Title: Kiss & Make Up (Part 2 of the Bayfield High series)
Author: Madeleine Labitan
Publication: June 11, 2018 (86 pages)
Edition: Kindle (via Kindle Unlimited)
Genre: Teen Romance
Rating: C-ish
Bookit 2009 #5
This is the sequel to Labitan’s debut novel Truth or Dare, and continues to take place in Bayfield High school. This time around, the star is Madison Cooper, the girlfriend Adam dumped for alleged cheating in the previous novella. As Kenzie and Sean learned in that one, Maddie had in fact not cheated on Adam, and he spends this one trying to win her back.
This story is remarkably shorter then the first. I’m wondering if perhaps all three novels were supposed to be a collection together rather than sold separately. It takes over more time within in the novella, although it doesn’t have much of a driving plot other then “Adam tries to win Maddie back.” Many of the minor characters aren’t developed enough to be interesting, which is fine as they don’t have anything really to do. I wish the author could have the characters from the last novel in this one a little bit more to develop more of a connection and flow in the series.
I feel like this would have been better set as the b-plot in a combined novel. Both the other novellas in this series were longer and had a bit more depth to them.
I ended up giving this a C-ish grade because I feel it could have been developed into a deeper story, or added to fill out one of the other novels. It wasn’t horrible, just quick and lacking the development in full-length novels.
Sokorra Lewis 