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Getting Hot with the Scot
by Melonie Johnson
I received a free copy in exchange for a fair review.
A career focused woman on a grand tour of Europe with her gaggle of girlfriends finally has the fling she packed her king-size box of condoms for with a Hot Scot.
While this story had moments I loved, especially the "meet cute" where Logan Reid pretends to be a time-traveling Highlander, popping out of a secret passageway in the castle Cassie is touring with her friends, I overall found the story to be rambling and uneven.
I detested that Cassie's girlfriend gave out Cassie's phone number to Logan without her consent or knowledge and got REALLY mad when the hotel desk clerk gave out Cassie's hotel floor and almost room number to Logan and his best friend just because they flirted with her. Can we not do this in 2019? I appreciate the author having Logan acknowledge this behavior as stalker-ish at best, dangerous at worst, but the fact he did it anyways made him suspect as a hero to me. I also didn't like the continued concern Cassie had that Logan would ask her to sign a waiver to release the video footage of their makeout for his show.
He continues this behavior by coming to Chicago after finding out additional information about Cassie, and doesn't tell her he's in town until he's already there.
There were one too many "break" moments where Logan would screw up, Cassie would tell him to go away, and then she'd easily forgive him. Both Cassie and Logan have such interesting careers and both felt underdeveloped and not as central to the story as I would have hoped. I felt there was too much buildup of the obvious next book romance between Cassie's engaged friend and Logan's British BFF. Less of them and more of the central couple please.
Also, one of Cassie's MANY girlfriend's (I think there is five? It was hard to tell them apart) swished her "strawberry-blonde ponytail" at least five to six times in the first part of the book. I know her hair color better than I know Cassie.
I think the author shows promise, but I was not swept away by this story despite the great premise.
A career focused woman on a grand tour of Europe with her gaggle of girlfriends finally has the fling she packed her king-size box of condoms for with a Hot Scot.
While this story had moments I loved, especially the "meet cute" where Logan Reid pretends to be a time-traveling Highlander, popping out of a secret passageway in the castle Cassie is touring with her friends, I overall found the story to be rambling and uneven.
I detested that Cassie's girlfriend gave out Cassie's phone number to Logan without her consent or knowledge and got REALLY mad when the hotel desk clerk gave out Cassie's hotel floor and almost room number to Logan and his best friend just because they flirted with her. Can we not do this in 2019? I appreciate the author having Logan acknowledge this behavior as stalker-ish at best, dangerous at worst, but the fact he did it anyways made him suspect as a hero to me. I also didn't like the continued concern Cassie had that Logan would ask her to sign a waiver to release the video footage of their makeout for his show.
He continues this behavior by coming to Chicago after finding out additional information about Cassie, and doesn't tell her he's in town until he's already there.
There were one too many "break" moments where Logan would screw up, Cassie would tell him to go away, and then she'd easily forgive him. Both Cassie and Logan have such interesting careers and both felt underdeveloped and not as central to the story as I would have hoped. I felt there was too much buildup of the obvious next book romance between Cassie's engaged friend and Logan's British BFF. Less of them and more of the central couple please.
Also, one of Cassie's MANY girlfriend's (I think there is five? It was hard to tell them apart) swished her "strawberry-blonde ponytail" at least five to six times in the first part of the book. I know her hair color better than I know Cassie.
I think the author shows promise, but I was not swept away by this story despite the great premise.