Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

[description from book jacket]

Naomi ♥ Ely.
And she's kinda in love with him.

Ely ♥ Naomi.
But he prefers to in love
with boys.

Naomi and Ely have been inseparable since childhood - partially because they've grown up across the hall from each other in the same Manhattan apartment building, and also because they're best friends. Soul mates. Or are they?

Just to be safe, they've created a NO KISS LIST - their list of people who are absolutely off-kissing limits for both of them. The NO KISS LIST protects their friendship and ensures that nothing will rock the foundation of Naomi and Ely: the institution.
Until Ely kisses Naomi's boyfriend. And a fateful piece of gum in the wrong place at the wrong time changes everything.
Soon a rift of universal proportions threatens to destroy their friendship, and it remains to be seen whether Naomi and Ely can find their way toward new soul-mate prospects…and back to one another.

Excerpt on David Levithan's Website

All I can say is this: This book was frinkin' awesome.

A few of my favorite things....

1. The references to Naomi and Ely's childhood. Throughout the book, there are stories about Naomi and Ely as kids. These stories show just how good of friends they are and that they are not easily separated. You can see that it takes something huge to break them apart- like Ely kissing Bruce the Second (Naomi's boyfriend. And yes, there is a Bruce the First in the book.)

2. Because the story is told in alternating points of view by all the main characters, not just Naomi and Ely, it was easy to see how the one kiss between Ely and Bruce the Second effected everyone and how everyone tried to solve the problems that came with the kiss. The description of the book kind of makes it seem like the whole story is about Naomi and Ely fixing their friendship, but really, it isn't. That's one of the main things happening, but it's not the only thing. The book is about overcoming problems, dealing with new people, and finding yourself.

My only complaint is that the chapters in Naomi's POV had symbols replaced words. They kind of bugged me. And there was one chapter told in one long confusing paragraph. In that chapter, there were no quotation marks to indicate dialogue and all the sentences were run-ons. That chapter was extremely annoying.

I highly recommend this book, and give it 9/10.