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The Things You Kiss Goodbye
The Things You Kiss Goodbye | Leslie Connor
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Fans of Sarah Dessen will love this heartbreaking story about family, loss, and the joys and disappointments of first love. Bettina Vasilis can hardly believe it when star basketball player Brady Cullen convinces her strict father to let them date. That summer, Bettina falls in love with Brady and the freedom that comes along with him. But when school starts up again, Brady unexpectedly changes for the worse. Unable to give up on her first love just yet, she finds herself trapped in an abusive relationship. Then she meets "Cowboy," a smoldering older guy and the last guy her father would approve. Yet he is everything Brady is not—gentle, caring, and interested in getting to know the real Bettina. When tragedy strikes, Bettina must tell her family the truth—and kiss goodbye the things she thought she knew about herself and the men in her life.
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Oh how this book was wrapped up in a tidy bow at the end! The main character, Bateena, is looking for love, and she finds just that in a boy named Brady. Things go from blissful teenage love to something darker in a matter of months. We see Bateena struggle with her relationship until she meets a new boy nicknamed Cowboy. The book describes the startling differences between her two relationships.This book is full of love and heartbreak.

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This book ABSOLUTELY needs to be in every high school library! It discusses a subject matter that I rarely see in YA lit.

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From what I've read so far, I think this should be included in every high school library. Boyfriend/girlfriend abuse is not commonly discussed, and I think it would make a great addition to any library.

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Left feeling decidedly meh. Really don‘t know what else to say. Unfortunate as it looked at certain points that this book could be dealing with domestic abuse in high school relationships but that was never fully brought full circle, in my opinion.