When We Were Amazing by Christine London

Fourteen freaking hours in the hell that was the interior of a jet plane. He tried to read, listen to music, watch a film. Nothing. He could see nothing but her lying in a hospital bed, tubes and technology running from her, surrounding her with their manufactured sterility. She needed to be touched. He needed to touch her. Make sure she was warm, well, alive.

A nagging weight lodged in the pit of his stomach. No food, no drink, just her. She was the cure.

He slid the sunshade up. The first rays of light sliced across the horizon as they chased the day at thirty six thousand feet. He could scarcely make out the scallop of cumulus below as they drifted by. The world went on, not caring a thing for the concerns of man. His world was suspended like an insect in amber. The rest of humanity could look in at him, but he was paralyzed to act, to move, to breathe.

I once asked a best-selling author how she coped with mid-book doldrums and she said, “I think of the worst thing that can happen to my characters and, that’s what I do.”  I believe Ms. London must have met that author somewhere along the way.  I like her writing, but it gets a bit sudsy as her characters go from one tragedy to another.  Every time they get together, some tragedy creates an obligation that pulls them apart.  The timing just never seems right for them.  It doesn’t help that Carrie is much older than Bryan and he has a bit of maturing to do.  Or that she lives in California and he lives in Australia.  But even the entire Pacific Ocean can’t keep them apart forever.  Grab the Kleenex—you’ll need it, and not just at the end.  It’s a good book.

Length:  218 Pages

Price:  $5.95

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