Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.com

Jess had an amazing summer all lined up. She's finally old enough to be a counselor with all her friends at summer camp. Now, she's just found out that her partner for training week is Sean, her nemesis. Every time she thinks that he's nice, he does something drastic to change her opinion of him. This summer, she won't let herself trust him, no matter how cute he's gotten.

With all the other counselors pairing off, Jess and Sean must find a way to More...

With a series titled, First Kisses, readers pretty much know where this story is headed. Haha….But for me it is the fun, flirty, suspense before the kiss that makes it special. Rachel Hawthorne captures that “does-she-like-me-will-he-kiss-me” flutter in your belly perfectly! :D

We meet Jessica (Jess) and Sean at summer camp counselor training week. Woods, camp fires, crafts, hiking, truth or dare games, and rivalries. Can Jess and Sean learn to put past tensions, practical jokes, and hurt feeling More...

this book is about a girl named Jessica and her friends call her Jess! she is going to be a consuler at summer camp! she and her best friend Liz went to consuler traning when they get there they start to unpaack and meet there friends who are rooming wiht them! the next day all the consulers were apried up! Jess was pared up wiht her emeny Sean! Jess use to likke Sean at fiurst but them he started to play all these tricks on her and she hated him for it! when they become partners it seems that S More...

The question is: What don't I love about this book?

It was a quick, straightforward, fun read that I just had to finish off before heading out to work - which means - I'm running low on sleep O_O

But it was worth it!!

Jess has some major trust issues - but who could blame her? Especially when her young heart had has been jumping for Sean recently - a liar and a cheat as well as a prankster when it comes to her.

Whereas Sean is just sweet, fun, laid-back kind of dude - and very loyal - even if that More...

C.U.T.E.

I think it captures teens and their antics and their perception of one another just perfectly.

I LOVE Sean.. can totally get why Jess crushed on him.. He reminds me with some of the boys I liked while growing up.. they infuriated me with their apparent thoughtless behaviours.. but when I got to know them on a more personal level.. They turned out to be deeper than I thought and we even remain good friends till this day.

Jessica doesn't trust Sean.. and for a good reason.. and I really like More...

Trust Me is such a great example of young love at its simplest and finest. Trust Me is such a cute and full-of-never-ending-giggles type of book that will give you uttermost butterflies flying inside your dear stomachs and will total make you remember your experience at first love.



And so they claim.



The Summary

Jess is paired up with her total arch-nemesis, Sean Reed for her counselors-in-training camp. Her rivalry started four years ago, when Sean played those nasty tricks on her, cheated and cal More...

Jessica Kane is excited to be a counselor at Camp Lone Star. She’ll get to have authority and hopefully snag herself a male counselor. She thinks everything is going to be great until she sees Sean Reed. Jessica can’t stand him ever since he cheated in the capture the flag competition that the camp has every year and her team had always won until then. She’s gets even madder when she finds out that he’s her trust partner.
They are constantly fighting and getting punishment because they don’t tru More...

3.5 stars!

THE TITLE SAYS IT ALL.

Trust is definitely the issue in this book. It makes sense.
Though it is too short that I was wishing that it didn't end so abruptly. I was looking for more.
I wanna give this 4stars but I was hoping for...more. I can't pinpoint what, though. Mybe the lack of romance between the two leads. I was left hanging though it was pretty clear what happened in the emd.

Nevertheless, this is still a good book that will teach you the real meaning of trust. More...

Hmmm. I liked The Boyfriend Game... Maybe I should read the first, first. Oh well. I'm still undecided. Who knows if it's even any good.



Kinda how I currently feel. So should I read it or not??? C'mon I need help deciding. I'm really weak willed!

I really really enjoy all of Rachel hawthornes novels. And while this one was geared toward a younger age range, it was still a fast fun read. I was reminded of Sleepaway Girls while reading it, because it was based on summer camp counseling and what not. Fans of harper teen romances will enjoy this.

I didn't realize the characters were so young when I bought the “First Kiss” series, but the story ended up being really cute. And despite the ten year age gap I thought Sean sounded SO charming. I would have crushed on him in middle school!

i almost didn't read this bc i thought it was going to be stupid. i hate the cover. it's about a middle school aged girl so i thought it wasn't really going to interest me but it did. it was a very good story line.

This book is amazing. At first it has a dull beinning but as the story progresses it becomes harder to put down. Obviously it is written by my favorite author Rachel Hawthorne. So I'm a big fan.

What a fluffy, light hearted read. Simply awesome. I def give this book 4 stars for being outstanding. It's not like complete Young Adult with full on romance but it was very light and easy to read. A good quick book to read when in a hurry.

Nice book...Trust is a key value with Sean and Jess in this story.From their past history between each other,Jess refuses to trust Sean even when they were put as partners in their summer camp!Well you just have to trust someone,even if you don't want to.

This could have been a really cute story but I was just thrown by the fact that the main characters just turned 14. I guess it is a clean story for 14 year old girls.

i really liked it but its a really BIG cliffhanger. !!!!! i wish there's part two. you know like what happened after? did they become official couple?

This was cute. Although the main character got annoying with with her complaining. And I wanted to read more about their times at high school and camp. Etc..

It was a nice short read, but I think it fell short just as things started to become nice between Jess and Sean.

Sweet story about trust, cheating, summer camp and boys, before entering high school. Not one of the best by this author but enjoyable.

Really cute series for anyone, but especially girls in 8th-12th who are looking for cute stories about first love!!

So fluffy. Predictable. Light. Still fun to relax and read, just don't expect much. Written for preteen?

2.5 stars

Light, fluffy read, but Rachel Hawthorne's other books are so much better than this one.

I read this quite a while ago but i still remember that i thought it was a really good book

Yeah, short but cute. The attraction between the two was also fun to watch haha. 1/5 stars.

Am I the only one who doesn't get the dog on the cover anyway great bbook

Sweet and simple. Nice romance with no objections. Good for younger YA readers.

So great! Girls have got to love this series. Totally aimed at 5-6th graders!

Lies! There are no well-dressed pugs in the book at all! The cover set me up for disappointment!

Fast easy read. Pretty junior high. But it was a good story.