Review: Quite Character driven
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 17, 2012
Very well written short story. Loved the character of Earnest, sad that the author didn't tell us what the plan was for him in the fall.The mystery was set-up really well, but this is definitely a romance story, and the solving of the crime happened completely off stage, which was slightly disappointing, because there was a great story there.The Cashel family portrayal is tons of fun. They're a very quirky deep south family - though I don't know if typical or not. This story could have easily been novel-length, based on the author's attention to detail, and the way she created a whole cast of non-cookie cutter characters.The use of "wine" language in Austin's POV was stellar, and very consistent and clever throughout. I'll be reading more from this writer.