Call Me Anytime
by Max Monroe
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice Rating: 🌶🌶 (Its funny!)
Blurb:
Down and almost out in Nashville, Hannah May takes a job at what she thinks is a telemarketing company. To her shock, it’s a phone sex hotline. Unfortunately, the only role-playing Hannah can do with conviction is as a cash-strapped twenty-five-year-old virgin caring for a mother with Alzheimer’s. If only her callers were into that fantasy. Instead, one of them is looking for a killer.
Detective Dominic Dunn is investigating the murder of another hotline operator when Hannah’s endearing awkwardness, quirky charm, and fierce devotion to her mother crack his professional facade. Despite the circumstances, their connection is instant and electric. For the first time in years, Hannah finds herself living instead of just surviving—even if that means playing amateur sleuth between awkward attempts at phone seduction.
But as their relationship deepens and the investigation intensifies, Dominic’s protective instincts go into overdrive. With every call Hannah takes, she gets closer to both love and danger.
Because somewhere in Nashville, on the other end of her line, a killer is waiting.
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My Review:
Call Me Anytime by Max Monroe completely surprised me, in
the best way possible. This was my first book by this author, and I went in
expecting a fun rom-com… but what I got was something so much deeper, funnier,
and more emotionally impactful than I ever anticipated.
Yes, this book is laugh-out-loud hilarious. The
premise alone, a virgin woman working as a phone sex operator with absolutely
zero real-world experience, is comedy gold. I mean, truly, I was laughing my
ass off more times than I can count. The humor is sharp, clever, and perfectly
timed. But what really got me was how seamlessly this story could flip from
hilarious chaos to emotional devastation. One minute I was wiping tears from
laughing too hard, and the next I was wiping tears because something hit way
too close to home.
This book was so
much more than a rom-com for me.
There is a raw honesty threaded through these
pages that genuinely hurt, in the way truth often does. Hannah’s story,
particularly her relationship with her mother, resonated with me on a deeply
personal level. Like Hannah, I was a caregiver. I took care of my mom for years
while she battled cancer. No, it wasn’t Alzheimer’s, but the weight, the
responsibility, the constant strength required, it all felt achingly familiar.
I loved my mom with everything I had, and I wouldn’t change a single moment of
caring for her. But that kind of responsibility changes you. It hardens parts
of you while forcing others to grow up far too fast.
I understood
Hannah in a way that made reading her story both comforting and painful.
Her refusal to ask for help? I get it. Her
hyper-independence? I get that too. Hyper-independence is trauma. When you’ve
had to be strong on your own for so long, relying on yourself becomes instinct.
You don’t even realize you’re doing it, you just know you can’t afford to fall
apart. Seeing that reflected so honestly on the page hurt… but it also made me
feel seen.
And then there’s the romance.
Rory was everything. He didn’t try to fix
Hannah or tame her independence, he loved
her for it. He loved her quirks, her strength, her awkwardness, and the walls
she didn’t even realize she had built. Their relationship felt genuine,
supportive, and deeply emotional. The romance wasn’t just swoony, it was
validating. It showed love as something that meets you where you are, not where
you’re “supposed” to be.
This book made me laugh, cry, reflect, and
feel understood, all in one story. That doesn’t happen often.
Call Me Anytime was a ten-out-of-ten
read for me. Funny, emotional, romantic, and unexpectedly healing. I came for
the humor, but I stayed for the heart, and it left a lasting mark on me. 💜
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