Melanie J Cole's Standalone Novels
- Seeking Karma
- Finding Myself In You
- Falling For Eve
- His Maddie
- Shattered Choice
- Scarred
- Made You Look
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Tuesday 15 November 2016
Melanie Cole
Tuesday 23 December 2014
Seeking Karma By Melanie J Cole
Trent Evers has spent the past eight years of his life, dreaming about the same girl. He doesn’t even know her name. What he does know, is that she was there for him, on the toughest night of his life. She stayed with him, holding his hand, humming to him, until the police showed up.
Desperate for a distraction, he drowns himself in alcohol and random girls. It’s not enough, though. When he sees her again – at a McDonalds of all places – he’s determined to make her his. He doesn’t care that she’s dating one of his frat brothers. No one is good enough for her, especially not Aaron Jones. He’s on a mission. Now, he has a new distraction! Make her remember him, and make her his.
Unlike Trent, Karma Davis had a perfect childhood. She grew up in a loving home with her parents, and sister.
Her life begins spiraling out of her control, three months into her relationship with Aaron Jones. He’s not the person she originally thought him to be. He’s controlling and abusive to her – both physically and mentally.
Fearing for her life, Karma makes a plan to break it off with Aaron – once and for all. But Aaron is not the type of person who can take no for an answer.
Karma’s terrified of what Aaron will do, if he finds her. Desperate for freedom, she moves off of campus, and rearranges her entire schedule. Will all of her efforts, be enough to get rid of Aaron? She hopes so.
When she meets her new neighbor Trent, she knows he looks familiar, but she cannot place where she knows him from. She reluctantly forms a friendship with him, but soon realizes that friendship with Trent is not enough. She wants more, but can she trust any guy after Aaron? She’s determined to try.
Seeking Karma grabbed my attention after finishing Melanie's novel Finding you in me. I'm not very keen on the cover, I think the girl in it is perfect for Karma, but the lad in the cover??? Not so much, so please don't let that put you off the book.
I'd read the book in one sitting and really enjoyed it....
As you know the blurb says a lot about the book, so I won't repeat what that tells you. Just know that Trent is such a fantastic male boyfriend that I had a hard time liking Karma LOL I wanted him for myself.
There are a few little twists that I don't think everyone will see coming. It depends how much of a book nerd you are heehee.
The ending for me was perfect, I loved it. There was so much guessing, so much going on, and excitement that I got really engrossed into the book. I also liked the fact Melanie ironed everything out about Aaron and didn't leave us guessing or questioning anything.
Only one flaw and it's not with the story as such or with the writing, although I did have the same problem with paragraphs as I did with her other novel Finding you in me. But with Aaron and his friends. They all saw how he cheated on her, so why would they think HE deserved to speak to her???? Do they really have no morals???? Also the same with the interfering girl, she knew what the fucker was like yet did what she did. I didn't like that part at all.
4*
NOTE TO READERS: Please, if you are a victim of domestic abuse then please get in touch with Woman's aid, or a charity near you that helps with these types of situations. Know, that you are not alone, and that there will always be someone, whether you think there is or not, that will help pull you through it. Never learn to live with abuse, but to walk away from it, no matter how hard it is.
I did have a list of UK, US, CA numbers for different woman's refuges, but I can't find them. So please, google it for the information near you xx
Finding myself in you By Melanie Cole
Eighteen year old Taylor has had a crush on her brother’s best friend, Ryan, for five years. When she finally manages to get him, he’s not what she’d hoped he’d be. He’s a total player, using her for sex. When she begins failing her classes, she decides that school is more important. She convinces her professor to give her a second chance. He recommends one of his prior students to tutor her. She can tell that her tutor, Matt, has some serious issues by his cool surly attitude. There’s something about him, that makes her want to help him, but he refuses to let her in.
Matt has vowed to never let anyone ever hurt him again. Not after Crystal and Cooper’s betrayal, shattered his heart into a million pieces. So, when he meets Taylor, he’s determined to keep her at arm’s length. She’s beautiful and has the potential to do some major damage. She’s like a hot summer storm forcing her way into his life.
When he begins lowering his defenses, he soon realizes that there’s a lot more to Taylor than just her beauty. She’s emotional and caring. He slowly begins to open up to her, realizing that they have a lot in common. Both of them have been hurt by people that they care about. They forge a special bond. The more they learn about each other, the more they learn about themselves.
Will their deep connection be enough to keep them together, or will they forever be stuck in their pasts, never allowing themselves to move forward?
Matt has vowed to never let anyone ever hurt him again. Not after Crystal and Cooper’s betrayal, shattered his heart into a million pieces. So, when he meets Taylor, he’s determined to keep her at arm’s length. She’s beautiful and has the potential to do some major damage. She’s like a hot summer storm forcing her way into his life.
When he begins lowering his defenses, he soon realizes that there’s a lot more to Taylor than just her beauty. She’s emotional and caring. He slowly begins to open up to her, realizing that they have a lot in common. Both of them have been hurt by people that they care about. They forge a special bond. The more they learn about each other, the more they learn about themselves.
Will their deep connection be enough to keep them together, or will they forever be stuck in their pasts, never allowing themselves to move forward?
Okay, I was unsure about this book from the beginning as it's the first time reading a book from this author. I'm not sure if this is her first or millionth book, but I'm glad I came across it.
I'm still a little uncertain about Taylor. One minute I thought she was selfish and contradicted herself a LOT!! but then, there were times I wished she'd grow a back bone. I loved Matt from the beginning. Even when I read he was a hot nerd. My kind of guy. I think it's every girls dream man. A good man, in a bad boy's body. Everyone wants of those ;) I really liked him.
Both had a LOT in common and when I mean in common I mean the same thing happen to them. Which I did find really odd, but then I suppose the title wouldn't be finding myself in you if they hadn't gone through same experiences.
The story progresses nicely and the ending is sweet. The only downfall to the book was the writing. One minute they'd be kissing, then they would be in the cafeteria. There was never any warning, or paragraphs to show it had moved on from a certain scene. At first I ignored it, but then it just got on my nerves towards the ending because I had to keep rereading things so I understood what the hell was going on.
3.5*
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