Review: Overwrought mess, thin on plot.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 5, 2014
So. Many. Words. When you find yourself skimming through a novella, you know there's a problem with the writing. In some misguided attempt to sound more like Shakespeare, author throws a lot of old-timey sounding words and phrases on the page. It only serves to make this story hard to wade through. The plot is thin to begin with and throwing several twenty word sentences at the reader doesn't help it. Basically, boy loves girl from afar, girl loves boy from afar but they couldn't POSSIBLY admit it to each other. Because ... reasons. The two main characters are well matched and their union wouldn't be frowned upon by either family so the whole conflict is unbelievable and overwrought.