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Feb 14, 2009

Shannon rated it:

Scarlett Wakefield is a dag among peacocks at the elite, private girls' school of St. Tabby's in London, making no effort with her appearance, putting her energy into gymnastics with her two friends Luce and Alison rather than shopping sprees and posing. Yet she wants to be a part of it all and hang out with the popular boys from the posh boys' school - especially Dan. So when Nadia Farouk, second-in-command to the princess of the school, Plum Saybourne, invites Scarlett - and only Scarlett - to More...

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Apr 27, 2008

Diana rated it:

Loved the set up but it kept going and going. I have problems with a mystery that isn't solved, that only confirms that there really is a mystery by the end.

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Feb 27, 2011

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Initially I expected Kiss Me Kill Me to be on the light side, perhaps a little chick lit, something fun and airy. But it turned out to revolve around this captivating mystery.... “who was really responsible for Dan’s death!” In the light of Dan’s death I also feel I need to discuss the probability for someone to die of kissing? I understand that the aforementioned person had a food allergy, but what’s the likelihood that he would be affected by a person who “nibbled” on the catalyst and then dow More...

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Dec 27, 2008

Tiny rated it:

Wow, so I think this is the first time I've ever given 1 star to a book so far on Goodreads! This book sucks you in with an interesting-sounding plot, which drives you even though the writing is horrible and the characters lame. I warn you, though, those are hours you are never getting back in your life. In my opinion, those hours are better spent doing something else. Like shampooing your cat. You will get a lot more satisfaction from your angry but nice-smelling cat than from this poorly-w More...

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Mar 15, 2009

Fiona rated it:

Was it really the kiss of death? Scarlett thought that she needed something in her life to spark things up, and she found it. She was invited to Plum's group, the popular girl at St. Tabby school. When Scarlett was with Plum and her friends she completely left her own friends Alison and Lucy. Soon things happen at a party that a girl Nadia threw when Scarlett ends up with a guy on the patio dead. Now Scarlett's out to find the truth about what really went down at the party. But it gets a li More...

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Feb 23, 2009

Joy rated it:

The book I read for my second book report is Kiss Me Kill me by Lauren Henderson. I choose this book because the title looked very interesting and i love to read fiction books dealing with teenage drama and teenage romance. This book is about a girl name Scarlett Wakefield who is a 16 years old girl who attended a private all girls school in London. She had an ordinary life that changed so fast like a blink of an eye. it's also a mystery that Scarlett has to deal and solve in order to get he More...

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Apr 19, 2011

Reading rated it:

I honestly have no idea what to say about Kiss Me Kill Me.

I'm going to try my hardest not to be too honest.
Because, well, that didn't work out so well last time.
Well let me start off by saying that Kiss Me Kill Me was a cute, short, and easy read.
There isn't much I can complain about, and there isn't much that I really loved about it.
It was just an okay book that I finished within a few days.
The only thing I really don't like about it is that after I fin More...

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Mar 01, 2011

Alexis rated it:

I would recommend this book to a friend because not many people wish for something and it happens. In this book Scarlett makes two wishes One was to have breast and the second was to kiss Dan McAndrews. Well she soon gets her first wish then she goes to a party with some girls that aren't really friends with Scarlett and at the party she kisses Dan. But Shortly after kissing him he drops dead at her feet. Everyone started to blame her for the death of Dan. So Scarlett chooses to solve the mister More...

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Feb 07, 2011

Mocha ღ Latte rated it:

When 16-year-old Scarlett Wakefield transfers from St. Tabby’s to Wakefield Hall Collegiate, she is relieved that no one knows her dark, haunting secret. A few months ago, Scarlett was invited to an elite party with a guest list full of the hottest names in British society, including Dan McAndrew. Before the party, Scarlett had only imagined what it would be like to have her first kiss with Dan, but on the penthouse terrace, Dan leaned in close and she no longer had to wonder. Their kiss was bea More...

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Dec 21, 2010

Stephany rated it:

Ever since I lay eyes on this cover, I've been wanting to read this book. And honestly? It was sort of a let-down. All the British expressions gave it a sort of young feeling (sorry, but Plum, the main mean girl of the "posh," insults Scarlett with "oaf." Not so insulting to me). The beginning was strange and seemed slightly pointless. We meet Scarlett's friends (who I didn't really like) and we see her passion for gymnastics. There was much talk of breasts that really confus More...

