Review: an interesting short story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 12, 2014
3.5 Stars. Laura and Erin are BFFs who are whiling away the summer after college graduation in their Texas homes before leaving for NYC and a (possible) career in designing...clothing I'll assume as it wasn't really explained.Laura is sad and jealous that she can't seem to find a good guy to love her. Her grandma tells Laura and Erin the story of how she wished on a magic fountain and immediately met her future husband. Laura and Erin travel to the site of the fountain on a lark, just to check it out. While there, Laura sees a magical aspect to the fountain, and wishes that she reciprocated the love she felt from her other best bud, Bernie.There ensues a bit of melodrama over Bernie, and how Laura should/should not confess her new feelings for him. Particularly problematic is Bernie's recent reconciliation with his ex-girlfriend. Laura doesn't want to disrupt Bernie's life on a whim, and she doesn't want to let down Erin, who is counting on her to go to NYC.Not going to reveal the end, but it's HEA.Had some serious trouble with all the head-hopping in the point-of-view. It really made me struggle to keep the focus on the MC, Laura. Also, there was a fair bit of melodrama. The girl has no job and no prospects in NYC---just a "dream" which is pretty pie-in-the-sky. I'm not saying a girl should sacrifice her dreams for a man--at all-- but the amorphous 'we're gonna make it...because...' is really not that compelling. At times I felt like Erin was just plain nasty to Laura, but I could understand her frustration--Laura was really wishy-washy about her love life and her future.