Review: A nice story, but incomplete - I'm not sure why Katie McGarry felt the need to write this.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 8, 2014
This novella tells the story of Lila and Lincoln. Lila’s best friend’s brother died as a marine overseas in the same roadside accident as Lincoln’s brother, and the two meet at their wake. After exchanging letters for two years they are both on the cusp of leaving home forever as they head off to college. While Lila had a boyfriend most of those two years her and Lincoln gradually fell for each other. Unfortunately problems at home have left Lincoln unable to graduate high school, ruining their plans to attend the University of Florida together. Then, a surprise visit from Lincoln changes everything about his and Lila’s relationship.While this was a short, enjoyable story it felt extremely incomplete. The ending was very unsatisfying because while the characters were both left with a determination to meet life’s problems headlong there still wasn’t any real resolution. In fact, I put this down at 80 percent on Kindle and when I picked it up intending to finish it I only needed about one minute because there were only two pages left! So it was very disjointing.The writing and characters were engaging but I’m not sure why Katie McGarry bothered writing this. It could have been a short story or, better yet, summarized within a couple of lines in one of her other stories. Don’t waste your time on Crossing the Line.