NetGalley Review: Melting Point by Cici Williams

Melting Point by Cici Williams

My Rating: ✩✩✩✩✩

While I enjoyed reading this book, overall it is a solidly mid-pack contemporary. While advertised on NetGalley as Adult Romance and Erotica, it really reads as a mild spice, new adult novel. While those genres are great, and I enjoy them as much as the next reader, getting over this book not feeling at all like I expected made getting into the narrative a bit difficult.

I liked:

• Great setting-romance in the Olympic Village is fun and the wintery atmosphere made for a cozy read.
• Good tropes-friends to lovers, he falls first, first loves reunited and fake relationships all make an appearance-we love the tropey romance for a reason and this did not disappoint.
• An HEA that makes some sense-there is some tension and conflict, but no one has to act wildly out of characters or do an unpredicted personality inversion to make it all work in the end.

I didn't enjoy:

• Slightly too tropey supporting characters. The tragic brother, the unavailable father, the conflicted sports stars...eh, this could have gone better
• Immature behavior-this may be on me since I am running out of steam for how 20-somethings behave at the crone-esque age of 43, but some of this felt less like banter and competition, and more like tantrums and impulse control issues.

All together, the plot was OK, the spice was less spicy than promised and the setting was a delight. I would still say to cozy up with this fun winter read, but it is not 100% what's on the tin.

Published on 4 December 2025 by Avon Books UK

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