Review: Missing Its Third Act
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 24, 2010
Despite loving Ms. Kelley's two fantasy novels,Myla by MoonlightandSalome at Sunrise, I wasn't sure I would care for this contemporary novella about a one night stand that leads to something more, but the premise intrigued me enough to give it a try.I'm glad I did.Ms. Kelley gives us a couple of very likable characters in Bram Winters, ex-fireman, and his mystery lady, that will have readers pulling for them from the start.  I also thought her description of a small town festival in the opening act was dead on.  (The laundromat setting for the second act on the other hand seems to be something of a specialty for this author:Talk Dirty to MeandComing Clean.)Defects?  The biggest IMHO is the complete lack of a third act.  One of things that attracted me to this story in the first place was the problem of the stalker ex.  How would this threat to their potential future together be resolved?  The answer turned out to be too easily and completely offstage.  IMHO this is yet another example of a story that suffers from being cut too short.Note: For full disclosure I received an ecopy of this book from the author in return for promising to review it promptly.