This was such a strange installment in the “You” series. Joe’s always been - well, he’s always been a bit different than your average lovestruck fool but this time around he’s even stranger and his quest for love in “You Love Me” felt a little extra misguided. And maybe it’s me and my bad memory (quite possibly) but I don’t remember him using terms like “mothball” for older folks and “lemonhead” for a certain part of a woman’s anatomy and it made me cringe every time he said it. And he said it too much! I know it’s a dumb thing but there it is.

Anyhow, this is a Joe book and it’s entertaining and cringy and hard to stop reading but it’s not my favorite of the three. The love interest this time around was too “meh” and I know that’s all a matter of taste but I couldn’t figure out why so many men were falling all over themselves for her because 1. she’s unavailable (I’m trying to avoid spoilers here) and 2. she’s kind of dull but maybe the pickin’s were slim or maybe I’m just being grouchy because I didn’t feel their chemistry at all. It also goes a little bit off the rails in the last act but I’m unsure if that’s part of the charm about these books. They’re wild and that’s why we like them.

So, I guess with all of that said, I have to give this installment a three. I liked it but I didn’t love it but I’ll definitely read another one.