Kiss Me in New York

by Catherine Rider

Overview

Does it really take ten steps to mend a broken heart? Charlotte is a British student, waiting for a flight home after the worst semester of her life. Anthony is a native New Yorker, surprising his girlfriend at the airport after three months apart. Charlotte has just been dumped, and Anthony is about to be dumped, right in the middle of the holiday crowd.  Charlotte’s flight is canceled when a blizzard blows in, and Anthony can’t bear to go home. So, they set out into the city together, clutching a book Charlotte picks up in the airport gift shop: Ten Easy Steps for Getting Over Your Ex. For this one night, they’ll focus on healing their broken hearts ... together.  Step-by-step, the two struggle to put the past behind them. But soon the city and the snow work some magic. Will their shared misery give way to something else before Charlotte leaves New York forever?  For anyone who believes a chance encounter can lead to true love, and anyone who sees the romance in a snowy night.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781771389808
Publisher:	Kids Can Press
Publication date:	10/03/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Catherine Rider is the pen name of Working Partners young adult writers Stephanie Elliott and James Noble.

Editorial Reviews

09/04/2017
In a sweet and satisfying Christmas Eve romance told from alternating perspectives, two strangers embark on an epic night of soul-searching and adventure. Charlotte, having completed a semester of high school in New York City, is at the airport on her way home to England. She was in love with the city and a boy named Colin, until he dropped her. Meanwhile, Columbia student Anthony just got dumped by his long-distance girlfriend after waiting to greet her at J.F.K. When Charlotte’s flight is canceled, she and Anthony commiserate over an airport bookstore copy of Get Over Your Ex in Ten Easy Steps!, then decide to follow its instructions together, crisscrossing the city with comically disastrous and poignant results. Rider (a pen name for Stephanie Elliott and James Noble) creates enticing chemistry between Charlotte and Anthony in this giddy ode to the Big Apple. Ages 14–up. Agent: Alexandra Devlin, Working Partners. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

A sweetly paced and smartly wrought romance.—Kirkus Reviews

Anyone looking for an endearing holiday romance will be delighted by Rider's novel.—Booklist

... teenagers will enjoy this short, lighthearted, formulaic fare ...—School Library Journal

... sweet and satisfying ...—Publishers Weekly

... a fun read ...—CM Magazine

From the Publisher

09/01/2017
Gr 9 Up—Charlotte and Anthony meet in NYC on Christmas Eve at the airport; Charlotte's flight home to England has been canceled and Anthony was just dumped publicly by his girlfriend. Charlotte is also nursing a broken heart, so together they explore the city with the assistance of a self-help book, Get Over Your Ex in Ten Easy Steps! The book directs them to "explore alternative yous" (makeover time!), do something that scares you, and more. As they progress through the steps, they learn more about each other, somehow end up adopting a dog together, and of course, fall in love. At times, it feels like details are missing (sledding during a snowstorm is sure to cause wet jeans and shoes, but there is no mention) and the romance feels too quick. Some teenagers will enjoy this short, lighthearted, formulaic fare with quick, easy banter, but sophisticated readers should be directed to The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon or Jennifer E. Smith's books instead. VERDICT Recommended only for high school libraries with large romance collections.—Laura Gardner, Dartmouth Middle School, MA

School Library Journal

2017-07-17
Two lovelorn teens connect on Christmas Eve.A blizzard has struck New York City, grounding Charlotte's plane home to Britain. Charlotte is still getting over a rough breakup, and on a whim she purchases Get Over Your Ex in Ten Easy Steps! from the trashy airport gift shop. Before long Charlotte bumps into Anthony, who has just been dumped by his long-distance girlfriend, returning to the city for the holidays. The pair lick their wounds and unite to perform the 10 steps enumerated as they travel across the city. The author hangs smart character work and swooning romance upon this structure, teasing out the main characters' hang-ups and quirks while effectively fanning the flames of their romance. The book's pace is neither frantic nor too navel-gazey, with these well-rounded protagonists bouncing off a variety of tertiary characters that are less developed but move the plot forward at all times. Charlotte and Anthony, both white, aren't the most original pair, but there's a pleasant ease to their chemistry that will have readers rooting for them. The clichéd backdrop of "Christmas Eve in New York" doesn't overplay its twee possibilities. There's certainly a bit of magic in the city, but the grit of the real New York pokes out here and there. A sweetly paced and smartly wrought romance. (Fiction. 12-16)

Kirkus Reviews