Thursday, November 19, 2015

Serendipity

by Rosemary Hayes from the October 19, 2015 issue

Tagline: Jonah dialed the wrong number...but he made the right connection!

Observations: Well, somehow I skipped this issue, but better late than never, right?

All right. I liked the beginning, was bored in the middle, but loved the ending.

In the beginning, we see some humorous banter--always a plus in a Woman's World story. I think it tends to show the hero and heroine getting off to a good start and that their senses of humor mesh.

The middle had a moment of tension, but it didn't quite work for me. Perhaps it was supposed to show Lisa coming to the realization that she really liked Jonah. I've said before that character growth is something Woman's World likes to see and Lisa starts out not interested in dating and then growing to realize she just might be over the break-up. However, this false alarm didn't do anything for me. Personally, her thoughts about Jonah just before she went to sleep would have been enough.

The ending was fantastic. I could see Jonah standing there with that rose as clear as day.

Photo credit: Swong95765 via Creative Commons License

3 comments:

Pat said...

I loved the idea of this story. As a person who screens all their calls, I thought it was unique to talk to the person.

Enjoyable read for sure.

Sandy Smith said...

This was a cute story. I agree the banter at the beginning was cute, although I wondered if she was in the habit of making a crack about her ex to every stranger she happened to speak with. I felt like that was put in there as a way for him to know she was single. But I liked the ending.

Kate Willoughby said...

I'm so used to Facebook now that I automatically go to "like" comments and am so disappointed when I can't!