Desire of Whimsy – By Charletta Barksdale

Fast-paced, quick read, you'll want more.

This novel went by very fast, at only 165 pages. The characters were likable, but I didn’t feel as connected to them as I would have liked to. I felt like there was more story there, but it was unreachable to me as the reader.

The story went at a good pace, but when it picked up, it picked up and didn’t let down until the last page- gas pedal to the floor. There was really only one graphic scene in the novel. I could have done without it, but that’s a personal preference, I know some readers enjoy that type of thing.

I like the idea presented in the story, a coma patient is being used as a supernatural being — a girl that has unknown abilities because she was adopted and unsure of her past — and somehow in a dream state, they meet. I’m not sure if this is a novella series or not, but it could be, as much was left unanswered.

I always mention grammar in my reviews and therefore… There were typos and perspective changes that weren’t placed at the beginning of the chapters. The perspective changes start out at chapter headings, i.e., Serenity, or Trance, but then sometimes in the middle of a chapter, it will change to an entirely different character. This causes a lot of re-reads and going back to make sure you know what is going on. The typos weren’t awful, just missed or added words here and there, i.e., “Unclear of what do next…” or “started pacing the his room…” and a few misspelled words.

All of that said, I would pick up the second novel, if there was one, because I did like the story presented.