Melt With You

This book was absolutely beautiful and amazing. I cried at the end years of joy for the main characters. I will never ever get enough of stories like this because even though I might be a 42 year old man, but maybe I can someday find love like these 2 people did in this book. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Jennifer Dugan is one hell of a writer and I love her for it. This book is a masterpiece in my opinion.

I couldn’t put it down, the characters made you want more! The back and forth, different relationships, and I loved it all came together in a cohesive story! My long distance girlfriend bought this for us to read together bc I bought us “Some Girls Do” and we both loved loved the writers style, language and humor! It’s just nice to have lesbian romance depicted in a way that’s relatable.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who isn’t the best communicator, runs from conflict, has friends who support lgbtqia community and those who love and want to read a good JDugan book!

I found myself not wanting it to end, I had wished the road trip would have had a little more pages to it. It did have its twist and turns and I don’t mean from the ice cream truck Lol but I wanted more spice!

I’d give it 5 stars!!! 10 stars!!!

It’s the summer after Fallon’s senior year and she and her ex-best friend, Chloe, make a road trip in an ice cream truck from NY to TN then TX to help save their moms’ business. Fallon is a bit type-A and Chloe is a bit fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants. It leads to an Odd Couple-type trip including kitschy roadside attractions and figuring out what matters along the way.

As crazy as parts of the story are, it still feels genuine. I understood everything Fallon felt.

Bonus points for an ice cream flavor named with a Red, White & Royal Blue reference

(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)

Melt With You revolves around miscommunication with a capital C. It's about those situations we read one way, but may be something completely different. Something that normally is fixed with communication and transparency. But we're only human and communication is not our strong suit! When we're hurt and vulnerable, communication can feel like exposing ourselves to even more pain. And Melt With You perfectly captures this.

So this story becomes about whether lightning can strike twice. If we can find a way to bridge the gap of distance and time. To find the bravery to confront our mistakes, pain, and - what might be the most difficult - our love. I loved that Melt With You was not dual POV because with this miscommunications, it's so important to sink into the why. Into these pockets of hurt that we retreat into when we find it impossible to see someone else's side.

I listened to the audiobook for most of this book and idk if it was the voice of the reader or just how the main character irked me with their lack of communication skills, but I found myself cringing so many times throughout the story. As a mid twenties queer woman, it felt that first this book was meant for a younger crowd, and second that maybe it was written by a person who had not experienced a WLW relationship at a young age. Overall a book I didn’t hate but didn’t love with a juvenile story line that fell flat with me wishing there was more to it.