The Kiss That Launched a 1000 Gifs
By Sheralyn Pratt
Publisher: Wicked Sassy
Published: July 6, 2015
ASIN: B00ZONLBVK
Amazon Synopsis:
Each weekday from 2:00-4:00 p.m., Grace
and Ashton cohost Battle of the Sexes, a radio program arguing the
he-said/she-said issues of the day. Their fiery debates often have listeners
wondering if there’s more to their relationship than just talk, even though
Grace has been dating Phillip, Mr. Tall, Dark, and Perfect, since long before
she ever met Ashton Miller.
Yet when news comes that Battle of the Sexes is on the bubble for cancellation, Grace and Ashton need to step up their efforts to engage their audience to keep the show alive. When a charity organization approaches them and proposes that the two of them kiss for a fund raiser, Grace and Ash agree to kiss for a good cause. A kiss is just a kiss, right?
Or can one kiss really change everything?
Yet when news comes that Battle of the Sexes is on the bubble for cancellation, Grace and Ashton need to step up their efforts to engage their audience to keep the show alive. When a charity organization approaches them and proposes that the two of them kiss for a fund raiser, Grace and Ash agree to kiss for a good cause. A kiss is just a kiss, right?
Or can one kiss really change everything?
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My Thoughts:
Battle of the Sexes
cohosts Ashton Miller and Grace Vasquez battle it out daily on a 2 hour
afternoon radio program that is facing cancellation when they agree to kiss to
raise money for a charity.
The main focus of
the story is the tension between the two hosts as they banter back and forth on
the set and how Ash has a crush on Grace but can’t really do anything about it
because she is in a relationship with someone else.
The author does a
good job of developing the characters of both the protagonists through their
interactions with secondary characters in their lives. But it’s not just that
the characters develop and mature, it’s also that we get to understand better
who they are because in some instances, they were already like that, we just
didn’t know it.
I think that Grace
learned the most about herself because what she thought she wanted she had in
Phillip, her boyfriend – suave, good looking, well-mannered, well-dressed, a
business man, affluent. Through a variety of circumstances her thoughts begin
to change.
The battle between
them really got interesting when the producers insisted that Ashton start
handling some of his own social media. Then the twists and turns began to
happen in the story.
I always appreciate
it in a romance story when the attraction between two people is less about how
“hot” they are and more about their character. To me that is a real romance
story because most of us aren’t as “hot” as the characters in most of the
romance stories we read. True love however, actually comes from the loving
character of the two people involved, when they are willing to give more of
themselves for the person they love than that person can give back at that
moment. It’s in those moments when we see the real connection between Ashton
and Grace.
I enjoyed Grace’s
fiery spirit and Ashton’s flippant comebacks. I think their radio program would
have been very interesting listening. The pacing of the book was similar to
their radio show, it just kept moving along with no time for dead airspace. I
thought that The Kiss That Launched a
1000 Gifs would make a good summer read. I gave it 4 stars.
Thank you to the publishers
for providing a copy of the book in exchange for a fair and honest review. A
positive opinion was not required. All thoughts are my own.
About the Author:
Sheralyn
was born at an early age, with 10 fingers and 10 toes. She is proud to report
that she currently retains all 20 digits. Described by one reviewer as
"the bomb dot com" (url already claimed... bummer), Sheralyn has been
a karate instructor, musical theater performer, a beach bum, freelance writer,
nomadic traveler, and, yes, a private investigator. At the moment she enjoys
working with and training her dog to give the poor thing breaks from sitting
and Sheralyn's feet with the unbearable task of watching someone write a book.
Really, and you thought your job was bad!
Sheralyn currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, although as people who know her can attest to, that is subject to change at any time ;)
Really, and you thought your job was bad!
Sheralyn currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, although as people who know her can attest to, that is subject to change at any time ;)
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