Confessions of a Serial Kisser
by Wendelin Van Draanen
by Wendelin Van Draanen
CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL KISSER by Wendelin Van Draanen
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 5/13/08
Publisher: Knopf
Reviewed by: Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky"
Rating: 5 Stars
Imagine how life might change if you were cleaning under your mother's bed and discovered her stash of steamy romance
novels and her latest self-help book. That is just what happens to Evangeline Logan.
Evangeline can sort of understand the presence of this collection of reading material since her father recently divorced her
mother in favor of another love interest. Forgiving her father is something Evangeline has not even considered. She has
watched the hell her mother has gone through and wants nothing more than to move on.
Normally, Evangeline wouldn't be interested in reading trashy novels, but one caught her eye and promptly changed her life.
Now Evangeline is in search of "the crimson kiss." The way it is so romantically described, she knows her life will not be
complete until she experiences it.
The problem starts when Evangeline begins feeling the need to kiss everyone. The fascination with finding this wonderful
kiss leads her into some pretty horrible kissing situations. There are kisses with way too much pressure, kisses with more
than enough moisture, and kisses that totally miss their mark. For Evangeline, this kissing experiment seems like a bit of fun,
but when she mistakenly kisses her best friend's crush, she realizes that things have gotten terribly out of control.
Wendelin Van Draanen, author of SWEAR TO HOWDY and FLIPPED, will have readers laughing aloud when they read
about Evangeline. But CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL KISSER goes farther than kissing and telling; it offers a serious
side as Evangeline learns how to handle what life has thrown at her.
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 5/13/08
Publisher: Knopf
Reviewed by: Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky"
Rating: 5 Stars
Imagine how life might change if you were cleaning under your mother's bed and discovered her stash of steamy romance
novels and her latest self-help book. That is just what happens to Evangeline Logan.
Evangeline can sort of understand the presence of this collection of reading material since her father recently divorced her
mother in favor of another love interest. Forgiving her father is something Evangeline has not even considered. She has
watched the hell her mother has gone through and wants nothing more than to move on.
Normally, Evangeline wouldn't be interested in reading trashy novels, but one caught her eye and promptly changed her life.
Now Evangeline is in search of "the crimson kiss." The way it is so romantically described, she knows her life will not be
complete until she experiences it.
The problem starts when Evangeline begins feeling the need to kiss everyone. The fascination with finding this wonderful
kiss leads her into some pretty horrible kissing situations. There are kisses with way too much pressure, kisses with more
than enough moisture, and kisses that totally miss their mark. For Evangeline, this kissing experiment seems like a bit of fun,
but when she mistakenly kisses her best friend's crush, she realizes that things have gotten terribly out of control.
Wendelin Van Draanen, author of SWEAR TO HOWDY and FLIPPED, will have readers laughing aloud when they read
about Evangeline. But CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL KISSER goes farther than kissing and telling; it offers a serious
side as Evangeline learns how to handle what life has thrown at her.