Review: Nearly Perfect
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 20, 2012
Maren Smith writes lovely little stories, of the spanking romance kind.  This story was absolutely my favorite so far.  Maren is so good at creating interesting characters in relationships that feel authentic.  The Locket uses time travel as the plot device to make the relationship that develops believable, and honestly it just works. Robert, as the WWII veteran still struggling to deal with the loss of his family and the slow decline of his hometown is so fully fleshed as a character that he just jumps off the page. Kylie is strong, intelligent and incredibly capable and manages to thrive when tossed back in time by the sweet old man sitting on a park bench. These characters will have you looking at grandma and grandpa with a whole new appreciation for who they might have been in their younger years.Forget the Twilight fan-fiction drivel that is dominating the airways.  If these are themes that you are interested in exploring, there just aren't many authors out there who do the genre better than Maren Smith.