I adore e-short stories! Sarah is a wonderful author (I just discovered with her new book “The Best of Us” (a 5 star), which I read first, so diving into reading her other previous books. (I usually start with new ones which pull me into the author and then start backwards). Being in the online media world, front covers are a big draw as well as reading works of my favorite authors---especially with e-books, as the crisp colors are so appealing since you do not have the typical print front cover to view. Love Accidently has a feel good front cover and e-stories are very short you can start at midnight, get teased and a “preview” of what is to come, plus they are inexpensive. The story grabs you from the beginning at the setting of a sidewalk café, Ilsa Brown sees a dog get hit in a car accident, and since she is a vet, runs to the scene and this is where she meets Griff, the dog’s owner (of course the meeting lasts and turns into a relationship-having cancelled on the date she was originally meeting). All is well; however, when traveling to meet his wonderful parents in Chicago, she discovers Grif’s old girlfriend (a since kindergarten love-worst kind). She discovers she must learn more about this connection prior to walking down the aisle with her new love. Be sure and read “All is Bright” another e-short story with the girlfriend’s perspective, and some of same characters I was really excited to read this story. I'd heard good things about the author, and I thought .99 seemed like great value for a short story. The description said it was approximately 94 pages. I'm giving the story itself 3 stars because I was enjoying it...but when I turned the page, ready to read more...it was over. The ending wasn't really an ending. Which left me clicking, and searching, thinking that surely there must be more. I looked down and I was only at 23% progress on the Kindle. Now, I understand putting an excerpt at the back of the book. BUT when 3/4 of the book is advertising another book, that's just not right. I even went back to the book description on Amazon to see if there was some sort of warning. Nothing. (I should have read the reviews)Like I said, I'm giving the story 3 stars, but the fact that it was packaged so poorly and in such a sneaky way...1 star. I would like to read more by this author, but for now, it's left a bad taste in my mouth.
What do You think about Love, Accidentally (2011)?
Very short. Which is fine because there is tremendous depth packed into those few pages!
—Numzy
A lot happening in such a short story, but a charming tale from start to resolution.
—metalmulishawifey
