YOU MAKE ME is Book one in Erin McCarthy's Blurred Lines series. YOU MAKE ME is a contemporary re-imagining of the classic story Wuthering Heights. I am a longtime Erin McCarthy fan but I never really enjoyed Wuthering Heights. I did, however, enjoy this story. There are a lot of the same themes from the classic tale in this modern interpretation -- first love/true love, separation and feelings of abandonment, and jealousy. Heath Deprey is the tall, dark, sexy hero come back to reclaim his lost love, Caitlyn Michaud.
There are many similarities between YOU MAKE ME and the classic that was the inspiration, but Erin McCarthy manages to create a different story that stands on its own. Erin McCarthy very successfully creates a wonderful feeling of intimacy, which is crucial to YOU MAKE ME. Cat and Heath have an intense connection but it feels incredibly intimate in a very good way rather than seeming too claustrophobic.
Although this modern version doesn't have the same societal pressures that were such a factor in Wuthering Heights, Erin McCarthy makes a very believable story for why the two lovers were separated when Cat was sixteen and Heath was eighteen. Cat and Heath are two imperfect people struggling to make their perfect love work in everyday life. Heath is a complex and sexy hero. The excitement and longing when the two are reunited for the first time after being apart for four years is very powerful. I think one of the reasons this story works so well is the relatively young age of the main characters.
The confusion that comes with figuring out who you are, paired with reuniting with a first, true love makes for a very compelling story. As usual with an Erin McCarthy novel, the dialogue seems very organic and not stilted.
YOU MAKE ME is an emotional rollercoaster and an erotic story about rediscovering your first love. I look forward to reading more books in this series and other books by Erin McCarthy.
The guy she wants… Growing up on the coast of Maine with a revolving door of foster siblings, Caitlyn Michaud spent one intense and passionate year falling in love with her foster brother, Heath. Then he left without a word. The betrayal devastated Caitlyn and made her vow to forget the compelling bad boy. But forgetting his sensual touch and their deep all- consuming friendship is easier said than done. Isn’t the guy she needs… Determined to move on, in college Caitlyn has risen above her small town impoverished roots and has joined a sorority, reinvented her appearance, and landed the right boyfriend. Pre-law major and frat president, Ethan, is thoughtful and always laughing, and he makes her feel happy, calm. He also gives her the social acceptance she craves. But the perfect world she tried so hard to attain is ripped apart when Heath appears one night out of nowhere. Caitlyn remembers all the reasons why she loves him, even if they don’t make sense to anyone but her. Out of the military, Heath is as brooding and intense as ever, and he is determined not only to win her back, but to exact revenge on everyone who kept him from her… And when one love allows her to breathe, but the other feels as essential to her life as air, how does she choose between them?
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