One Last Kiss is the third in the Love at Last series by A S Kelly.
Allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Rian Kerry, and I’m in huge trouble.
This is how it happened: I had a crush. You know those
teenage crushes, which I’m sure you’ve all experienced, too. It was that kind
of crush that makes your knees tremble, that makes you blush violently and
stammer when you’re with that person. One of those crushes that you assume
you’ll just grow out of, the way the seasons change.
The problem is that my crush didn’t go anywhere. Actually,
it only got worse, transforming into something absurd and unbearable, which no
one could seem to understand.
Especially not him.
Because he’s off-limits. He’s barricaded himself within his
walls, from a sense of fear and guilt. He’s locked up his heart forever, and
seems to have no intention of letting anyone in ever again.
My friends, Jordan, Anya, and Holly, say that he just needs
a little push. They say that he needs to learn to believe again.
But I don’t think he’ll ever be ready, because he simply
doesn’t want to be.
He doesn’t want to believe.
Not in something like us.
Allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Parker Hayes, and I’m an idiot.
Yep, you heard me right. I’m a real idiot. And, I swear,
that’s putting it lightly.
But I’m a lot of other things, too. I’m a fireman, and a
single father to two cheeky, hyperactive six-year-old twins. I’m a brother to
Tyler, another fireman – and another idiot – who always seems to stick his nose
into my business. I’m a kind-of friend to Niall, yet another idiot with nothing
to do but barge into my life, uninvited.
Let’s get back to the point, here: the reason I’m an idiot.
Well, it’s pretty simple. I’ve lost my mind. Literally. It
happened again. I fell for it. With my head, with my body, and with the heart I
was sure I’d never be able to piece back together after another inevitable disaster.
The problem is that she’s not like the others.
She bakes cakes with my daughters, laughs with them, and
shows them her magic bag. They’re crazy about her.
And so am I.
And now she knows it, and I know it, and everyone around us
knows it. But I can’t take that step. I can’t let everything go to start over.
I can’t live through this again – because this time, I won’t
be left standing.
Not if she’s the one to break my heart.
My Thoughts
This is a 'will they, won't they?' story with a slight twist. There is a huge age difference between Parker and Rian and two very different life experiences. The story is told through both protagonists, in the first person and in alternating chapters. This really adds to the story as you see situations through both their eyes and have sympathy for both.
I realised part way in that I had met some of these characters before! In About Last Night, you follow Parker's brother, Tyler and Holly's story, which has a similar mixture of humour and passion. I found this story to be great fun and Rian's family, a great source of warmth and humour. Relationships between siblings are seldom plain sailing all the time, but you sense the genuine ties which bind them. Parker takes quite a lot of understanding but you gradually begin to get his measure and to comprehend why he is as he is. This is a lively romcom and well worth a read.
In short: love, laughter and tears
About the Author
A. S. Kelly was born in Italy but lives in Ireland with her
husband, two children and a cat named Oscar.
She’s passionate about English literature, she’s a music
lover and addicted to coffee.
She spends her days in a small village North of Dublin,
looking for inspiration for her next stories.
Rainy Days is her debut novel.
You can read my review of About Last Night here.
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Book links: Amazon UK
Thanks to A S kelly and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources for a copy of the book amd a place on the tour.
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