J. D. Glass

Summertime

Lucia Correa

2.25 Stars

VERY short story. I know $0.99 isn't much money, but I still felt cheated for such a short story with little substance. 

Seventeen year olds, Jean (the narrator) and Linda were best friends since they were fourteen. They met at a family camp which their families visit around three times a year. They spend every moment together, often sharing beds and secrets. Except that Jean had developed a crush (fallen in love?) for the straight Linda.

I assuming its not a spoiler if I tell you that at the end, Linda confesses that she was in love with Jean. By definition this is an "Erotic" short story. But it is relatively tame. But then again they are only 17 yrs old and I don't read much YA. BUT here is what made me squirm - they had sex in the SAME room as Jean's sleeping grandmother. Ewww.

The story felt more like a first chapter. I did the ebook equivalent of turning the last pages of a paperback over to see if I was missing something. If it was in an anthology, I might not feel the same. But even at $0.99 I felt cheated. After reading I calculated from word count that it is about 12 pages long. Page count wasn't listed on Bella Books where I purchased it.

Summertime

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