Review: Mal is so sweet!  Shh..don't tell anyone.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 31, 2014
I can't say enough how much I loved this book! I really liked Mal in Lick but he was completely adorable and hilarious in Play.Anne Rollins is screwed. Her former friend and roommate, Skye, left Anne high and dry. She cowardly moved out while Anne was at work and stiffed her for two months of rent. Anne's real friend and neighbor, Lauren, convinces responsible Anne to forget her problems for one night and go to a party at her boyfriend, Nate's, sister's house. His sister is Ev. Remember her?At the party Anne meets her biggest teenage crush, Malcolm Ericson, drummer for Stage Dive. Even though Mal is drunk he falls in instant like with Anne and he comes up with a way to help her with her problems. He catches up her rent but he wants Anne to be his pretend girlfriend for awhile and this includes living together. He keeps his reasons to himself.But Anne will also get more out of this than paid rent. She has been crushing on her boss and friend, Reese, for a couple of years just biding her time until he's done with his manwhore ways and stops taking her for granted. She wants to make Reese jealous. Mal agrees but he really wants Anne to kick all of her user "friends" out of her life.I'm giving this book five stars just on pure entertainment value alone. Scott must have a wicked sense of humor because the dialogue she came up with for Mal and Anne was genius. I don't think Scott meant for any part of this book to be heavy but I experienced the same thing Mal did with his mother so I teared up a bit and when Mal's reasons for wanting Anne to be his pretend girlfriend came out I didn't think he could be any sweeter.I was kind of hoping Skye would show her face again and I kept waiting for Scott to bring up Mal's obvious manic depression. But it didn't take away from my enjoyment of the book. This is a must read series. Well done!