Reviewed by Dan
TITLE: Dear Stranger
AUTHOR: Sid Love
PUBLISHER: Creative Minds
LENGTH: 28 Pages
RELEASE DATE: May 10, 2016
BLURB:
Reggie is a young man in his early twenties, living a quiet life. His blindness makes him over cautious in new situations, at least until one day on his way home when he meets a stranger, a man with a voice smooth as honey and burning hot as the most expensive whiskey, starts flirting with him.
At first, Reggie is scared. The guy seems like a stalker but he soon realizes that the stranger means him no harm. On the contrary, he is attracted to Reggie and invites him home for a hot romp in bed.
With the ball in his court now, Reggie needs to decide what to do. He could turn him down and continue living his life as it is—boring. Or, he could say yes and see where this unexpected ride takes him…
REVIEW:
This story would be great if it was the first couple chapters of a book, but it doesn’t really work for me if this is supposed to be a completed work. It sets us up with some interesting characters, and just as we learn their names….it is over!
I also found the premise to be a little unbelievable if I’m honest. A young independent blind man who travels the subways in New York City by himself and finds his way home through the crowded New York City streets isn’t totally implausible, but it is pretty darned unlikely. When you add in said blind man trusting some random stranger who comes up and starts rubbing his arm and then his leg on a New York subway? Having spent a lot of time on NYC subways…I wasn’t really buying it.
Putting aside the implausibility of their meeting, I did like the characters, or what we got to know of the characters in the short amount of time we had. I think Mr. Love did a good job with setting up the story line, and I enjoyed what I read, but overall I have to say there just wasn’t enough! I’d be interesting in knowing what happens next. Hopefully this is a “testing the waters” prequel, and we will see a real book with these characters down the road.
For now, as it stands…and not knowing if this is ever going anywhere besides here, I’m going to call this one as good/average. It had a lot of potential, but we didn’t see it fulfilled in this very, very short story.
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