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Oct 28, 2010

Chibineko rated it:

When I first started this book, I wasn't aware that it was the first in a series. It wasn't until I was closer to the end that I began to wonder how it was all going to be wrapped up in such a few pages. After a few minutes of checking, I found that there's going to be more books to the series.

All Scarlett Wakefield ever wanted was to kiss the boy of her dreams. Unfortunately for her, that first kiss ended up killing her crush- leaving her as the prime suspect. Instantly ostracized f More...

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Jun 05, 2010

Bella rated it:

This book is about a teenage girl living in London. She isn't very popular, but she'd like to be. When Plum, the most popular girl in school, invites her to a party, she instantly says yes even though she feels guilty about ditching her friends. At the party, the guy she likes ends up dying. People instantly accuse her because he had been kissing her before he died. She transfers to her grandmother's school in the middle of nowhere because people were really mean to her since they thought she wa More...

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Feb 20, 2010

Jani rated it:

In the book Kiss Me Kill Me, we are introduced to main character Scarlett Wakefield who wishes to kiss the boy of her dreams, Dan McAndrew. When this wish finally comes true though, he suffocates in her arms. The reason unknown why this happened Scarlett goes on an adventure to clear her name. First things first she is moved from her boarding school in London, England to Wakefield Hall Collegiate, the super elite boarding school in the English countryside run by her grandmother. She befriends More...

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Sep 23, 2009

Trisha rated it:

I felt so bad for Scarlett in this book. The girls at her old school are still calling her a murderer and the teachers at her new school-which is run by her grandmother- aren't nice to her either. They are even harder on her because her grandmother runs the school. Her parents are dead and her two friends she did have won't talk to her because Scarlett ditched them to hang out with the popular kids at her old school. So Scarlett is basically along in the first part of the book and you feel bad f More...

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Aug 11, 2009

Books and Literature for Teens rated it:

To be completely honest I was expecting Kiss Me Kill Me have more mystery within it's pages. Instead, it kind of fluttered around talking about how Plum and her followers treated Scarlett or how much she missed Dan. It didn't actually pick up the scandal/mystery about Dan's death till the end of the book. (I'm assuming that was the publishers and author's devious plan. LOL)
At first I liked Scarlett's character, but when she skipped out on her friends and got caught up with Dan's death, she More...

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Jun 09, 2009

Jack rated it:

It was... Entertaining. The main character; Scarlett Wakefield remind me a lot of the people I know. I couldn't help but laugh whenever the things of significance popped into my head. I could hear my friends grumbling that they were nothing like Scarlett. Still, it's my personal opinion. I think, personally, I like Scarlett. She is almost ordinary and not at all what you call an all-round character. She have her own insecurities and longing to fit in. She was almost too normal to me that it was More...

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Apr 23, 2009

Doug rated it:

This is the story of Scarlet Wakefield who is a gymnast and hangs with her friends Alison and Luce, until one day when the popular Nadia comes over to her and asks her to betray her friends and sit with the cool crowd, including Plum, the reigning goddess. Scarlet gets invited to a party and spends some of her trust fund money to procure the perfect top, pair of jeans and shoes and makes herself ready to go. While at the party, popular handsome boy Dan notices her, chats her up and ends More...

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Jun 20, 2010

Hannah rated it:

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Oct 01, 2009

Rebecca added it

I love a good mystery story so when I read a review for this book I ran straight to the computer and put it on hold. I read it in under a day. I really enjoyed Kiss Me Kill Me.

I quite liked Scarlett and Taylor. I thought most of the other characters were either too mean or too weak. However, I really did like Scarlett and Taylor. Their personalities went really well together and they were a great pair of detectives.

The story line was a good one. I've never read a mystery nove More...

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May 30, 2011

Amanda rated it:

Kiss Me Kill Me is divided into two parts, the first being rather dull and obnoxious. The reader knows there is a fated kiss to be dealt. Instead of being suspended for this moment I was bored and hoped for it to quickly pass. The mean-girl characters held their end of the bargain. However, the whole teen flirtation leading to the kiss was rather gross and vomit-inducing. Teens may be able to identify with this, I could not. The more interesting second half introduces a character more interestin More...

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Feb 10, 2009

Lizzie rated it:

Scarlett Wakefield has two New Year’s wishes. The first is to get boobs. The second is to kiss Dan McAndrew. In a classic case of “be careful what you wish for” she gets both of these things. Her boobs grow a little bit too much, which makes gymnastics a little harder. And when she finally gets her kiss with Dan McAndrew, he dies with his tongue in her mouth. Off the bat, everyone blames Scarlett. Her only friends hate her, and she’s been expelled from her school and forced to move back in with More...

