Review: Sarcastic, funny short romance.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 9, 2014
The premise of CUPID HATES ME: A SHORT STORY (about 19 pages) is a CLEAN read (free of coarse language and free of sexual content--other than reasonably chaste kisses): 3 best girlfriends are at a non-romantic sports bar on Valentine's day (2013) for a girls' night out.  But all three of them find far more than sympathy from each other....and romance is in the air.  Chapter 2 is Valentines day 2014, where we see the happy culmination of the past year's romantic developments.I enjoyed the witty dialogue and the differences/ contrasts between the three girls and their romances.I enjoyed the singular point of view (Charlene).  It was great to see a short story so heavy on dialogue.It's CUTE that the title fits so very well...the book starts with "Cupid hates me" and ends with "I know Cupid doesn't [hate me].  I'm 100% sure of that..."A few things bugged...* bold typeface words that other writers would have italicized for emphasis....and then bolded first phrases of the next scene...too similar stylistically.* No real scene breaks...a blank line and bolded words...but we'd had blank lines to offset texting from other paragraphs.It's cute!  Recommended for a quick read for fans of contemporary romance, when time is limited.  This short story takes maybe 15 minutes to enjoy.