Reviewed by Carissa
TITLE: Catching Light
AUTHOR: Meg Harding
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 41 pages
BLURB:
Oliver’s been stuck in the hell that is writer’s block for what feels like ages. He’s out of ideas, neglecting his life, and all around losing his mind. His partner has had enough. Adam’s tired of watching Oliver stare blankly at the screen. It’s time to bring back his spark, and he knows just what to do. A vacation is in order. A beautiful beach, a sparkling waterfall, and lots of love should put everything to right.
REVIEW:
If there is anything I can sympathize with at the moment, it is the mounting horror that is the Blank Page. So when this story started out with what has practically been my life for the last three days, I was automatically on Oliver’s side.
This is a short, but very sweet story of Oliver (who is a writer with a terminal case of writer’s block) and his husband Adam (who is about three seconds away from strangling Oliver). Adam, seeing that Oliver is about to fall of he rocker and roll all the way down into crazy-town if he doesn’t get his story written, decides that what they both need is a vacation. Oliver doesn’t want to go–he’s got a story to write, dammit!–but is willing to go along if it helps keep Adam happy. It turns out that beaches and hikes are very good for relationships…but they are also great for inspiration as well.
I really enjoyed this short story. It was a bit of bastion of sweet in the middle of what has become a very stressful week, and I found myself wishing it was longer so I could stay in Oliver and Adam’s happy place just a little bit longer.
Now, I’m not one for hiking (or most outdoor activities that might involve me falling off or down things if my klutziness kicks in (which it always does)), but the setting of this book was very beautiful. And if there was that beauty along with some sexy waterfall antics (not to be confused with watersports. That’s something completely different), well, that’s all the better.
If you got an hour to kill and you want something light to read, this might be a good bet. The characters were interesting, the setting lovely, and the quips about Oliver’s dragon story were cute.
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