Review: Terrific story by an accomplished writer
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2013
Lovely story based on a Spanish folklore legend. Jenny Twist is a fine writer with a professional technique that lets you sit back and enjoy the story. In addition to a precisely drawn and sympathetic, though non-traditional heroine/protagonist, Jenny gives us a visit to a tiny mountain village in Spain. Sounded wonderful.Jenny's tale works on several levels as a metaphor about consuming people (relatives do it too, if we let 'em), about addiction and obsession.MANTEQUERO is a story, not a novel, however. Jenny writes so deliciously, and the subject matter is so deserving of longer more in-depth treatment, that I was a touch disappointed at the end. Not that the ending doesn't work -- it does. But I would have loved a longer, more detailed look at the the relationship between the Mantequero and June.I understand that MANTEQUERO 2 is soon to be released. Perhaps those issues will be more fully explored then. Based on what I've already read, I'd be eager to plunk down another dollar or two to find out.Overall, MANTEQUERO is a terrific story by an accomplished writer. Get it.