Review: Pump Me Up
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 4, 2010
Someone's stalking Maddoc, first leaving flowers and notes and escalating to flower stems and threatening messages.  Tired of being scared all the time, he uses a free pass to a local gym, hoping to get in shape and maybe learn to defend himself.  He doesn't count on meeting sexy former Marine Ivan.  Can Maddoc get past his fears and reach out to the man of his dreams?Pump Me Up had a lot of things going for it.  I'm a sucker for Marine stories, and Ivan is both strong and protective.  I could sympathize with Maddoc's fear, and his poor self-esteem.  The problem I had with Pump Me Up concerned the plot.  I've seen the stalker theme a lot lately, but the stalker in Pump Me Up wasn't all that threatening in my opinion.  The storyline unfolded in a fairly predictable manner.  While I liked the characters, Pump Me Up lacked the drama and excitement it needed to make the stalker theme engaging.CassieReviewed for Joyfully Reviewed