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I Kissed Alice Kindle Edition

by Anna Birch (Author), Victoria Ying (Illustrator, Contributor) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 117 ratings
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"Rivals-to-lovers, mistaken identity, and slow, slow burn... A loving homage to fandom and queer girls."
—Victoria Lee, author of The Fever King

For fans of Leah on the Offbeat and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Anna Birch's I Kissed Alice is a romantic comedy about enemies, lovers, and everything in between.

Rhodes and Iliana couldn't be more different, but that's not why they hate each other.

Rhodes, a gifted artist, has always excelled at Alabama’s Conservatory of the Arts (until she’s hit with a secret bout of creator’s block), while Iliana, a transfer student, tries to outshine everyone with her intense, competitive work ethic. Since only one of them can get the coveted Capstone scholarship, the competition between them is fierce.

They both escape the pressure on a fanfic site where they are unknowingly collaborating on a webcomic. And despite being worst enemies in real life, their anonymous online identities I-Kissed-Alice and Curious-in-Cheshire are starting to like each other... a lot. When the truth comes out, will they destroy each other's future?

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"The swoony queer romcom of my heart... Pitch-perfect."
—Rachel Hawkins, New York Times-bestselling author of Prince Charming and Her Royal Highness

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  6. Reading age
    14 - 18 years
  7. Grade level
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"With beauty on both a sentence and conceptual level, Birch expertly guides us through a world that makes clear the fact that we are all so much more than we present upfront." ―Bitch Media

"I Kissed Alice has everything you could want in a summer YA book―romance, competition, complex friendships, discussions of class dynamics, and even beautiful illustrations" ―Culturess

"The swoony queer romcom of my heart... A pitch-perfect ode to the creative process and the special magic that happens when you find someone who loves what you love. I adored it."
―Rachel Hawkins, New York Times-bestselling author of Prince Charming and Her Royal Highness

"The characters create a dynamic and compelling chemical reaction... bound to be a hit with fans of Cherie Priest's I Am Princess X and Nina LaCour’s Everything Leads to You." ―Booklist, starred review

"The protagonists are alive with emotions and flaws, and their chemistry as both enemies and allies crackles off the pages... Come for the rivalry, stay for the romance." ―Kirkus Reviews

"Birch keeps the tension high, presenting everything―love, hate, class differences, scheming mothers, backstabbing friends―at a fever pitch... Roller-coaster reading." ―Publishers Weekly

"A delightfully fun and devastatingly romantic story with all your favorite fanfic tropes: rivals-to-lovers, mistaken identity, and slow, slow burn... A loving homage to fandom and queer girls and artistic identity."
―Victoria Lee, author of The Fever King

"Romantic and intense, I Kissed Alice explores the complicated line between love and hate and the life-altering power of changing one’s perspective. A sparkling, thought-provoking debut!"
―Ashley Herring Blake, author of Girl Made of Stars and How to Make a Wish

"If you've been on the hunt for a true enemies-to-lovers queer YA that will make your heart race and your happiness increase, then you need I Kissed Alice immediately. This book is imbued with so much to love―geeky collaboration, friendship politics, competition, secret identities―and Birch pulls it all together with a deft hand, launching herself into the YA sphere as an author to watch."
―Rachel Strolle, Teen Services Coordinator, Glenside Public Library District

About the Author

Anna Birch was born 'n' raised in a rural area on the outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama. She traded thick forests and dirt roads for the heart of the city, where she lives now with her husband, three children, and dog. She loves knitting, brie, and hanging out with her family.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07ZXTKBVW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Imprint; Illustrated edition (July 28, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 28, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 10336 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 294 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 117 ratings

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Anna Birch is the author of I Kissed Alice. She was born 'n' raised in a rural area on the outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama. She traded thick forests and dirt roads for the heart of the city, where she lives now with her husband, three children, dog, and cats.

Anna declared to her mother that she would be an author at the tender age of six. After drafting daily reports of the neighbors' business as a child and a particularly melodramatic attempt at poetry as a teenager, she finally settled into her vocation: writing fiction. When she isn’t writing, she loves knitting, brie, and hanging out with her family.

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Alayvia
5.0 out of 5 stars Cute book!
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2023
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Very cute book, I wish it was longer so the main characters romance could shine though.
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Steve Manning
4.0 out of 5 stars A book with a lot of heart and charm!
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2023
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"The principle of the matter doesn't matter?" I think not!

I enjoyed this fun romance, written by Anna Birch with accompanying illustrations by Victoria Ying. Funny, romantic and weighty when it needs to be, it moves along at a good clip and it's an engaging read. I tend to read slowly and take a lot of breaks when I'm not sure about a book and I zipped through this one. Recommended.
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Kristin
5.0 out of 5 stars art school romance with a rival twist
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2020
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Sometimes you’re just looking for a book that will meet all of your interests and that seems impossible. But I KISSED ALICE touches on so many things that I love: fandom, art, writing, rivalry, and representation that I immediately fell in love with it. Set in Birmingham, it was also so lovely to see such a heartfelt connection to a place I’ve never been but now very much want to visit. I’m so glad this book exists.
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Schroom
5.0 out of 5 stars Cute
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2021
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Check it out if u want some wholesome content *no sex scenes* just so Uk👀
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Paige
3.0 out of 5 stars Heavier than the cover implies
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2022
See more of my reviews on The YA Kitten! My copy was an ARC I got as a staff reviewer for YA Books Central.

