Review: Very fun short story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 22, 2013
This was the second book I received from Loveahappyending magazine to review and I finished it in about an hour! Although it is a relatively short book it's fast-paced and very amusing. It's about a young girl called Nola who is, how do you put it? Quite stuck-up and self obsessed. Being one of the most beautiful models in the UK she feels that her beauty is a curse until one night, on a flight back from Barbados she encounters a woman who is making her flight hell. After numerous complaints the woman turns to her and puts a curse on her - unbeknown to Nola - that will gradually make her looks fade. Nola meets this woman's son, Louis, who takes her on a strange journey through voodoo and spiritualist rituals, helps her come to terms with her past and unintentionally makes her fall in love with him. Nola opens up to Louis and reveals that she isn't just a self-obsessed, ignorant model after all. Even if it did take a curse for her to realize.For a short story, I thought this was a very enjoyable and clever plot. The author wasted no time tip toeing around what was going on and from the first page I was hooked. Hence why I finished it in less than an hour. The characters seem very well thought out and you begin to learn quite a lot about them - despite how fast-paced the story is. Although at first Nola seems like exactly the kind of person you wouldn't want to meet, it's interesting to read about a main character who isn't your typical `good guy'. In fact, see's extremely infuriating! But nevertheless, she interesting and the fun really starts when she gets cursed and her teeth start falling out. I really liked the character of Louis - he was everything that Nola was not and they really complimented each other however I wasn't 100% clear on the time frame from when they first met till when they next meet. Their relationship is one which seems as though they'd known each other for years - which was lovely but from what I was aware of it was only a few days. She develops these deep, intense feelings for him in such a short space of time and although it seems unrealistic, I guess it can happen for those lucky few.For a short story, this book was jammed full of drama, humour and a splash of unexpected romance. For the length of the story it lacked no description or imagine and It definitely shows that people shouldn't underestimate short stories as they too can be extremely fun and enjoyable.See all my reviews here: [...]