The Kissing Game

What worked so well for Brockmann in Kiss and Tell - introducing two characters already fairly laden with backstory in order to explain the natural progression of what's essentially a full romance in Harlequinn length - founders a bit here. Possibly because her characters are vastly uninteresting. Or maybe that gag only worked once for me. It's Brockmann, so it's certainly not...more

What worked so well for Brockmann in Kiss and Tell - introducing two characters already fairly laden with backstory in order to explain the natural progression of what's essentially a full romance in Harlequinn length - founders a bit here. Possibly because her characters are vastly uninteresting. Or maybe that gag only worked once for me. It's Brockmann, so it's certainly not bad, but not worth ever rereading. Even if it does reinforce, yet again, the power of the little black dress.   hide