The Kissing Club - Julia Clarke

"When I was 14 I joined the Kissing Club. I became a professional virgin and also gave up telling lies. The first bit was pretty easy - the second was pretty hard..." Isn't that just the best opener to a book, ever? There are few books I've been more intrigued by following just the first two sentences. Emily is not, as you might expect, some True-Love-Waits-style American. She's a regular girl from Leeds, who happened across the Kissing Club on a brief visit to the States, and was rather taken with the idea. However, you'd never guess where she'd end up a few years on - pregnant while still living at home and studying for her A levels, ...  Read the complete review