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The Holloway Girls is the punch in the gut I didn’t know I needed. The moral of the story is don’t kiss someone if you don’t mean it or it could have dire consequences. Who hasn’t kissed someone and didn’t mean it? Who hasn’t at some point suffered from or caused someone harm because of meaningless kissing? Throw in some magic and some family drama and you have a wonderful book that you can truly get lost in. 

Remy is a Holloway and about to enter her kissing season. Her family has a book of luck, their magic Bible, that documents their family experiences. Kisses from Holloway girls bring luck, but break the rules of the season and it can bring curses. 

Remy kisses a long time crush and it goes badly. He gets injured, his dad moves away, and he has to repeat a class for the summer. 

Remy and her sister Maggie gets new neighbors, Tobin and Juliet, that is where everything starts to change.

I don’t know why but as I read this book I kept being reminded of Louise Rennison and the Angus Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging books. Hannah, the mean girlfriend/ex of Isaac, the guy Remy kisses, is a lot like Lindsey who is such a bully to Georgia Nicholson. Tobin reminds me of Dave the laugh but with the edge of Robbie the musical heartthrob. Rom-com heaven is how I would describe this book. 

One of my favorite aspects of the book is Remy herself who is a wonderful narrator and her inner voice is one I have been needing for ages. She is in an identity crisis and much like Georgia, must do weird things to try to figure out who she or who she is not. I also enjoy Maggie, her sister and their dynamic. I am pleased that they had a realistic and complicated relationship. Maggie, being bisexual offers readers diversity and representation in the story. These aspects made the story more enjoyable and were not thrown in just to be inclusive. 

Overall I would rate it a solid 9/10. This would be great for high school book clubs. You can buy this book June 7th!! Pre-order now!!