Review: I enjoyed this book more Chris King! woohoo!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2014
*****I received an ARC in exchange for honest review*****I was looking forward to reading Then There Was You the sequel to So Much It Hurts. I had really enjoyed the first book, but it had an ending that I was not expecting, and even thought I liked it and could understand it, but I didn’t love it. So when I heard that Chris King the rock star and miss understood bad boy that I had a soft spot for was getting his own book I was so excited.One night at one of his concerts Chris is reunited with Salem Honeycutt the last time Chris saw Salem was Fourteen Year years ago. Chris was a seventeen at juvie, going through heartache, and a hard time.  Salem was twenty-four, his counselor who at the time had struggles of her own as a new mum.“The woman has been a bright spot in my darkest days. She helped me get thought a lot of ridiculously long and miserable days.”The storyline like before is told in the past and present. The past gives you Chris and Salem back-story, and an understanding into the friendship they shared, the struggles they were both going through at the time. Chris and Salem helped each other in more way than they knew. I like how Melanie Dawn was able to show that they had true friendship/relationship that there wasn’t anything uncomfortable or romantic about it.He was a lost and broken teenager who just needed someone to understand him – to really hear him. I was a hollow shell of a person who just needed a beacon of hope, a possibility for something positive. Together we complemented each other’s needs.In the present you get to see what happens when they met up again, the feelings they have for each other, and how their relationship develops, it up and downs and the hurdles the face, especially in relation to the age difference a taboo subject for some. The both have their own issues and demons that they are still dealing with, but both want to move forward with their lives. There were some really sweet and meaningful moments between Chris and Salem‘Feeling That connection between us snap tight, despite the distance between us, wherever he was how long it had been, or how many years that had passed. It still felt real, and now it was becoming something more’I made a connection with you that I never expected. You always listen to me. You never judged me. You always had the right thing to say. You were always there when I needed you.Told from Chris and Salem POV give you and insight into what they are both thinking. I still have a soft spot for Chris, but it safe to say its now bigger. I loved that we get to see so much more emotion from him, and was glad to see his characters grow although at one point I wanted to smack him around his head. I really liked Salem I was worried at first that I wouldn’t, but she was a strong character. My heart went out to her, with what she went thought as a new mum. I loved the emotions that Melanie put into this aspect of the story so moving and touching.Overall I really enjoyed Then There Was You. So pleased that Chris hot the HEA that he deserved. I like Melanie writing style, and I felt that it was like the last well written, engaging from the start, and flow well. I like how, again how Melanie added information at the end of the book for anyone going through what Salem did as a new mother.I'm looking forward to seeing what Melanie has next planned for us. If you enjoyed “So Much It Hurts”. Then I recommend you read this one.