Review: Fun, fast paced and loved the characters
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2012
I loved this late-Victorian era PNR.  Susanne Saville does a wonderful job drawing the reader into her world - her writing style, character development, the descriptions, the pace - everything was superbly well done!  I've read dozens and dozens of short stories here recently, but I can only count on one hand the number of times I've read a short where the author successfully created a complete and highly satisfying story on par with a full length novel.Although this is a short story, it is on the longer side (56 pages), and unlike many shorts out there today: 1) it is edited, 2) I did not feel like the ending was rushed, 3) it is a complete story in and of itself and even though it is the first in a series, there isn't promotional material at the end.I was glad to have downloaded this book while it was offered for free as I'm sure I would not have anted up the current $3.99.  Price is so subjective but at least on Amazon's Kindle marketplace, most NYT bestselling and multi award winning authors (which as far as my quick research could find, this author is not) are offering their shorts for less - for example, I recently downloaded a short by Kresley Cole that was about 60% longer (not including excerpts) and priced at $1.99.  Anyway, my point is that shorts from top tier authors are going more in the $.99 to $1.99 tier so I was disappointed to come back to this page to review the book and find it was now so expensive.But I digress.  I did thoroughly enjoy this book and would be interested in continuing to read this series.  If the price is right for you, this one is thoroughly recommended!