Ariadne, I Love You

I love novellas, I like scary stories, I’m somewhat reluctantly intrigued by new authors. So this should have been right up my alley and really the only reason it took me a minute to check it out is that one of the reviews described it as poetic. Well, good news…this novella isn’t poetic unless you’......more

Must-read novella. Poetic, ghoulish.........more

Ariadne, I Love You is a story about lost love more than anything else. It’s one of those novellas that kind of worms it’s way in and sits for awhile, which is how books should be. Ashely-Smith combines horror and sadness for a read you won’t want to miss. Atmospheric, creepy, and a questionable nar......more

Set against the backdrop of arid Australia and alternative country music, ARIADNE, I LOVE YOU is a bittersweet meditation on the nature of death, love and obsession. A love story that transcends decay. Jude is an aging, has-been rocker, with a penchant for wine and chain smoking, who also happens to......more

If James Blunt's "You're Beautiful' was a short story, it would be Ariadne, I Love You. On the surface, this is a book about a man trying to deal with the loss of his manic pixie dream girl who lives through alcohol induced flashbacks and surreal hallucinations of his time with her and what might hav......more