St. Valentine's Night (Thorndike Large Print Series)

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Summary: Inspiration on the decline. . .
Review: . . .in this, one of the later installations in Fr. Greeley's "Time Between the Stars" series of novels.

Although I find myself in profound disagreement with many of Fr. Greeley's theological opinions, I have been an avid fan of his storytelling abilities. In "St. Valentine's Night", however, he falls far short of the talent that he really does have.

Boy meets girl. Boy almost gets girl. Boy loses girl. Girl (and boy) have miserable lives. Girl and boy rediscover each other years later. Girl and boy have (lots of) sex. Girl and boy have big falling out (over something stupid). Girl and boy decide to grab their last chance at love before it's too late.

Sorry, Fr. Greeley, I've seen this theme before. I've seen YOU play this theme before, and with much greater skill. Nothing really new here.