Name of story: Seperate Ways
1) What was the biggest challenge for you when reading this story?
- It wasn't really a huge challenge, except having to read it a bit at a time, not all at once like I would normally. I read it during work mostly early in the morning.
2) Did you find yourself looking forward to reading as you were going along or did it feel like homework?
- I always look forward to reading Mare's stuff so it never felt like homework at all, I actually would finish my cleaning at work faster at night so I could have more time to read. LOL
3) What was your favorite scene/chapter in the story?
-It's soo hard to choose but probably when Nick tackled Kevin and punched him because Kevin was being kind of a tool.
4) Was your favorite character at the halfway point still your favorite at the end?
-Yes he was
5) Who was your least favorite character and why?
- John, and I am sure this was not a secret, he was a con artist and was not very nice to put it mildly. I didn't like him at all lol
6) If there was a sequel to this story would you be interested in reading it?
- It would be interesting but the story is fine as a stand alone and doesn't need a sequel. However, if there was one written yes I'd read it in a heartbeat.
7) Were you happy with the ending?
- No in the sense that it ended but yes because Nick and his brother finally came together with their mom as a family again, it was very sweet and everything came full circle.
8) Name the biggest surprise in the story and did you see it coming? (If there was one)
- I was surprised that no female characters were maimed or injured as Mare usually doesn't like writing female characters
9) What was this stories biggest strength?
- Great storyline and characters, loved the original characters and the premise....des
criptions were great too. It was awesome.
10) What was it's biggest weakness?
- Nothing major, just minor grammar stuff but overall the story was perfect.
11) Did reading this story make you want to try another one from this author?
- I have read maybe 80 percent of Mare's stuff and am about to start another one today, so yes of course I will!!
12) Give us one final review that sums up your experience reading this, maybe explain why you gave the kind of feedback you did or if you would have perhaps picked a different story from this one?
Honestly I had intended to pick something by Mare from the very beginning as I haven't read many of her old stories, other than Mizpah and the sequels....but I wanted to read it because it had some things that I like and I always love how she writes Nick. I always have a good experience with the reading challenge so I wasn't worried this time around and I can't think of any other stories I would have chosen. I am really glad to have read Seperate Ways!
13) Did you prefer the way we did the challenge this year or did you like the pairings better?
- I liked the pairings but I liked it better this year because you got to choose what story to read and it made things a bit more fun. I would continue to do the reading challenge regardless anyway.
14) Did the author respond to your feedback?
- Mare is always great at responding to feedback and I always look forward to her reactions after I react LOL. It makes reading and reviewing more fun and interactive for me when the author responds back, and I love getting them.
15) Any final thoughts or questions for the author?
- I wish you still wrote Mare, would love another story to give me warm Kevin and Nick fuzzies haha but for now I'm having fun reading these old stories and getting to experience them