Review: I enjoyed it overall, but had some gripes
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2010
I purchased this story twice, as part of His for the holidays anthology and separately, because silly me did not realize that this story will be a part of anthology as well. Thus I am leaving my review here as well.Now, I LOVED Harper Fox's novels that I have read earlier (Life after Joe and Driftwood), but after reading the reviews I strated to get really worried about her story Nine Lights Over Edinburgh. I mean I started to get worried whether I will like it :)Overall, I was not dissapointed. Yes, it is much heavier than three other stories in the anthology, however for me this was the reason that happy ending was so much more sweet. I somewhat agree with the criticism that author bit more than she could chew so to speak in a sense that I think such complex plot is more suited for the novel than for novella/short story (I guess this is a novella?. However because I liked the writing so much, it worked for me, even if I wished for more in depth characterisation and more details on some plot turns. I also agree that this is not just a romance story, I think about it more like several days from life of the police officer and the beginning of the romance, which will mostly happen when the curtain will go down, because for this to be a romance story, I would think one of the guys needed to appear much earlier than in the middle of the story. They just did not spend enough time together in my opinion. However as I said, for what it was story worked for me. Guys did have chemistry and I believed in their attraction and that they had a chance to stay together. Four stars.EDIT:Okay, I kept thinking how to phrase it in non-spoilerish way and I do not think this question is a spoiler, because I am just dying to know that.  HOWEVER it may count as vague spoiler so beware.If anybody who knows whether what happened to Avi has any basis in reality could somebody please tell me? What I mean is whether the behavior of the person who allowed this to happen has any basis in reality, because based on what I read (no personal experiences of course) it is very very opposite to reality. Thanks.