Review: Manage Your Expectations
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 14, 2012
I'm disappointed to see so many reviews saying this story was "too short" or accusing the author of some sort of laziness or greed for not making it longer. It clearly states in the description that this is a short story, originally published in an anthology, which means that the length was most likely determined by editorial guidelines for The Mammoth Book of Scottish Romance.If you don't like short romance stories, don't buy this one. If you do buy it, please know what you're getting -- about 25 pages of story, because the original anthology had to have room for 20 stories. (If you're worried about how many pages you're getting for your money, then shell out $7.99 for the collection instead.)I thought this was good for what it is -- a short, sexy read. There was some condensed passage of time and a few shortcuts were taken in the plot and character development, but that's pretty typical in a story this short.