Review: A Satisfying Read of Human Emotions
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2013
Stars Shine After Dark is a story of a man and a woman who are both used to the limelight and how they deal with it after marriage and through personal loss. Since the couple unites near the beginning of the book and the story deals with their marital and personal issues, I would classify this story as women’s fiction rather than romance.That said, I found this story to be a satisfying read about human emotions.  The author does an excellent job of relating how the characters feel on a deep level.  “Something was missing now, even though everyone knew that was the way it was supposed to be.  It was like the day after Christmas, a day that was happy and sad, alive and alone.  Something was gone again…still…and he found himself feeling that way again, unexplainable disquiet, needing something more, looking for the hidden present that someone forgot to put under the tree.” Love that.I would have liked to have seen a glimpse of redeeming qualities in the main characters because the author totally focuses on their weaknesses.  I also expected something more dramatic to change their basic instincts, but the author does do a good job of walking us through their thoughts and emotions as they evolve.As an author, I was disappointedly distracted by the excessive formatting and editing issues.  Not sure what happened there and would never rate an author by this factor but Hrbacek may want to look into it.Overall, a clean enjoyable read that delves into personalities, human emotions and behaviors.