After the Kiss (Stiletto, #1)

4 KISS ME STARS.

Readers welcome to 'After the Kiss' a contemporary romance that swept me off my romantic feet. I think I may have just have fallen a little in love with this author, her books are made in kindle heaven. This adorable story is like a gorgeous combination of ' Sex and the city' meets 'How to loose a guy in ten days' with the like-ability and humour of 'Bridgett Jones' and here are my book thoughts ... What's it all about?

Julie Greene is a successful journalist in New York city writing for the popular and equally famous Stiletto magazine, known in society as the publication princess of her expertise this feisty professional has no interest in falling in love. Flirting, dating and shoes are her passions so it comes as a shock when her demanding boss requests that she completes an article on taking the next step, Julie feels grossly under qualified for such a romantic task and turns to her two best friends for assistance and so the plan is hatched for Julie to find a man who she can test out the theory of taking that dreaded next step with. Mitchell Forbes is as serious about relationships as his employment on wall street, a night out with a friend ends in a bet that results in the meeting of Julie and Mitchell neither know they are the subject of their individual dating experiments and neither realised they would start to feel something for each other, a hilarious and romantic tale of these two loveable characters ensues which takes us right up to the possibility of a change of heart and a happily forever. What did I love?

This book has hilarious banter by the bucketful, I loved the witty dialogue between the characters and as always I feel the bonus when a book hosts alternating character POV's, I felt I was able to connect more with the characters with the dual POV and connect I most certainly did, 'After the kiss' has a likeable and refreshing twist, in this story it's the heroine who is not interested in the happily ever after and the hero who would be happy to find the love of his life. The misunderstandings and troublesome parts of the story are amusing rather than annoying and all the drama and upset is entertaining and not at all angsty, a real treat in my opinion. This author definitely knows her way around my romantic heart, she writes characters that fall in love over time and builds true to life, swoon worthy relationships that make sense to me as I'm reading. Mitchell Forbes is a sexy, smart interesting character he makes a business man sound positively yummy and I definitely connected with his geeky handsome ways. Julie Greene is a quirky, amusing character who had me laughing out loud at her antics and the relationships with her friends had me already thinking I want future books to be made just for them. Why not five?

Everything pointed in the right direction for a five star read but sadly around the 60% mark I lost a little bit of that loving feeling. I missed the banter and quick wit between the characters that was evident at the start but thankfully the ending turned a 180 and I got the butterflies I wanted. But make no mistake I really love this authors work and will gladly read everything she releases.

Final thoughts ...

I discovered this author recently with 'isn't she lovely' a fantastically gorgeous NA book, straight away I wanted to read some more of her romantic tales and came across this this little beauty, I was not left wanting, i'm convinced this author could write in any romantic genre and I'd enjoy it. 'After the kiss' is a sweet, sexy and funny tale of finding true love in unexpected places. If all of the above sounds appealing and you enjoy an easy going contemporary romance go grab it readers, enjoy ... Kisses.

After the Kiss was all kinds of cute. I've been on a fantasy and YA craze for such a long time that this contemporary was such a nice change of pace.