Smitten by the Brit by Melonie Johnson

Author:  Melonie Johnson
Release Date:  May 26, 2019

I have never been much into the foreign love thing, but I wanted to give this one a chance and plus it sounded interesting.  This hero is from England and he had very good manners. I am talking about book 2 from the A Sometimes in Love series.  In this story we have Theo, a hot Brit, and literature enthusiast, Bonnie.  Apparently Theo and Bonnie met on a cruise when Bonnie and her friends took a summer trip Europe.   Theo finds himself in the States again on business and he also run into red haired Bonnie.  Sparks fly between Theo and Bonnie once again and the story jumps from there.  After a bad breakup, Bonnie finds her presented with a dilemma.  Should she continue with the everyday push of teaching or should she  follow her dream as a writer?  Her dream comes in the form of a summer job in England and right before she gets to be the maid of honor in her best friend wedding who is marrying Theo's best friend Logan.  As you can see, this story is very intertwined and perfect set up, but does it deliver the romance and chemistry?

As I said before, I am not really into these type of romances and this story shows precisely why.  The British language in this story was okay, but the Scottish language did nothing for me and it seemed exaggerated.  The story did not flow as well as I would have liked and the chemistry was kind of dim.  Bonnie was really into Shakespeare and other types of fine arts and this story had a lot of old English in it.  It was off putting and it dragged the story.  Oh and another thing, if you did not read the first book, like me, then you will be really lost because Theo and Bonnie speak about when they first met which happened in the first book.  This made the book feel like it was missing half of the story.

In contrast, I liked Bonnie and Theo together overall.  Theo had a big heart and he cared for his family.  Bonnie was strong, ambitious and I loved her relationship with her friends.  The story kept me interested for a while, but the middle is a bore.  The pacing was weird because I was at the 95% mark before anything really got resolved.  There is really not a problem in this story and the supposedly climax was flat.

This book was not for me and I feel like if you are into old literature like Shakespeare, then you may enjoy it.  I am ranking this story 3 stars because while it had its flaws, it also kept me entertained throughout some of the book and the sex scenes were hot.  I did not need tea ironically because this book has a British hottie nor a blanket to slide under. Cheerio!!

Rating: 3 Stars   ⭐⭐⭐