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Six Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe

16 reviews

the_b00kreader's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book was beautiful. Simply beautiful.
This was the first I have read of Tess Sharpe's work and I'm glad to have read it.

Although remaining to be a romance read, Sharpe was able to incorporate many different emotions throughout this book by bringing up some heavy topics.
There was significant detail on the effects that grief can have on different people and the coping mechanisms that each individual has.

There were many moments throughout this book where I just wanted to give Penny and Tate a hug. Both have been through so much but they always made sure they were there for one another. I do admire that about them.

On the romance side of things, this book had it all: the one bed trope, forced proximity, miscommunication, a love-hate relationship, etc.
There was also another little side relationship that I thought was absolutely adorable!

I love Sharpe's writing style and I really loved the text messages that flowed into the story. They certainly added to the overall vibe of the book and also allowed for a quick recovery break for the reader between emotional scenes.

All in all, I would highly recommend reading this book if you haven't already!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

princessrory's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

dododenise's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I expected this book to feel a lot more like the millions of fanfics I’ve read with this exact trope. But it ended up feeling more like your usual ya contemporary novel. However, I still really loved it. Even if the trauma and angst threw me off a bit at the start, I grew to love this story. 
There was so much tension. Jesus, those girls really just danced around each other for years. It made my slow burn loving heart very happy. 
Anyway, Penny and Tate are amazing and I’d like to throw Lottie from a very high building :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Sexual harassment

cosyqueer's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

luna_is_superior's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

In LOVE with this book! The characterisation, the angst? I couldn't ask for more!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

tjtjtj's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Thank you so much to TeamBkmrk for sending me this book in exchange for an honest review. I’m beyond grateful. This was beautiful.

6 Times We Almost Kissed is deserving of more than 5 stars. If I could give it 6, I would. 

A wonderful story of grief, chosen family, and hope. Tess Sharpe manages to pack so much meaning into 300-odd pages, combining romance and mystery to make a story about resilience and growth. I could spend days dissecting her work and still have more to analyse. Sharpe’s writing is so beautiful, so digestible, so gripping, it mixes such heavy and difficult topics, with heartwarming and hopeful ones. I couldn’t put this book down and ended up finishing it in 5 hours. I think this is the type of book you’ll find yourself crying over, but for me, I’m just happy the characters got the ending that was right for them. 

I’m so glad this was my first read of the year, but I’m not sure how any book is going to compare.

If you like Tess’s other work, then definitely read this! There is a different vibe to The Girls I’ve Been, but 6 Times still has genius woven into each line. Such fantastic sexuality rep (both MCs are bisexual) and mental health rep. 

Please check tws before reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying