Review: Enjoyable Read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 22, 2012
Becca and Alastor meet by what seems to be pure chance in her ancient family home. He appears to her as a vision she's not all too certain she's actually seen but night after night he visits her and it doesn't take long before she discovers that this isn't their first encounter. His life may have been lost many years ago but his love for her remains just as true as it was the day he met her...over a hundred years ago. In another life, in another world it seems, they found a love that was destined to last until death...and beyond it.This story was an easy and interesting read. I found the concept very intriguing and a few aspects reminded me of other books I've read and enjoyed in the past. Being that it's a shorter story the detail isn't as heavy but it's still compelling.For me, the two things I might have liked to see change a bit would be the repetition and the dry dialogue. I felt that a few facts were expressed a bit more often than need be and might have been better substituted with more variation. I might have liked to see a bit more happen. The story became a little repetitive at times, making it feel slow. I might have also liked to see some light humor or a larger back story to contribute to the full picture. Though I understand that with shorter stories you're not as likely to get to know secondary characters as completely or venture too far off the main topic. Still I am curious about what else might have gone on in the world that Burnett created.