A review by brokenrecord
It Felt Like a Kiss by Sarra Manning

3.0

3.5 stars. (I read this like 2 months ago so let's see how much I remember about it.) Normally I tend to like my romances more in the background with other plots being the focus, but this was one where I think I would've been much more into the story if it were entirely about the romance and the book hadn't dealt with Ellie's family stuff at all. I really didn't care for any of the stuff to do with Ellie's past, and the flashbacks with her mom just felt completely unnecessary 95% of the time. I also wasn't into the first meeting between Ellie and David because I am so sick of the ~instant connection first meeting thing; it was much better afterwards when he was trying to be professional and she was dealing with the stuff with her dad because then they were able to really build a relationship. The one thing that I hated most of all, though, was Ellie getting mad at David at the end for not telling her things THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BOUND BY ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE and not only that, but David agreeing at the end that he should have told her. LIKE NO, NO HE SHOULDN'T HAVE???? THAT'S NOT HOW THIS WORKS???? ugh. So that was really frustrating. idk, there was a lot of potential here for a book I would like, but most of it just fell flat.