GRR Reviews Long Lost Neighbors by Frances Hoelsema

Long Lost Neighbors tries to set up a "reunion" drama by going all the way back to the couple's childhood, only to see them separated and turned into a triangle. I just didn't feel much with this story.

Greg and Alison were best friends and neighbors, but Alison's family looked down on Greg and his family. When Greg's family had to move to a different town (only 30 minutes away), they vowed to keep write each other, but Alison's mother confiscated all correspondence and forcibly kept them apart. Eventually, they lost touch. Fifteen years later, Alison is engaged to Sean, who is sweet, but has no sense of work-life balance... Even while on a date he answers the phone, and brings work on a lake vacation with Alison. Then Alison ran into Greg in the vacation town, and they rekindled their friendship. Alison started to have doubts about Sean being the one... but the wedding was all planned, even as Greg revealed the depth of his feelings for her... just when tragedy struck Alison's family... What path will Alison choose?

The ending is pretty much pre-ordained, but how it got there was so slow as to be excruciating. It seems to be just so... petty for the mother to do that. And Alison can't quite seem to decide what she wanted. Greg is just flat. Didn't feel much for him.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Boy and girl were best friends but lost touch. 15 years later, they meet again, but she's engaged to be married to someone else

Overall Rating: 3/5

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