Lena Oserkowski has some great ideas, but they never amount to anything. This time around she's hoping something will come of her efforts, especially with Elliot Debusshere on her side. However, not everyone is thrilled that Lena and Elliot are spending time together. Will they achieve their shot at happy ever after or will his family do anything they can to put a stop to their relationship?

The further I got into the story, the more I thought to myself 'I wish I had of read the first book of this series'. Not to worry though, as this can be read as a stand-alone, but knowing more about how Elliot's sister and Lena's brother ended up together would have made this story even better for me I believe. However, in saying that, I really liked this story right from the beginning, as the hero does something wonderful for the heroine and she can't help but be grateful. Her son is such an adventurous little boy and it's just lucky the hero is in the right place at the right time to help her.

As for the dialogue, it was intense due to the main characters back stories and I couldn't help but feel sorry for the hero, as his parents are a real piece of work that don't have a lot of faith in Elliot. Luckily, the heroine has enough faith in him and I loved the decisions he makes in order to have the heroine in his life for years to come. Moreover, the heroine is resilient, courageous and I liked that she didn't give up on her ideas because surely something was going to come of one of them sooner or later. I also liked the close relationship the heroine had with her son and that she would do anything for him, even if it means spending time with Elliot when she knows she shouldn't.

While the hero, he's confident, an all-round good guy and I really liked the growing bond between him and the heroine's son. There's quite a bit of stars-in-his-eyes, I-want-to-spend-time-with-Elliot from the kid, which I loved because the heroine's son needs a father figure in his life besides the heroine's brother who looks out too much for Lena. Yet, what I liked most of all about the hero is the way he stood up to his parents because how dare they think they're better than everyone else. Really, I couldn't get over how rude and snobbish they were when they had such kind and caring children in the hero and his sister.

Overall, Ms. Archer has delivered a really good read in this book where the chemistry between the hero and heroine is there from the moment they meet and just keeps getting stronger as the story progresses until they finally give in to their feelings; and the ending had me loving the hero's determination to prove to the heroine that she's the one for him. Certainly, what he does had me cheering. I would recommend Kissing her Crazy by Kira Archer, if you enjoy the opposites attract trope or books by authors Stefanie London, Kadie Scott, Jenna Bayley-Burke and Wynter Daniels.

“You’re crazy, you know that?” she said.
He laughed. “Yeah, but it makes life a lot more fun.”

As I’ve come to expect from Kira Archer, Kissing Her Crazy is a sweet, sexy, thoroughly enjoyable and highly engaging read.

I missed it the first time around—in fact, the first book I ever read by this author was Loving Her Crazy, which comes after this one in the Crazy Love series—but I’m happy to have remedied that. Because Elliot and Lena’s story had so many of the things I like about romance. (Plus, a peek at Iris and her cowboy, which was was fun, since I loved Loving Her Crazy.)

Kissing Her Crazy was fun and flirty and, though it had a couple of more emotional moments that I related to as a mother, it was also (mostly) light-hearted. An easy, relaxing escape. Not only that, it had swoony moments between Elliot and Tyler, Lena’s little boy, which seemed to delight in making my ovaries scream. I do love a man who's good with kids . . .

To that end, this book never took itself too seriously. It was quick and cute and unabashedly feel good despite those aforementioned hints of something deeper. And honestly, since feeling good is one of my main reasons for loving this genre, it just make me like Kissing Her Crazy all the more. After all, when I read, I want smiles—and Ms. Archer delivered them here.

Readily. So, while the ending was, perhaps, a wee bit short and rushed, this book more than made up for it by being just the right kind of read—by just the right author.

“I have never been kissed like that in my life. My knees went weak. I mean, honest-to-God weak. I even got light headed.”

~ FOUR STARS ~

3.5 Stars

This was a quick, enjoyable read. I liked Ethan and Lena but I didn't really feel their connection to each other. I think if I had read the first book in this series, I would have enjoyed the book more

*This is my voluntary review of a second look copy*

What a great story this is from Kira. I loved it the first time I read it, I loved it even more this time.
This is Elliot and Lena's story. Lena is Oz's sister and he's marrying Elliot's sister. They've gone off to an island in the Caribbean and the book opens with Lena standing ankle deep in a pool while her 6 year old son refuses to get out of the pool. Lena has a horrific fear of water. When Elliot first hears her yelling at Tyler to come out of the water, he gets up to go help. What starts as begging, yelling and pleading turns into a panic attack, Elliot gets in the pool with Tyler and makes a friend for life and as they get out, Lena blacks out. Elliot being the good man he is and has everything under control, carries Lena to his over sizes bungalow, lets Lena sleep after calling for the resort Dr just to have her checked and realizes he has no idea what to do with a 6 year old. Feed them sugar, snacks and let them play x-box he decides. He and Tyler enjoy the afternoon while Lena sleeps and when she wakes up, she's back to all business. She and Tyler live with Oz and his soon to be wife Cher, there's nothing more than Lena wants to get her own place and have some sort of business or success.
Cher and Elliot are the black sheep twins of the family. Their parents are nasty snobs and Cher broke free first, with the help of Oz, moving away and starting a clothing store that helps women who are getting back on their feet dress for work etc. She's done a great job and done so well. Oz is a mechanic. Lena has a binder she takes with her everywhere, filled with ideas for businesses and ventures. She's got great ideas, none of them ever panned out. This is a real tender spot for her.
Elliot has a rep as a serial dater and do nothing but run the family charity but he's so much more.
He's so much more, but his parents don't let him do anything else. They really suck. In such a bad way.
Elliot is taken with Lena and Lena with him. Lena is always mindful of Tyler and he comes first. When the two of them get involved not just romantically but work a few little business ideas on the side, life is looking great. Lena instills a confidence in him that he didn't have. Meanwhile, Tyler is getting pretty attached to Elliot, and Elliot to him as well. Elliot seems to understand Tyler in a way that maybe be Lena doesn't and has a way of wiggling his way around him, to get things done. Lena is pretty stiff. She's damn stiff. As soon as she lets her guard down, it goes right back up. And where does that leave Lena? Can she keep using Tyler as a reason to keep people away? And Elliot?
Can he regain all the trust he built with Lena? Lots of questions that remain to be answered and time is short.
I loved this story as I said. I loved Lena and Elliot and of course Tyler. The writing is perfect, great plot, but what makes this book special really is Lena and Elliot and the depth of their emotions that really come through in the writing. It couldn't be more perfect.

**advanced copy from NetGalley and Entangled for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.**

Read as an intern to pull quotes. I it liked much better than the first book in the series.