Review: Another great story from  Shandy Kurth
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 25, 2013
I'm a huge fan of Shandy's, so of course I wanted to read and review her newest story, "On the Right Side of a Line". Shandy is an amazing storyteller. I have no gang experience but I sure felt like Shandy might have. The dialogue sounds real for the characters, which I enjoy. The way characters' speak to one another always influences my enjoyment of a story. For a head busting, drug dealing, alcohol drinking smoker...Valen sure is a great character. Despite the life he's been raised in, he has a conscious and tries to do what's right for those he cares about. Charlie, the new girl on the block, disrupts and adds some romance to Valen's life but not a nauseating amount. If you're looking for something with NOT a lot of lovey-dovey stuff, this book is for you. The ending had me tearing up and because Shandy likes to write `real' stories I wasn't sure how it was going to end. I'm not gonna tell you how it ends. You'll just have to read it for yourselves. I give "On the Right Side of a Line" 4/5 stars. Some of the sentence structures bothered me. Too many commas were used when using a period and starting a whole new sentence would have made it easier to read. Sentences that start with (And) and (But) are a pet peeve for me as well. Punctuation aside, the story itself is great and will suck readers in until the last word.[...]