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Short of Love
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781920699574
Publisher: Novel Ideas
Published: Jul 15 2019
Pages: 382
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.79 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
From the beginning the tone is different from typical romance stories, with a mix of tension, subtle satire and irony. The reader stays connected while still exploring deeper themes. It does not try to follow a traditional formula. Instead, it builds its own path and stays true to its tone. It has depth and keeps you thinking after each chapter.
The book takes a realistic look at how relationships can become complicated. Tom Archer's journey is both frustrating and compelling at the same time. $hort of Love is a distinctive book that steps outside traditional romance and explores something more layered, including money.
Rather than a predictable love story, Tom's journey is about reaction and consequence. There is a strong sense of tension as he explores control, deception and emotional missteps.
Tom 's way of approaching relationships is calculated and at times uncomfortable, but that is what makes the story interesting. His choices are driving the tension. The unrelenting pace gives the story a unique voice.
The narrative is picaresque, alternately amusing, shocking and deeply familiar by turns, both epic and microscopic simultaneously.
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