Kissing Your Ex

Man,I loved this book.Although I've got to admit that I wished the Author named the book diffrent. The book was way better than the title gave it credit for. That being said, I finished it in not even two days. Once I picked this book up I found it hard to put it down. The pages just flew by. After every page I found myself falling more and more in love with the fictional main male character,Jack. Then I got to thinking if there was a man out there in the real world like Jack. Sad,I know,but this shows how much I loved this book. I'd reccomend this book to any hopeless romantic out there that wants a good laugh and maybe a little cry. This book was a 10 easy. For anybody that hasnt read this book,Buy it and see for yourself,this book is worth your time and money!!!

I was initially attracted to this book because I'm a hopeless romantic, but I must admit, I was a bit skeptical at first when I saw the title. I was afraid it would be another cheesy chick-lit love story and luckily it wasnt. Ironically, I learned that the author is a male. Regardless, I just knew I had to read this book, and am SO glad I did! The characters Jack and Maddy are wonderfully developed, the author gives us a first hand look into the type of past they shared together which includes memorable experiences both good and bad. The book begins when Maddy receives a package at work from her ex, Jack who she hasnt heard from in 2 years. Inside is a note that reads 'I love you still and miss you and I now know something that I didnt before. The closeness that we shared together for all those years is far too precious to lose...'Once you realize what the issues were between them, you can't help but root for them! This is one of those books you don't want to end. I too rekindled a relationship with an ex after a long separation. This book is a perfect example of how we will try to find what we think we're looking for elsewhere when in fact, we're just too afraid to fight for what we already have and want. You will reflect on many things in your life here, both past and present. This is a feel good book that opens your heart to infinite possibilites! I highly recommend it!!

Ignore the title, that's my first recommendation. To me, it sounded like it was called "Kissing Your Ex" just because there is a lack of a better way to explain the novel. I won't go into summaries or anything like that - I save that for the other reviewers. The writing for this novel, first of all, is amazing. The main characters Jack and Maddy - WOW! The insight into their lives especially, is very well written. I enjoyed the plot outline, how the reader is given a glimpse into Maddy's life after she and her husband Jack split up, and how she has started a new life for herself in a different part of the country. I found myself really getting into this novel - the insight into human character and emotion is just amazing. One of the tidbits of dialouge that I remember vividly was about the fact that perhaps the only true love you really experience is your first love. Every other "love" after that is really not love at all. I found myself really thinking about this line for awhile after I read that book and it makes me wonder if it is true. According to Stevens in this book, it definitely is true. Maddy never gets over Jack as much as she would like to, and Jack never gets over Maddy. It's one of those love stories that I will read and reread over time for the mere satisfaction of knowing that here are two people that are DEFINITELY meant to be together and you just keep rooting them on. This book is filled with many tender moments, aweseome dialogue (and I mean it! Stevens has really nailed it on the head when it comes to men and women relating to each other in this way, and even gets their body language down to a science). After I finished reading it, I truly was thinking about some of the moments and conversations in this book and reminsicing about my past love!

I didn't have very high expectations for this book based on the title - it sounds like a fluffy romance. It turned out to be much more than that. The writing alone makes this book a compulsive read. The author takes you deeper into past and present relationships of the main character and creates a flowing story that sticks with you. I was very impressed with the author's ability to weave in and out of the past without the choppy transitions found in many novels. Great read!

Maddy and Jack met at the age of eighteen, during their freshman year at Oberlin College. They shared a passionate first love that lasted a decade-- through college, through living together, and into marriage. But then, as adult complications set in, Maddy and Jack ultimately split up-- vowing to cut off all communication.Now, three years later, Maddy has moved on. She is working in an Atlanta ad agency and engaged to her handsome and rich boss. Then she receives a fedex package that contains a box of chocolate, some photographs, and a copy of Alice in Wonderland. Jack tells Maddy that he still loves her and he offers her a chance to meet on a tropical island, just once, to see if they can make amends.From this intriguing premise, the author fashions a heartfelt story. Beautifully written, both Jack and Maddy are complex, sympathetic, loveable and flawed. There are no quick and easy solutions, but a rich evocation of how love can be surprisingly resilient as it matures and changes, and sometimes comes into difficulty.I cried at the end, and you may too-- but I came away from this book with a renewed sense of hope. It is well worth the read.