Review: Overall Rating: 4.5 Stars - Screw sleep! I’ll let the kids watch TV and eat hot dogs tomorrow.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2014
If you didn't already know, Yanked is the follow up book to Frenched and both are must reads. Like go read it right now, must reads.Not only did Melanie agree to be an Indie Author for us but she also sent us an ARC copy of Yanked to review. Know that no matter where a book comes from or how much we love an author, reviews are always honest. Trish and I would tell our Grandmothers if they wrote a sucky book, we don't hold back.The book starts out eight months after we left book one, but really the couple is pretty much in the same place. I quickly fell right back into the story with Lucas and Mia. Yanked is a novella, running just under 100 pages, but it was the perfect length. What Yanked lacks in length it makes up for with rhythm. The rhythm of the story! Get your minds out of the gutter people.I quickly loved Mia all over again. She's so spunky and those list, love them. I feel like Mia is a girl I could sit down with, drink some wine, and make a few list together.  She is still that hilarious woman I feel in love with while reading Frenched.Now Lucas, he was hot in book one, but let me tell you, he does something stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. He's a man, what else can we expect? I think my note sums it up pretty perfectly when I wrote, "I can't believe amazing adorable Lucas pulled that s***. He is so stupid!" But, he's Lucas and I couldn't stay mad at him forever, and thankfully neither can Mia. Lucas pulls it together and before I knew it he was right back in my hot man graces. That man is serious book boyfriend material.I was so worried when I started this book that Melanie Harlow would pull a 2nd book blunder and make our couple separate for the entire story. So many authors go that route. I was so terrified of this happening I actually put off reading Yanked for an extra couple of days. Thankfully, while there is drama it is not just stupid senseless drama created for the purpose of dragging that s*** out to make an entire book. I thought it was perfect.Honestly, I did. You know how I hate senseless drama, but this isn't that kind. The events in this book needed to happen so Mia and Lucas could move on in their relationship and grow as a couple. Plus we needed the ending that Yanked finally gives us.The only reason, ONLY reason this is not a five star read for me was the smut. Don't get me wrong, it was good smut, but it was a little more 'vanilla' than what we had in Frenched. Although, to be honest, the smut in Frenched was so good (OMG the ice-cube scene, seriously) that I don't know if anything can be on the same level.As an aside, Matt doesn't want to lose a man card, but he may have read Yanked right along with me over my shoulder. He liked it as well, but thinks Mia should have made Lucas grovel more, I think I'll remember this the next time he pulls a man stupid. I'll admit she does give in pretty easily, I could have handled more grovel, but it's a novella, we didn't have time for that stuff.Really, Yanked was just a great read. It was the perfect follow up we needed to learn the future for Mia and Lucas. If you haven't already you have to read Frenched and Yanked.  The fact that Trish and I both agree these are amazing reads (you know how rarely that happens) it should be enough to make you buy them both immediately.