Review: Sweet Story, Very Compelling
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2014
I had to finish it all in one sitting.  I hate to do that to a writer, who spent hours - maybe even months - writing something, then to devour it in one afternoon, but I couldn't put it down.Sweet, fresh, funny at times, but also serious. Charlie has an overprotective brother. He was there for her after her mother died, stepping in almost like a surrogate father, but now she's an adult! She doesn't need him hanging around any more, disciplining her when she messes up! How can she get him to see that! Then along comes this gorgeous guy, and he seems to think he can take over where her brother left off! What is it with the men in her life. So she tries to escape - but in the end she realizes that maybe she's only running from herself. I liked Charlie - although I wasn't sure I would when I first read the title. We've all be programmed that "lying" is bad - so how could we like a liar? But hers are just little white lies (most of the time), harmless little half-truths… who among us haven't told the same thing, if only to avoid confrontation? I simply loved the climax and resolution. I wept with Charlie, and wanted to give her a big (((hug))). Thankfully, Vin was there to do it for me.