Review: Cute, fun
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 22, 2012
This was an Amazon freebie for me.  Wasn't familiar with Ms. Burford.  I have been unhappy with self-pubbed writers lately, but you could tell immediately that if this was self-pubbed it was done by an author who knows the value of correct spelling, correct punctuation and editing.Now, away from the peeves and onto the story.Novella length.  Sometimes that just smashes the time line and makes everything even less believable.  This story takes place over a compact amount of pages, but not time.  They do have an adequate time to get to know each other.The setup is unique, the setting is interesting.  There is insta-attraction, but not insta-love.  There is an appealing aspect to the h/h.The humor is natural and situational.  There are no cheap laughs with language, cruelty, or disparagement of others, another thing I am seeing in a lot of self-pubs.It did hit a couple of my buttons, dead spouses caught cheating right before their death so 18 months doesn't seem too short of a time to mourn before starting a serious relationship; and the other ex being narcissistic and short sighted, which is why he is the ex I guess.  Just seemed heavy handed.  There were a couple of big MIS situations, but since we are doing novella length, they were conveniently cleared up before they became annoying.All in all, good, quick Saturday night read.  I will definitely pick up some more by this author.