A review by cassandralovestoread
Fire in You by Jennifer L. Armentrout, Jennifer L. Armentrout

4.0

This was a 3.5 star read for me.

I was looking for a contemporary romance palate cleanser from all of the smut I’d been reading and this scratched that itch.

I just really wished…
1. That the author didn’t make me wait so long to finally get all the details of what happened that night. I couldn’t even begin to start forgiving and forgetting until I at least knew what I was supposed to be forgiving.
2. That we had a Brock POV. He was the reason that Jillian was in a place to be injured and hadn’t spoken to her in years, but he immediately jumped back into interacting with her with all the smirks and playful banter. I was very confused on his approach because I felt there should have been groveling.
3. That Jillian was a stronger character. She talked about her lack of connection with other men, but I don’t think she wanted to have a connection with anyone except Brock. I don’t think she ever stopped pining after him, even if she’d like to believe that she had.

I will give kudos for the speech from

Spoiler

Kristen. This was one of the most convincing sabotage speeches from the other woman that I’ve ever read. I usually think that it’s obvious garbage meant to tear the couple apart and that the female main character should just ignore it. While I knew that was what this was, too, Kristen sowed the seeds of doubt well. It was very plausible that Brock was only with Jillian because he felt guilty.