Review: In Review: Breakaway - A New Adult Anthology
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2014
This is a great anthology for anyone looking to dip their toe in the new adult waters. Whether you enjoy your new adult romances flirty, sexy or dark, there's a little bit of something for everyone in this set. Not surprisingly, the stories I was most interested in when I saw this set are the ones I enjoyed most. Confessions by Jay McLean, Spider on a Plane by Ilsa Madden-Mills, Bunsen Burner Bingo by Penny Reid and Invaluable by Alana Albertson were my favorites. I would *love* to see each of those stories continued... especially Spider on a Plane.I read a lot of novellas and I'm accustomed to novellas set in series I'm reading. They just add something else to the story I'm already familiar with. Standalones are tougher. It's difficult to tell a full story in so few pages. Some of these felt like full stories and others really read like teasers. If I was rating based on the ones mentioned above, my rating would be four stars. I like closure in my stories and many of these had ambiguous endings that felt a little disappointing to me.All in all, this was an enjoyable anthology. I was introduced to a couple authors whose work I've never read and am planning to look for more from them after getting a small taste of their writing.I received a copy of this anthology from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.