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Melting Fire (2000)

by Anne Mather(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 6

ISBN

026309457X (ISBN13: 9780263094572)

languge

English

genre

Romance

review 1: This is so not my trope. I have a major ick factor for step-sibling relationships. Especially when they've been raised together as siblings or as in this case the much older step brother basically raised her and was a father figure. Having said that. This was a well written, angst filled, highly emotive typical Anne Mather book. For those who like these elements and don't have a problem with the step-sib issue then this could be a good read.
review 2: The Heroine is nineteen years old and she has just returned home from a Swiss(?) finishing school. The Heroine, Olivia and hero Richard are step siblings. Richard has taken care of Olivia since their parents passed away. Overall, I just found this book a bit dry. At times it was a bit difficult to read because it ... moresort of dragged along. As an analogy, Melting Fire is to reading what dry meatloaf is to eating when you are hungry. There were minor flirtations between the hero and heroine one that really caught me off guard was when the heroine was nude by the pool working on her tan, and Richard walks up to greet her. Well she jumps up to hug him without giving a thought to her nudity. Then again, maybe it's not a big deal. I'm an American and we are kind of skittish about nudity. Things you may/may not like about this novel: 1. The hero wore the same outfit two days in a row. When I read that I was like huh??? Why did Anne feel a need to tell us that? I mean it is not as if they were into being green back then. 2. The hero RAPES the heroine her first time. Yes that's right, not even a forced seduction like Lynne Graham had in her earlier books. This heroine fought desperately to get her brother off of her. 3. The heroine finds herself pregnant after the rape. Therefore, the hero wins in the end because the heroine is trapped. 4. The hero is a smoker. Now I am not an anti-smoking person, but for some people that is a big turnoff If you want to read better written "keeping it in the family" type romances I recomend Green Lightning (Harlequin Presents No. 626)by anne mather and Forbidden Fireby Charlotte Lamb less

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