Review: Perfect Short Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 29, 2012
This is just a sweet, gentle book about two 18-year old guys who are best friends who finally come to the realization just before one leaves for college that they are in love with each other. Naturally, there are issues here, because (a) they are best friends and (b) they weren't especially aware that they were gay (and that's not so unusual for teens).There is an honest misunderstanding that adds drama to the story - a real one, not one of the contrived ones that are such favorites in romance stories - but it works itself out rather quickly and concentrates on the development of the relationship itself. And somehow you get the feeling that these guys will be together for the long haul. I just love happy stories!Ms. O'Shea accomplishes in 62 pages what some authors take 250 pages to do - and actually don't.My only complaint - the story was so gentle, and the characters relatively virginal, that the consummation of the relationship was so graphic, it actually jarred me out of the mood that had been set. But that's it. It was worth the read and definitely worth the price.