Review: The whole time I was reading this, I felt like I was missing something...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 26, 2014
And, it turns out (from reading the other reviews posted here) I was. This story is a continuation, I think (I don't know for sure because I haven't read it), of Ms. Phifer's own novel TO SEE THE SUN. I guess all the characters that were mentioned in this story were introduced in that novel, and the backstory (which, to me, sounded so much more interesting than anything that happened in this story) played out in more detail in that work.It was, to me, a great disappointment. All the other stories in this series so far have been good stand-alone stories. This one wasn't. You really have to read Ms. Phifer's novel to fully enjoy this story. I understand why she did it that way. She knows her characters, and it's an easy way to drum up some interest in her full-length solo work. Unfortunately, this had the opposite effect on me. I felt so annoyed at being cheated out of all the pertinent information needed to appreciate this work by itself, I'm not really inclined to purchase her novel now - especially not after knowing how Erin and Clay's story ends up - with a purple wedding.Still, if you've read TO SEE THE SUN, this story will be of interest to you, so I can definitely recommend it...with some reservations.  If you haven't yet read the novel, be advised that you might have to do so in order to get the most out of this story; that is, if you have the time and/or the inclination.