Misty MasseyNot long ago, a book I’d placed on hold at the library arrived for me. It was a book I’d seen a few weeks earlier, when another patron placed it on hold. At the time, I’d read the book flap and decided I liked the premise, so I was tickled when my turn popped up. As soon as I was done working for the day, I curled up on the couch to enjoy a few pages. Only to discover this:
“You walk into the hallway. The elevator is just closing, but you press the button. The doors open again, and you step into the empty car.”
Yes, the book was written in second person, present tense. I couldn’t get much past the first page. Instead of being able to lose myself in the wonder of the story, I was being ordered around by the author with every sentence. It [...]
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