Review: Short, Sweet Novella About Second Chances
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 8, 2013
This is a novella, so the author must get to the point quickly.  The characters are thrown together quickly, and develop opinions (which they will change) very quickly about one another, too.  I found this to be a short, sweet story of people who met each other at just the right time in their lives.  I had just finished reading a novel in which the H and h had grown up together, but then were separated as teenagers, and for most part had little to do with one another for the next ten years.  I was left wondering how different their story would be if they had never been forced to say goodbye, how different life can be depending upon when we meet the people who most influence us- and how sad it is when circumstance separates two people who belong together.That element is present here as well.  The H has lost the woman he loved.  The h and her companion find the lost love letters he wrote to his love in the house of their long-dead owner.  They decide to meet the author of these beautiful letters.  Yes, somethings are a bit off in the story.  I agree with another reviewer that the two ladies should have had servants, and they just decide to visit the author of the letters out of the blue.  But, remember, this is a novella, and the author must get to the point quickly and with as few characters introduced as possible in order to stay focused.  So I am more forgiving than the other reviewer in regards to these details; if this had been a novel, I would probably have been more critical.I liked the characters and their story.  It was a fast read, and one that leaves you thinking about life and love.  Served its purpose, I would say.