Review: In many ways, shorter stories are more difficult to write than long novels. One must capture the reader, make his/her characters interesting, and tell the story all in a very few pages. Happily Ever After by Margo Hoornstra does just that with great success. She immediately puts you into the head of the main character, Sarah Walters, a divorced woman raising her daughter solo who despite having been hurt, still wishes for her knight in shining armor. Sarahs dream is placed before you in the first couple of pages and then we meet the man who can fulfill that dream, the principal of her daughters school, Alex Carter. In the short span of this story we see the two dancing around each other in a very sweet and shy way.
The only complaint I have about Happily Ever After, is that I would like to see more of Sarahs story, to see if Alex really is her knight in shining armor. I definitely recommend this as a short and sweet read.
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