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J. D. Frettier's Desperately Seeking Sixty-Nine

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Desperately Seeking Sixty-Nine by J.D. Frettier (pen name for Jennifer Theriot) is a short romance revolving around the idea of free love. The story starts off in an emergency room on earth with the staff hard at work in an attempt to save Bonnie's life. As this is happening, Bonnie is sitting on a metaphorical fence. Her husband, Peter, is on one side, and is desperately begging her to stay with him. On the other side is Bonnie’s friend, Dee, who died years ago. Dee is trying to convince Bonnie to leave her body and go with her instead of staying with Peter. Bonnie is declared dead as she chooses to go with Dee. Wondering if she made the right choice, Bonnie is escorted through a tunnel to the “The Green Room,” and the real story begins. …show more content…

The author put a little twist on what happens after you die. “The Green Room” was really just another name for Purgatory, but this wasn’t your normal Purgatory. The wait for Heaven or Hell in this book was definitely out of the ordinary. Everyone there was too busy getting body sculpted and going out to get coffee with friends to really worry about where they were going to end up for eternity. It was very similar to life on earth, with the exception that they were all dead, of course. This unique portrayal of life after death put a smile on my face.

Clocking in at only 45 pages, Desperately Seeking Sixty-Nine was one of the most captivating short stories I have read. I read the whole thing in a little over half an hour, and I was so engrossed that I didn’t even realize I’d been reading as long as I had until the book ended. I was able to read it with such ease because the pacing was great, and the book flowed perfectly. Even though it was such a short book, it seemed complete. There weren’t gaps in the story like I’ve seen countless times in other short books. Nothing seemed to be missing, and there was a full

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