Review: Confusing
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 11 22, 2011
The frustrating thing about the "Scintillating Samples" series is that some stories stand perfectly well on their own and others do not.  This is one of the ones that doesn't.Minnie (or Minerva) is the main character.  She has a ton of back story inelegantly crammed into a small space.  She was married to an abusive "brownshirt" (apparently it is 1936 in this story, but there is absolutely nothing to tip you off to that) who died.  Her daughter-in-law is a "Druid" and is reading her mind at all times.  The "Druid" thing makes little sense when you think the story is set in the present-day and zero sense when you realize the story is set in the 1930s.The plot is just pure silly wish fulfillment.  Minnie has low self-esteem and this random guy (her best friend's husband's best friend) just shows up, gives her a bunch of money for a quilt, and falls in love with her.  There is a brief hint of danger which is resolved super-easily.The male main is just too unrealistic, the reader is missing too much background information, and the character interactions are contrived.I do not recommend this story.