Review: Loved Mal!!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2014
I preordered this book in January and can't believe that all my waiting is finally over! I was so happy to get it, yet sad that I read so fast that I got it done in a day :( I had a book hangover and couldn't muster the desire to start another!Play is the second installment in the Stage Dive series from Kylie Scott. The first being Lick, with characters David and Evelyn, who also appeared in Play. When I read Lick (and reread many many times after), I thought that nothing can top it. It was such a great mix of chemistry between the H/h, angst, and most definitely the sweetest love. In Lick though, Mal is introduced and I thought then that his story is surely going to be one funny read.Play is done from the heroine, Anne's point of view. I loved Anne, I thought that she was able to hold her own with the big personality of Mal. She is a lovely, independent and strong woman. I think her pairing with Mal was spot on and their banter with each other was just fantastic.Mal is awesome. There are no other words to explain him. What you saw of him from Lick is multiplied a million times, and I am so glad to see him in all his glory. I have never highlighted so many lines from a book ever! I have so many favorites that I just started bookmarking pages!I also want to commend the author as I have found some books in a series to have so much in common that you feel like you are reading the same thing. Lick and Play are so different and yet both fantastic.That being said, although I loved Mal, I think Play did not exceed the beautiful love story of David and Evelyn. Lick had such great moments that I felt the pain in my chest and had to pause while reading. I know Play had its quiet and sensitive moments, and I believed the love of Mal and Anne, but it just did not evoke that same feeling in me as Lick.Do I recommend this book? Absolutely!!! And I cannot wait for Lead (Jimmy and Lena) and the story of Ben.4 and 1/2 stars for Kylie Scott's Play.