Melt for You
Ratings18
Average rating4.1
Obsessed doesn't begin to cover it.
Cam is PERFECT. He's fun, but sincere. He cares so much about Joellen and with the ruse of getting the guy at work to fall for her, Cam helps boost her confidence and self worth.
He's funny, he's charming, outgoing and loud, he's considerate, protective, and kind.
Joellen doesn't think highly of herself and always puts herself down. Cam doesn't have any of that and threatens to take her over his knee (yes please!!!!) if she continues. I had a hard time with her POV on occasion with her constantly putting herself down and comments on her weight and how she's the ugly duckling.
He slowly made her fall in love with him by just being there. Showing up, demanding dinner ( but it's cute ok) and being honest. Letting her be herself.
I rarely ever read book 2 of a series without reading #1, even if it is a romance where you don't need to read them in order. I did this time at the nudging of some reviews and I'm so glad I did. This is a fun book. I really liked how the hero helped her be healthy – she wants to lose weight for a man, he wants her to just be healthy. He gets her to run and eat while she's trying to skip meals. It isn't usual to see this, so I was happy that healthy eating is finally pushed.
It is also a decent slow-burn which is my jam.
I wasn't a super fan of the ending conflict stuff, but I enjoyed this book enough that I will try out book 3!
After reading Midnight Valentine, I started stalking Geissinger's new releases and I couldn't get my hands on Melt For You fast enough.
Honestly, I didn't think it could be as good as Midnight Valentine. I was wrong because my expectations were exceed: I loved it! After I started, I couldn't put my Kindle down so I've read it in one sitting, I was addicted since the very first moment that Joellen and Cameron laid eyes on each other.
Joellen is a smart, independent, beautiful (yes, beautiful!), sensitive, relatable woman, she's been in love with her boss for ten years and the fact that she was always invisible to him isn't exactly doing wonders for her self esteem. One day, when she's arriving home after work, she realizes she has a new neighbor who enjoys loud rap, she just wasn't expecting knocking on his door to complain about the loud music only to be wowed by a sexy, hot, Scottish dressed in nothing but a kilt...
Cameron is a very famous Scottish rugby player who is used to women falling to his feet, he's living temporally across the hall from Joellen's apartment and he's just being himself, partying, drinking with his loud music always pumping. So, when his neighbor knocks on his door, he's drunk and partying, so he lowers the music and slams the door on her... Talk about a rocky start!
I absolutely loved this story, the characters, their hilarious banter, their steamy moments, the relationship, their amazing chemistry, how Cam dealt with Joellen's self depreciation, their imperfect amazing love story, but mostly I loved the strong message in this book (to all the Evas out there - you'll get it if you read it).
Highly recommended to anyone who loves an imperfect amazing love story with strong, complex characters, lots of funny moments and intense chemistry.