SuitabookThe kiss
Lucy Courtenay
- Reading
- Read in short sections if the many plot strands become distracting. Pause after romantic or risky incidents and invite the reader to separate what happens from whether the narration treats it as acceptable.
- Themes
- Romance, attraction and the legendary Kiss: Laurent kisses Delilah during a holiday; the Kiss is said to pass from person to person and may be connected with later crushes and romantic upheaval. The story clearly makes romantic attraction and a possibly supernatural explanation central, but the supplied evidence cannot establish whether it endorses, questions or simply plays with that idea.
- Friendship, loyalty and harmful choices: A review reports that Delilah tries to reunite her friend with an ex and repeatedly spikes his drink; it also says the bar owner does not reprimand her. The reported actions create a clear discussion point about loyalty and harm, but one review's account cannot establish the book's overall moral framing or reliability of context.
- A crowded, comic plot: A review lists an amateur production of Much Ado About Nothing, a musical version, a credit-card-drugs bust, zombies and a French pen pal among the plot strands. The available account suggests deliberately broad or crowded storytelling, but cannot determine whether these elements are comic, serious, coherent or ultimately resolved.
- Worth knowing
- Discuss consent, responsibility and consequences around kissing and drink-spiking; also ask how the story handles reviewer-reported concerns about underage drinking, romantic intensity and the difference between comic mischief and harm.