Review: Short Stories with Heart
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 29, 2011
"Don't Get Mad...Get Even" by J.L. Campbell is short story collection that is well worth the read.  Set in Jamaica, each story features a unique new cast of characters who've been wronged in some way and, like the title suggests, they're dead set on getting even.  The lilt of the dialogue brings alive the sound of Jamaica so I could almost hear the conversations in my ear as I read.I thoroughly enjoyed this book.  If pushed to pick a favorite story, it would be 'Sudden Emancipation', an emotional story about two young sisters in a bad situation.  Or maybe I'd pick 'Entrapment', with the obeah woman and a cool supernatural twist.  Okay, it would be hard to decide on the best one because all five of these stories were so engrossing.