Review: Interesting Read, and Somewhat Captivating, But Not Really a Story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 20, 2014
I liked the author's gritty style, and I got caught up in Mary's story.  There was something visceral in his method of telling the tale.  However, this is not a short story.  It has no ending and is obviously simply a hook to purchase Part 2.Personally, I have a problem with that.  $0.99 is not too much to spend, obviously, on a short story, but when that leads into $2.99 to find out the rest of the tale, well, I think that is a bit of subterfuge.  I think that the description should have clearly labeled this as an introduction at best and Part 1 at worse.  If that had been honestly delineated, I would have been happy to pay for Part 2 as I was, in fact, caught up in the narrative.  As it is, I will pass.  The writing was excellent, the marketing shady.