
The Last Wish Blues has more emotions than most before any kind of fulfillment. The protagonist, Bob, is suffering from an almost crippling emotional loss, when he encounters a girl in more dire circumstance still. Brenda came to his dude ranch as part of her last wish. The two young people go through a trip full of emotional growth before even a hint of lust shows up. The first part is a tear-jerker; but Lubrican succeeds in limiting the angst. A gradual romance develops, through glimpses of humor, discovery of nature, and compassion. The tragedy is at last averted, and wish-fulfillment-style happy ending sets in, but so smoothly that it does not cheapen the suffering before.
And impressively for a relatively short work, even the secondary characters add color. Brenda's parents' fear and desperate hope; and Bob's friends' compassion make the story even more engaging.
The author crafted engaging characters, and deftly steered a narrow path between melodrama and callousness. The end result is more of a Romance than Erotica, but no less exciting for all that. The Last Wish Blues can be found on here on Amazon.com.
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