GRR Reviews The End of May by KB Richards

The End of May is a half-literary half romance about a woman's adventure in New York City, where her initial joys in coming to the city will crash, and she'll hit rock bottom, as she finally learned the true value of friendship and love.

Marcella May Burke has finally achieved her dream: moving to New York City. She wanted to take the city by storm, preferably by working in fashion and she has the guts to succeed. Living with her boyfriend was a start, until he turned possessive and stalkerish. She found a great job by getting to know someone, but an early indiscretion came back to haunt her with dire consequences. An indecent proposal turned into something more that crushed her soul. A visitor's death sent her life into a downward spiral that has no chance of recovery until she hit bottom... But with a little help and kindness, she may be on her way to recovery... And this is her story.

The story flowed perfectly logically with each step and decision logical yet somehow came to be wrong in retrospect, and as the snowball rolls downhill it gets worse. Marcella had to deal with the problems as they come, and finally realize her dreams can change, even as the price she paid for those dreams may not seem worth it. It was a thoroughly emotional journey. However, the author's narrative style reads somewhat strange, as it is not quite first person, yet not quite third person either. It is as if the author was skipping between first person and first-person omniscient as if it was written as a memoir, which is really weird.

Category: Contemporary / Literary

Primary Plot: New woman in the city had her life crash around her when bad things happened to her relationship, job, and family...

Tropes: fish out of water, woman in peril, evil ex, coming of age

Overall Rating:  4/5