Any of these stories might be enjoyable for you on its own, but the problem here is that, as a collection, it gets extremely repetitive. You feel as if you're reading about the same characters (with different names) facing the same types of settings and situation, with little variation in even theme. I enjoyed the first one, and then the second one less, the third one less, and so on. They're sweet southern stories, but as a pack, they come off as no better than average. If you're interested, I'd suggest keeping the collection on hand to read single stories in between longer/other works so you have some variation. The writing is nice, but it's not enough to balance out the repetitiveness of what you end up reading as you go through the stories. ( )