I’ll be watching out for other novels by Tess Sharpe, and I highly recommend this story to anyone who loves emotional and well-written contemporary YA!

I love slow burn as much as anyone, but it got to a point (especially after Yreka) where I was like, why aren't you together by now?I also don't love big sections of text messages in novels unless they feel like they NEED to be included, and the side plot felt like a bit of unnecessary filler at times. There were some great funny moments in the book, but it also dealt with some heavy themes in an honest and thought-provoking way.

Six moments lead us to two girls, one kiss, and three little words that were maybe always true in this gorgeous novel perfect for fans of Nina LaCour and Jenny Han. Times We Almost Kissed will take you to emotional and really hard places and, to my utter frustration and elation, will make you wait forever to give you any real satisfaction. although it would be incredibly easy to cast certain characters as either wholly good or wholly bad, this is not what six times we almost kissed does.Unlike anything I’ve read before… immediate, gripping, incredibly tense, heart-breaking, heart-warming and FUN!

The narrative bops back and forth between Penny and Tate (with some interjected text message passages from their friends along the way) and I felt both women got their due in terms of storytelling. I think it’s all handled really well, but I’m just baffled at why the publishing company chose such a bright and happy looking cover for this book.The book is told in a back and forth format--the present day focuses on Anna and Lottie's operations and the aftermath.