Review: The International Kissing Club

Title: The International Kissing Club
Author: Ivy Adams
Publisher: Walker & Company
Release Date: January 3, 2011
Format: ARC
Source: From Publisher
Rating: Borrow 
 

Piper, Cassidy, Mei, and Izzy have been best friends their whole lives. And they've always agreed on one goal: to get out of tiny Paris, Texas, and see the world. The school's foreign exchange program seems like the perfect escape: Piper will go to the original Paris; Mei will go to China; Cassidy will go to Australia; and Izzy, unable to afford the program, will stay at home. To add spice to their semester away, and to stay connected to their best friends, the girls start The International Kissing Club, a Facebook page where they can anonymously update one another and brag about all the amazing guys they're meeting. After all, these girls are traveling abroad: amazing guys abound at every turn! But sometimes fun, flirty vacation flings turn into more serious romances, and sometimes you don't return from abroad the same person you were. Will the girls' relationships-and their friendships-be able to survive?

My Review
The International Kissing Club, also known as TIKC, was a cute read. This novel has so many great messages and lessons all wrapped up in a pretty purple cover, which is my favorite color! :D TIKC went much deeper and developed more than I thought it would. This really surprised me!

Starting out I really could not get in to this novel. I have no idea why, maybe t was me, maybe it was the book. Who knows! I struggled through the first few chapters, wondering if I should just set the book aside. I am happy I didn't! As the novel goes on you get into more interesting and uhmm shall I say educational on a few levels. When you read on you really become attached to the girls. I often found me putting myself in one of there shoes, seeing how I would handle what they were going through.

One thing that bothered me was how willingly they were to put all of that stuff online. I know I am going to sound like some lame parent pr teacher, but what you put online is never private! If someone really wanted to get.. say revenge on the girls the could have found out who was posting on their public facebook page.

What really drew me to this book was all the different settings. I am a sucker for traveling. I really, and I mean badly want to travel the world. It was awesome to read about the girls experiences with other types of countries, and other types of boys. :P

If you are looking for a cute, flirty, and fun novel I would give it a shot! But remember it make take a few chapters to draw you in! So do not give up on it.