Review: Her Last Day
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 21, 2013
In HER LAST DAY the writing combo of Lin and Kat Holmes (mother and daughter respectively) have imagined the city of Pompeii on the day that Vesuvius erupted destroying Pompeii.  The focus is on Daria, a young woman in a recently arranged marriage to a rich merchant Titus who treats her and his slaves with contempt.  The calamity of the sudden explosion of the volcano interrupts her unhappy life and, amidst the rubble and ash falling on Pompeii, Daria finally has the chance to make her own decisions and seek her own happiness.  The tension mounts as we wonder what will happen to this lovely trapped human being and culminates in a surprise ending.  The writing speeds along.  We give this novella (49 pages) five stars.