Painting Rainbows by Sue Lilley

This story was like candyfloss – light, sweet, and fluffy, and gone almost before I had a chance to enjoy it properly. I chomped through it in a single sitting and found it over almost as quickly as it began.

The writing is whimsical and evocative, the characters lightly sketched but no less real for it. The ending is beautifully bittersweet and wonderfully well-written, though it did make me wonder if the entire thing had been a dream.

The only criticism is that I would’ve like a little more of their background as children together, but that’s a minor quibble in such a lovely short story.

Five magical stars!

I received a copy of this story from the author through ReadingAlley in exchange for an honest review.