Review: Would have liked more
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 16, 2012
I like short stories but the problem with a good short story is that it leaves you wanting more. The Wilder Heart did just that.Madeline is a widow, living with her son, her late husband`s sister and her nurse in a little house in Portsmouth. They get by financially but to earn a little money for stockings and ribbons she uses her skill in poetry to offer her services in writing Valentine cards for men of the navy. Payton is one of those men. He`s a captain of a ship and has his eyes set on the niece of the admiral, and asks Madeline to make a card for the girl. They are attracted to one another and the romance starts.Unfortunately the romance stops almost before it`s started. I know this is the way of short stories and it did have a satisfying ending but I liked Madeline and Payton and wanted more of them.The author managed to give us a couple of full characters in the few pages of the short story and that takes skill. She also managed to give us a credible build-up to the romance between Madeline and Payton. So if you`re after a short read that gives you a full romance (though it stops with the kiss) then this is a book for you. Very sweet story but not too saccharine sweet characters.