Review: Ideal introduction to this writer
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 4, 2013
These are five lovely short stories. They make ideal reading for coffee or lunch breaks at this time of year. This is typical of Jan Ruth's ability to use relationships, people's decisions and consequences, the season, and all set in beautiful Snowdonia, North Wales to tell such good, though brief stories. Two Hearts, One Soul is beautiful, sad, lovely and I'm still filling up with tears, as it really tugged at my heartstrings! The shortest, Christmas Present, shows the season can be painful at times for some people too. Piece of Cake, had me laugh aloud not least as I know the area well from Red Wharf Bay to Llandonna on Angelsey where it is set.Having just read Midnight Sky, one of Jan's main novels about horses and people, I noted her bonus read, an introductory chapter, included in this, as well as those for her other novels.This is well written using UK spellings and grammatical conventions, and a good 4.5+ stars from me. Hence rounded to 5.