Heartfelt prose, succinct sentences and brief chapters flavor this bite-sized romance of “disarrayed love.” The prose is smooth, with vivid word pictures marinated in emotion. It’s a collection of free verse chronicling a broken relationship and the heartbreak and internal chaos that ensues. 

The narrative is arranged in roughly chronological order. The first chapter opens in July 2017. Then the narrative back pedals to December 2015, then to March 2016, and into August 2107. Then it shifts back to October 2015, moves on to April 2018 and then into 2019. So the timeline is herky-jerky but not impossible as the story moves from present to looking back in thoughtful hindsight.

Told in the first person, the narrative could be construed as either a missive to a lost love or a series of journal entries or personal reflections. The narrative details what’s going inside the writer’s head. As such, a wide audience may be unlikely.

There is a lot of emotion swirling around some intense thoughts, reflections and responses. Also some perspicacious prose such as "melatonin dreams” and “rusted narrative.”

However, there’s not a lot of meat here. Nor is there any real action. The story takes a while to get rolling and fill in some blanks. One-sentence paragraphs abound throughout the nine chapters.

In terms of structure, transitions are tenuous and the narrative sags and droops at times. At less than forty pages, the book feels more like a run-up or a springboard that’s cut short than a story with a distinct beginning, middle, and end. Even so, young readers may find elements with which they can relate. Others may find it a bit obtuse. Overall, the writing has good potential with some additional work and refinement.