Review: An unusual and fast-paced story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 19, 2013
Right from the start I was taken with the premise of this short story. It's August 24th 79 AD in Pompeii, and the reader knows already that something terrible is going to happen. This story follows a day in the life of Daria, a brave and sympathetice heroine who is married to Titus, a bully and an abusive husband. There are lovely descriptions of a normal domestic day in Daira's household, and we find out that Daria has formed a bond with a slave, Acteon. As Vesuvius rumbles, tension mounts unbearably. The story has an unexpected twist, in the best tradition of short stories. A fast-paced and gripping read.