Review: Military short story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 5, 2013
This is a short story about a marine flight instructor and a chemistry professor who had relationship over a decade ago and are reunited. She was devastated when he left, but her father was his commanding officer and basically ordered him to leave her alone or his career would be over before it started. She moved back to Pensacola not knowing he lived there, in order to help her father through his last months of life. After he died, she got a position at the local college. When "Duff" and Kirsten see each other at a bar, all the feelings come back. But then life hands "Duff" a surprise that just might blow it.I feel that this story should have been called a woman of few words because the female protagonist seemed to use sex to express her emotions and the man was the one doing the talking, or asking her to talk. I also felt that the story ended abruptly. Things had been discussed, and the characters had agreed to try a relationship, then end. Lots of time had been spent discussing their past, but no time was given to how it worked out. Many details were left unanswered or not addressed. The story was ok, but the characters didn't feel fully formed. There wasn't much of a plot, but there was a lot of sex. The story was ok, the bones are there, but I would have liked to see things more fleshed out.Heat factor hot.