Review: Incredibly well-written "Cute Meet" 1893-style.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2014
WOW.  I believe this is my first exposure to Deeanne Gist's writing...and I'm hooked!  I LOVED this (very) short tale wherein Hunter Scott, a Texas Ranger and Columbian Guard, working as a Guard at the least-desirable of all posts (Women's Building--with demonstrations on properly whipping an egg and displays of hand-crafted tatting) at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.  Severe abdominal pains see him in the infirmary in the Women's Building...when all he wants to do is go away from all these petticoats to die in peace.  I laughed out loud at the humor in this incredibly well-written piece.  Hunter's troubles only get worse when the doctor in charge--Billy Jack Tate--is a woman! (I'm not giving anything away here....see the book description.)I'm particularly impressed with the accurate and rich sense of setting in this historical short.  Everything from the method of diagnosis to treatment to women's roles to the Fair...Gist did it all justice.True, this very short story (it's less than half for the reported 46 pages, as the rest is the opening chapter(s) of another title by the same author) is not a complete novel or even a traditional short story.  I'd call it a "Cute Meet."  The "how we met" kind of introduction that leaves us with a hopeful and optimistic feeling about the probable future of these two.  I enjoyed it so much that if a full-length, or even a novella, is published by Gist with more of Hunter and Billy's romance, I'm THERE.  Highly recommended to fans of shorts/ novellas, particularly historical romance.Sensuality Level: G (very mild hints at sensuality)Language: G