Review: TAKE A CHANCE ON TAKE ME!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 26, 2013
So if I was walking through a bookstore, glanced over & saw this cover, I would consider it a personal invitation from the universe.  Um, YEAH!  I'LL TAKE YOU!!  Wahooooo!  Okay, now that I have that out of my system... here's the deets.  "Take Me" is the fourth book in the "Take A Chance" series - and yes, I'll be going back to read the first three, thankyaverramuch.  Novella length - 112 pages for $1.99.  Publisher is Entangled, and as I've mentioned recently, I'm really diggin' their authors!  Since I'm participating in the blog tour, I did receive a copy of this in exchange for an HONEST review.The story starts with Mike at his best friend's (& future brother-in-law) bachelor party.  He is explaining his "stoplight method" of dating - which is basically if she gets too clingy, you're at a red light and hightail it out of there even if your pants aren't done up yet.  There were so many times in this book when I just had to laugh about something Mike said - like when he was thinking about how he didn't think marriage was for him because the thought of waking up with the same person day after day was "Madness.  Pure madness."  LOL!  Of course, we can all figure out where this is going -- Mike picks up a girl in the bar, Mike & girl, Morgan, admit to no desire to ever marry, Mike & Morgan get drunk, Mike & Morgan wake up... MARRIED.  In the interest of placating their libidos, Mike & Morgan decide to stay married for a week & then decide what they want to do.While the plot may seem overused, it's the use of the characters by Diane Alberts that makes "Take Me" worth the read.  (Well, okay, so there are some happy-happy scenes that are good, too [wink]).  Here are two people scared from marriage based on their perspectives of their parents' marriages, but so obviously wanting to have that connection with a partner that they are willing to work through the hard stuff.  I do have to say that I thought it was a bit of a flip-flop -- Mike seemed to be the one who was clinging & pushing so hard for everything to work, whereas Morgan was the one who was repeatedly drawing a line in the sand and marking the deadline on the calendar.  What a role reversal!It's a HEA for Mike & Morgan, and a happily ever after for the reader, too!  Pick up this book for a great read during soccer practice!