I am completely smitten with Brit-speak. It's all "snogging" this and "revising" that. And it sounds ridiculous coming from me, but from this book, I love it.

So, if this sounds even remotely like something you'd enjoy - read it! It's good! The only things I don't like about this book? The cover, and the number of "...'s" in the description.

Be sure and keep an eye out for my review of Luisa Plaja's second book - Split by a Kiss.

About Luisa Plaja: Luisa Plaja (pronounced 'playa' like the Spanish for 'beach') is a Glaswegian Sicilian Londoner who lives in Devon. She has two small children. She loves reading, writing and pretending she can do things she can't, such as ice skating and telling jokes.

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