Review: Short and sweet
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2013
Librarian Carrie West longs for something more in her life, so when she sees an intriguing online personals ad from someone who only wants one hour a week, kissing only, she takes a chance and responds.  When "Wednesdays only" turns out to be nowhere near enough, Carrie has to convince Brian that he's worth more than just one hour a week.  However, Brian has complications in his life that seem almost insurmountable.  Can they find a way to turn "Wednesdays only" into a full-time relationship?As a librarian, I make a point to read books with librarians as main characters or libraries as settings.  I tend to avoid novellas because I don't feel like they're long enough--that once I'm finally fully engaged, it's over already.  However, I think this novella was truly well-written.  The story was shorter than I usually like, but it was so sweet and poignant and it ended in a good place (both story-wise and emotionally).  It was more than I expected.  Once I read about Carrie responding to the personals ad, I thought the novella would go strictly "steamy."  However, while there is definitely some "steam," the relationship that develops between these two people is heart-breaking and beautiful at the same time.  Brian turns out to be an incredibly vulnerable, good man (although he denies it) who is dealing with huge responsibilities that he wants to handle the right, moral way.  For such a short work (104 pages in the ARC), I thought the character development was wonderful.