Reviewed by Dee
TITLE: I Wish I’d Never Met You
AUTHOR: Tanith Davenport
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 37 pages
Release Date: February 23, 2016
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There’s only so long you can hide who you are.
Flick Lindenwood, fresh from college, has returned home to the suburban haven of Green Valley, back to society… and the source of her heartbreak. Four years ago Elodie Hamilton savagely broke her heart and she has no intention of letting her pretty ex get back under her skin. As far as she’s concerned, she and Elodie never happened.
But Elodie has other ideas.
Afraid to come out, Elodie chose to destroy her relationship with Flick rather than let her family know who she was. But now she wants to right the wrong she did—if she can only find the nerve, and if she can convince Flick to see past the pain she caused.
REVIEW:
This short story is told in third person and entirely from Flick’s point of view. I enjoy learning how titles come about, and this one came to light when the song ‘I wish I’d never met you’ by Sam Sparro blasted from the radio while Flick and Elodie where trying to mend bridges.
The first half of the story hooked me in. I kept wondering what drove Flick and Elodie apart. The constant references to the dreaded text message, complete with a picture attached, had my mind conjuring up all kinds of scandalous things. It also had the analytical side of my brain wondering how a mobile phone survived in the hands of a teenager for four years, enabling her to hold onto the imposing message for so long. But hey, anything is possible in fiction, and it didn’t really matter.
When the girls cross paths again, the sexual chemistry is palpable, despite still being at odds with each other. Some hot and heavy sex follows, which will appeal to those who enjoy lesbian love scenes with anal play.
Not hearing Elodie’s point of view, I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why she was so reluctant to come out. Both girls’ parents are the nicest, most accepting people I’ve encountered. Hell they even hosted a coming out party for Elodie’s gay sister, which in a roundabout way, threw the main characters back into each other’s paths. Most of the angst in this story was due to the fact Elodie couldn’t bring herself to come out, least of all to her parents. Did I mention I never understood that?
Overall the story was really sweet. However, given the girls were still at odds with each other, almost until the very end of the story, the resolution was a little too quick and easy.
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