You see that cover? The pastel pink, the cute illustrated characters, the hearts above the i’s?

Every single inch of that cover is a lie. If you think you’re in for a cute hate to love story, you’re wrong because this is much darker than it seems. You’ve got toxic friendships, mental health struggles, bribery, and two difficult girls.

Iliana fought her way into the Alabama Conservatory of the arts partially to advance her artistic aspirations and partially to stay with her best friend Sarah. The girl is competitive and territorial in equal measure, which causes more than a few problems, but she’s also passionate about the Alice in Wonderland fancomic she writes with I-Kissed-Alice. Rhodes is Sarah’s roommate and a gifted artist from a rich family. She’s won countless competitions in the past with her drawings, but for months now, she hasn’t been able to draw a single thing.

Well, other than the fancomic she’s working on with Curious-in-Cheshire.

The girls have been lightly flirting for months online, but they’ve got no idea who the other is and Rhodes’ qualification for a Capstone scholarship she solidly failed to meet the requirements for has lit the fuse on their long-brewing issues. Things are about to blow up in both their faces.

If you’re one of those people who requires their main characters be likable, please drop I Kissed Alice now. Iliana and Rhodes are complex girls and the reason they hate one another is actually a pretty good one. Can’t say I’d feel any different if I ended up in either of their situations.

Sarah, the connective tissue that brings the girls into conflict with one another again and again? Whoo boy, there is a lot to say about Sarah and you’ll wonder why either girl ever wanted anything to do with her in the first place. She’s untrustworthy practically from the get-go. The way she plays Iliana and Rhodes against one another and can’t stand up to either of them when they do her wrong certainly doesn’t help. For all the criticisms I have, I love this messed up friendship between the three girls for how familiar it feels.

Iliana and Rhodes’ interactions as Cheshire and Alice lack the kind of camaraderie I’d expect of co-writers who have been working together for a year and mildly flirting the entire time. Even so, once the girls’ identities come out, it’s not an easy road to romance like “oh wow, you’re the girl I’ve been crushing on for ages, never mind how we’ve treated each other before.” It takes time for each of them to reconcile who the other is online versus in real life, which fits with real life and the route the novel takes.

Perhaps with a little more time spent on how the girls came to work together on their comic, I’d feel a little more positive toward I Kissed Alice. Even so, it’s an engrossing queer enemies-to-lovers tale about art, privilege, and mental health. Just throw color theory out the window before looking at the cover in case it tampers with your expectations. Maybe someone should give it a redesign to be a little more honest.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Drama filled about high school students
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2020
This was a drama filled story about high school students competing for the prestigious Capstone Foundation Award which came with many perks. The story was told from the alternating perspectives of Lliana and Rhodes. They were both seniors at the Alabama Conservatory of the Arts along with Sarah, Lliana’s best friend since third grade, who was also Rhodes’ roommate. Initially, Rhodes and Lliana were civil to each other. However, after a campus incident that got Lliana arrested, civility was replaced by outright meanness. A week prior to this incident, Lliana was awarded the Savannah College of Art and Design scholarship which she desperately needed to pay for her college. Now the scholarship was rescinded. Even though Rhodes parents paid for her legal services, from that point on she hated Rhodes, and Rhodes reacted to that hate in kind. But unbeknownst to each other, and using their online names- Alice and Cheshire- they became friends through a fan fiction story they created and illustrated. They also became each other’s best friend…sharing life’s experiences, the good and bad. Alice and Cheshire fell in love while Rhodes and Lliana continued with their hateful ways toward each other.

The characters in this book were interesting. Even though they were friends, they were always hurting each other. Rhodes seemed to be the spoiled rich girl with the attitude to match. Her parent had no qualms at all in handing out money to fix Rhodes’ academic problems. Sarah was the whiny and always crying mediator between Rhodes and Lliana, but she had her own mean streak. Lliana was a hard worker but constantly demanded Sarah take sides against her own personal war with Rhodes, without taking Sarah’s feelings into consideration. This part described in depth the girls’ feeling and animosity toward each other. About the halfway point, there was a turning point which led Rhodes and Liliana to reevaluate not only their academic direction but personal one as well. It was at this point that some of the characters, thankfully, exhibited redeeming qualities. This was also the point where the paced improved and took on a more emotional tone as Alice and Cheshire were unmasked. I was expecting as much depth to this second part as the first, but it wasn’t there.

I did like the fanfic story Alice and Cheshire created, as well as the internet interaction between Alice and Cheshire. It was a nice diversion from all the negativity that was going on in the first part.

Overall, the story was well written. I think young adults will enjoy all the high school dramatics that took place as well as the various faces of friendship.
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Em
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun book
Reviewed in Canada on February 25, 2023
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It's a fun book, a little hard to follow in parts. The book itself was in good condition.
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