Review: A gem
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 4, 2013
I thoroughly enjoyed this read by Kate Richards. I love the whole discovering you're in love with your best friend thing anyway, but this was really well done. You could feel both Paul and Rex's vulnerability, their hesitancy and their instinctive knowledge that with each other was the one place they wanted to be. Both characters were unafraid to show their weaknesses and put their hearts out there, even though they didn't know if the other was going to stomp on it--they just had to try or spend the rest of their lives with a bunch of 'what if's'. Not to mention you had the glorious setting of the Caribbean with the three 'S's'--sun, sea and scorching hot sex!I say this all the time and cannot stress how true this is... writing a short is a whole lot more stressful than writing a novel, because you have to draw the reader in and make them care about the characters in so few words. Plus you have to make sure the plot is well rounded and ties everything up with a bright red bow at the end, so the reader doesn't feel short-changed. Kate has done that in spades. Even though they don't spend a great deal of time discussing it, you just know in your heart that Rex and Paul are in it for the long run and it leaves you heaving a contented sigh when you get to those immortal words... The End.Although having said that, I did want it to be longer - but that's not a criticism -just means it was really good and I didn't want it to stop!So put the kettle on, fire up your Kindle, Nook or whatever it is you read on these days and download this little gem--you won't be disappointed.The Brit's 5 sweet pea review appears at mrsconditreadsbooks.com/index.php/?p=13050