Review: Great mix of chemistry, heat, and heart!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2014
Burn For Me, Lauren Blakely’s new Brazen novella, was a great mix of chemistry, heat, hesitation, and heart.Jamie has harbored feelings for Smith since he moved to town and they became close. They talk regularly, bowl together, and meet for drinks. But she isn’t his type, and he’s not hers. She is looking for someone stable and serious, while he is much more laid back. She relies on him for so much that she is afraid to change the relationship and risk losing him completely.Smith is one of the town’s hot volunteer firefighters and he is the star of the town’s firefighter charity calendar. He has been interested in Jamie since he moved to town, but because she quickly friend-zoned him, he hasn’t approached her as anything more than a friend. He is as smoking hot as his job would imply.A stolen dance in the backroom at a party made them both face the feelings they were each trying to hide and led to a secret relationship. As they learn more about each other beyond the friend-zone, Smith has his work cut out for him proving to Jamie that he can be the man she needs.I loved the complete opposites between these two. From their personalities, to their outlooks on life, everything about them is polar opposite. But despite their differences their attraction is absolute, and completely swoon-worthy.As short as this novella was, there were definitely times I wanted to smack Jamie (and her sister) for projecting her sister’s problems onto a relationship that hadn’t even been given a chance. Granted, if she had given it a chance right away, a big part of the book would have been cut.Overall, this was a fun friends to lovers story. The chemistry between these two is such that it was clear from the beginning they would find a way to be together, but that road was not an easy one for either of them.I was gifted a copy in exchange for an honest review.