Review: Originally posted at Girls *Heart* Books
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 8, 2012
I received Lumen from Mr. Eastwood late last month, with a promise I would review it. But since I'm a slow reader, and I'm not done, I decided I'd download his latest short story and review this one. You know, just to satisfy his curiosity until I finish his other book, it has nothing to do with me actually liking or wanting to read it, pfft, what? *sarcasm*Anyway. Bait is a short, short-short-short-short story about vampires, and mermaids, and evil. I can't tell you much, seeing how it's about 18 pages long and 300-some-odd locations on the Kindle, but I can tell you it was surprisingly well-developed. Short stories don't usually have a braid going on, and this one does. There were a few strands that had me going, "And why is this guy standing outside the window like a creep?" but it didn't really take away from it. This story really could've been flipped and turned into a full-length novel very easily.Weirdly enough, I think it was written better when following Katya and Yana, but not so much Radley. I'm not sure why, honestly, it just seemed... I don't know. The words seemed to flow easier, like maybe the author enjoyed writing for them more? Don't quote me- Just how it came across the Kindle to me.For a short, I really liked it. And I'm glad it has a sequel; you can't seriously leave me there... -_-