Review: Ten years later
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2014
Marly Akers was the straight A student, the one who had dreams of the Pulitzer before 30, working on a big time newspaper and marrying the right kind of man. Or did she? Were those really here dreams? Back in Marietta after being replaced by her fiancé and left with nothing but memories and a chance to start over, well and one other thing, Marly started to wonder, what were her dreams?Drake Everett had been “the” bad boy in high school. The cool kid who was just one step out of reach, rich and with the “cool” power that runs in high school. Now some years later it’s finally coming out that it was pretty much all an act and his childhood wasn’t as perfect as it seemed back then.When Marly and Drake meet again she is dealing with some of the biggest problems she’s ever had to face and Drake, well he is trying to grow up. Can Drake help Marly find her dreams? Can Marly help Drake realize it’s not the past but the future that matters?Ms. O’Brien takes on a story of single motherhood, of past hurts, and of futures unknown in this brief piece. She certainly brought the heat to the story. Her characters are full of life and in such a short novella allows you into their lives and further into Marietta where anything and everything is possible.