Review: "Angela was a POW that never seemed to get her comeuppance"
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 8, 2012
Fitness trainer, Lacy Goodlow, is on her way to her "evil" stepsister's bachelorette party when she is pulled over by Deputy Jared Kelly. Jared reluctantly gives the riveting Lacy a ticket as he never lets anyone off with a warning! Yet, he is intrigued, as is Lacy. Imagine their surprise when they both meet up again at the very bar that Lacy was headed to for Angela's party. After getting a thorough set down from her manipulative sister, Angela, Lacy is obliged to play one of her little games.Jared Kelly found himself attracted to Lacy while at the traffic stop and never imagined that she would end up being related Angela. He has already been on the receiving end of Angela's machinations. Jared isn't too keen on going with the "kiss me" request on the cocktail napkin, but he can't deny that he wouldn't mind exploring something more with Lacy. However, he isn't too eager when he believes that Lacy and Angela are cut from the same cloth. Angela continues her dirty dealings as these two try to work something out. Will they be able to ignore the vindictive woman, or will their budding relationship crash before it ever takes off?Kiss Me started out as such a hot, unique story that pulled me in from the moment they made eye contact. However, it soon let me down rather abruptly.Angela was a POW that never seemed to get her comeuppance and despite the fact that both Jared and Lacy claimed they were going to change, the proof was never there in Kiss Me. Lacy continually ran when the going got tough and, frankly, Jared ventured down that road as well. Jared wanted to protect Lacy, but I never saw any evidence of this protection in Kiss Me. He let Angela verbally abuse both Lacy and him, and he said nothing to the little shrew.In the end, Jared and Lacy were the perfect couple for each other in Kiss Me as they deserved one another. I was eagerly anticipating the knockdown of spoilt Angela, but I found I was disappointed in the end. Jared wasn't always consistent either. He claimed he never lets people off with a warning. However, he lets Angela off with one, which made it look like Jared cared more about Angela than he said he did. Kiss Me made it look plausible that Jared was looking to strike back at Angela for dumping him by hooking up with Lacy, and that was a little frustrating. Lacy seemed to not understand that she wasn't thwarting another's advances and rewarding them for their good behavior, either. She was giving in and letting someone else pull her around and allowing the opportunity to be called a few names too in Kiss Me.There was no real growth in Lacy or Jared other than what they vocalized, but they never truly showed in Kiss Me. However, Lacy's aunt was very amusing! Kiss Me should have had the nasty, manipulative woman suffering for her actions during the story as she made the h/H suffer throughout Kiss Me.Vanessa for Joyfully Reviewed