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Eliana Costa has never kissed a guy. Her best guy friend, Jess, is more than willing to help her out. He has plenty of experience, since he finds a new girlfriend every other week. But when a practice kiss brings on feelings Eliana hadn’t bargained for, her already messy life is thrown into a new level of chaos. 

Life is already more than she can handle after her dad’s disappearance. Eliana worries that if she admits her feelings to Jess, she just might lose her best friend. And right now, a best friend is all she needs. But when another girl tries to date Jess, Eliana is forced to decide if taking a chance on love is worth the risk.

Goodreads Rating: 4*

A few weeks ago I got this book for free from Amazon and… Well, being a sucker for the best-friends falling in love sort plot, I absolutely loved this! 

Jess and Eliana have lived next door their entire lives. They grew up playing together and they came to develop a very unique sort of bond—they really, reaaaally get one another. But, being a womanizer, Jess is too bussy dating other girls (and breaking up with them) to do anything about his feelings for Eliana. Until Eliana asks him to kiss her, you know, just for practice, “to get it over and done with”. And then, everything changes.

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To begin with, for Eliana, things at home are “rocky” to put it very mildly. And Jess is soon going away to college, which is not that far away, but it’s not exactly next door either… Not to mention that anything they do about their feelings could change their friendship for good…

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But, some things are impossible to avoid… Like love! And when Eliana and Jess face their feelings, they get to know one their best-friend in a whole new level.

However, fate still has some obstacles in the way for these two… And it will be up to them to overcome their fears, predujice, self-esteem issues and pride in order to be with the one they love.

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All in all, it was a deleightful story. I loved the characters and felt like Eliana went a long way from the beginning till the end. The plot is fast-paced, things are happening all the time and it’s really easy to follow. The ending felt a bit rushed (in terms of solving the family conflict), and as for the love story, there’s something I really didn’t agree with (but I won’t spoil it for you!) Finally, the book fell in a few clichés that were great to add conflict to it and keep it moving, but clichés nonetheless.