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"Hooked on a Feeling" by Terry Jones (romance). Dart: 6, 6, 6
"Hooked on a Feeling" by Terry Jones (wld_rascal@hotmail.com). Guest review by Dart. --- Kate and Rob were high-school sweethearts. After high school, Rob won a scholarship to a fancy Eastern university, while Kate continued to raise horses on the West Texas land that she loved. Now, Rob, freshly graduated from college, and Kate meet again, since Kate is playing hostess for the barbecue that the Mayor is giving on her father's ranch, and Rob is a guest. At the barbecue, Kate tries to avoid Rob, but Rob is persistent; he wants to talk. Kate succumbs, saddles up two horses, and they ride off to watch the prairie dogs. While watching, they also satisfy a more pressing need. But Rob wants more than quick satisfaction, he wants Kate to marry him and move with him to the steel-and-concrete canyons of Chicago. Does she? You'll have to read the story. I think that if the author had taken the time to past the story by a proofreader, he could have caught the various little glitches that are hard for an author to see, and thereby produced a smoother, more satisfying, story. But I thoroughly enjoyed the plot of the story: Kate wants A; Rob wants B; A and B can't both be satisfied, but something, of course, must happen. However, the plot needed more flesh, and the characters needed further development. For example, what happened during the summers that Rob was still in college? Why is their dilemma still unresolved after four years? Ratings for "Hooked on a Feeling" Athena (technical quality): 6 Venus (plot & character): 6 Dart (appeal to reviewer): 6 |