Thank you Forever Publishing and NetGalley for this eARC!

Kiss Me, Maybe is a cute romance, but even more a look into the experience of a newly out asexual finding her way through posting on social media and building community both online and in person. Angela has recently come to terms that she is on the asexual spectrum, and in this book she explores even more so where exactly she is along that spectrum, if she is even interested in sex, and how exactly this has shaped who she is as a person today.

I'll start off with what I loved. I came into this book excited for the sapphic romance with a librarian and a promise of a big scavenger hunt aided by social media. What instead I found was so much relatability to her experience growing up on the ace spectrum. The questioning from others on why you haven't done expected things, the questioning yourself if you're alone in your feelings, so many other universal queer experiences but also so specific to the ace community that I related to so much. 

The setting being in Texas is another thing I loved. I live in Oklahoma, and we hardly get books set in this part of the country, especially romance and especially especially a queer romance. I loved that there were landmarks like Six Flags that I've actually gone to. It's so important to remind people that queer people exist everywhere, including in heavily Republican-controlled states.

I think maybe because I related so much to the queer experiences in this book I had an even harder time distancing myself from unbelievable plot points or things that in real life would drive me mad if they happened to me.
 

Instead of being enamored by the will-they-won't-they, I was frustrated by all the mixed signals they were sending to each other. They both clearly expressed care, only for the other to then ruin the moment so many times that it got repetitive and frustrating for me as a reader.

I was also really excited for the theatrics of the scavenger hunt, but all of the planning and actual event took a back burner to everything else that it felt a bit more like an afterthought.

There were also some plot holes and inaccuracies throughout that may be edited out for the final run. One of these was when a character said they were getting too much carbon dioxide and not enough oxygen because they were surrounded by too many plants, which is the opposite effect plants have. Not story relevant, but a common enough science fact to leave me surprised that made it in. Another was when Angela threw her phone, broke it, said she then couldn't contact a character, but also texted other characters? If the phone was only partially working or if she was just using this as an excuse it wasn't clearly described and instead just seemed like a plot hole. The final one I'll mention was when the mural was washed away. What mural is painted with water soluble pigment? It also had been up for a long time at that point, and if it had been water soluble I would think rain would have taken it down by then.

I'd recommend this book if you are someone that loves angst, a will-they-won't-they story, or someone that can distance themselves enough from some ridiculous plot points and just enjoy the ride. I'd especially recommend this to lovers of sapphic romance, sex-favorable ace spectrum rep, family drama, friends to lovers trope, messy gays, and discussions on the complex role of social media in our lives.