Review: Stale and oh-so-sluggish
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 3, 2013
I hate being negative on anything anyone managed to get published. However, the author of this short story relieved me of any remorse herself admitting that she prefers creating characters with faults and deficiencies (for whatever reason). In this case unfortunately it killed the thrill and buried erotic charge. It may be my personal impression only, however, once I began going through the lines describing how non-sexy, untoned, untanned, unattractive and un-whatever the main character feels he is, I ended up feeling bad smell lingering around him and his ridiculously last-century-kind-of underwear killing all the libido and excitement. And this was supposed to be a cozy Christmas romance story? Well, maybe for some. I had a bad after taste of going through some unattractive middle aged man's crush with somebody who'll sooner or later will discover whom he jumped into bed with... Something just didn't play right here and left a lingering sound of disharmonious orchestra or an impossible-to-eat mass produced food one often bumps into in America. Indeed, handle with care...