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Dec 04, 2010

Shelley rated it:

I really enjoyed this book. Everyone knows the feeling of wanting to fit it. That's what Scarlett wants but when she is accepted into the elite group what is the real reason? You have to wonder when they have been ignoring you for so long. Then once she is invited to a party, and the boy she kisses dies, her life plunges into ruin and she is marked by those same girls as a murder. But Scarlett has no idea what happened to Dan and she is worried she is cursed, like a black widow, and can never ev More...

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Nov 28, 2008

Alissa rated it:

This was billed as a mystery. Set in Britain. Immediately after 16 year old Scarlett’s first kiss, the object of her affection, Dan, mysteriously falls to the floor and dies. Scarlett must transfer out of her posh girls school, to the school her grandmother runs. A mysterious note (which I found implausible) spurs Scarlett to investigate Dan’s death. And right when she discovers an important clue, the novel ends (at 260 pages). Did the publisher forget the last 40 pages? Or is Ms. Henderson writ More...

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Jul 05, 2009

Sheree rated it:

3.5 stars

Kiss Me, Kill Me is the first book in Lauren Henderson's Scarlett Wakefield series although I didn't realise this when I borrowed it from the library. (I picked it up based solely on the cover lol.)
It's an interesting mix, kind of Mean Girls meets Nancy Drew with emphasis on the power of cliques and the desire to belong or fit in & concern over body image. While the story at first seemed a little implausible, Ms Henderson's inspiration for Kiss Me, Kill Me came from a More...

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Jul 17, 2010

Erika Lynn rated it:

I had a hard time with the beginning of this novel but by the end I really loved it. It was a slow start for me, I felt like there was too much background information and not enough action to begin the book, especially since the synopsis tells us what the major conflict is going to be. I really felt like I was half-way through the book and hadn’t really learned anything new or important.

However, once Dan died the story really picked up and I was very interested. Scarlett is a great p More...

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Jun 22, 2009

cecilia rated it:

kiss me, kill me was okay. I didn't really care that much for Scarlett, and that dampened any enthusiasm I might have had for the mystery. She just didn't have enough substance for me, too flaky, too self-absorbed in her woe-is-me. The other characters had a lot of potential, but they did not get that much spotlight to leave any sort of impression. The story seemed a little threadbare in details, never diving deep enough to explain that much, the events presented a little too quickly.

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Jun 09, 2011

Erin rated it:

I would have given it more stars if she turned out to be a vampire ;)

Some parts I really loved and others I thought were a little slow and cheesy. The slow/cheesy parts made me give it a three (could have gone lower), but I really think the author did a good job capturing the way Scarlett would feel and act. I am not sad I read it and will read the others in the series if I happen upon them. I will add that I think it is dumb that this is a series. It didn't need to be. It read mo More...

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Apr 08, 2010

Giselle rated it:

This book is about a girl named Scarlett Wakefield who attends a prep school. Scarlett is invited to an exclusive party by a popular girl. There at the party she hangs out with the stunning, popular guy named Dan McAndrews. They go out to the balcony and while they are kissing he starts to die and then he is dead. Everyone at St. Tabby's thinks Scarlett has killed him but she knows she hasn't. So she is forced to move to Wakefield Collegiate which her grandmother owns. Scarlett tries to fi More...

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Sep 12, 2010

Rosey rated it:

I didn't realize this was part of a series when I borrowed it from the library. And of course the library doesn't have the second one in ebook. So now I have to put it on hold and then go pick it up. Ugh. I researched to make sure the big questions in this are answered in the next, and I won't have to read the rest of the series. Why in the world would a library have only part of a series available? Ridiculous.

Anyway. Very quick little mystery, although the ending came so abruptly th More...

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Jun 10, 2011

Maiya rated it:

I loved this series by Lisa Henderson. The book was about a girl who was just trying to fit in at her new Academy (Wakefield Hall). She is invited to one the popoular girls' party and strucks a conversation with her crush David. When David and Scarlett have a Romantic moment, David has a Allergic reaction and dies in her arms. Later, when the police are called, Scarlett finds out that Someone had taken David's Epi Pen something that couldve saved his life. When she does a little digging around, More...

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