Moonstruck

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Moonstruck is an anthology of short stories. I am writing this review after reading 26 chapters. Each of the stories revolves around romance, but also, to a greater or lesser extent, encourages reflection on various issues. The first story is about a vampire marriage, where, as is usually the case in such stories, the importance of death and mortality comes to the fore. What is interesting, however, is that in this case we are dealing with a married couple, so other interesting things come into play. Be that as it may, we have a couple who have been together for a really long time, so ... both have experienced depression related to their immortal existence, but they decided to do it separately for each of them. So, in different time frames, we also have a story about a relationship with a spouse who is depressed, and this is shown in two ways, because it looks different when it is something new for the other half, and different when one side has already experienced it themselves and is trying to help the other through such an episode. The second story is about a girl after a break-up who finds an ice cream parlour that grants wishes. And again, we can reflect on whether what we want is actually what we need. Is the problem really with the situation we find ourselves in, or is it actually with ourselves, who, regardless of the situation, will always find some reason not to be completely satisfied? The third story revolves around the fears and uncertainties that being in a relationship can cause. The fourth, on the other hand, presents us with a woman whom the author has moulded in the image of what is expected in today's world: a high-ranking professional, a good student, engaged to be married. but beneath this admirable surface, she has placed cynicism and a penchant for destruction, which rekindles the feelings of a young, pure, seemingly naive janitor with whom she becomes entangled in an affair. Nothing here is what it seems. The artwork is consistently very good throughout. In summary, Moonstruck is an anthology of short stories for mature readers. It is not just about romance and a faster heartbeat, but also about other issues that provoke reflection and encourage thought. However, as is usually the case with such collections, the quality is quite uneven, and subjectively, I would divide these stories into good, where I would place the fourth and first, average, i.e. the story about ice cream that grants wishes, and poor, i.e. the third, where the main character's paranoia frustrated me, although I do not rule out that this was the intention. The last story, however, is so good that I give it a 9/10. I think it's worth your time, especially if you don't have much of it, as each of these stories is about six chapters long, so you'll finish it in one or two evenings.