by Katie (link)
Genre het, romance
Pairings Taylor/OFC
Length 22 chapters and epilogue (in three parts)
Status Completed
Although she’s one of the most prolific early authors, prior to this story, I had only read one of Katie’s stories–and that was a collaboration. Still, I liked her writing style well enough, although I believe Vienna Waits For You is an earlier story; sadly, this means it isn’t quite as well written as I had hoped.
The story is divided into three parts of unequal length and fairly short chapter length. Part one sees Teresa meeting and having one life-changing night with a Taylor who hardly seems like the real Taylor at all. His cigarette smoking, crass talking portrayal in the first few chapters would be fine if he didn’t drop that act so quickly–if it was, in fact, an act. It’s all a bit confusing and makes it a little difficult for me to relate to what happens to him and Teresa by the end.
But it isn’t the end of the story as a whole. The second part has a lot more substance, even if the chapters are still short and I don’t agree with all of the characters’ actions. The coincidences that bring Taylor, Teresa and their son Casey back together in part two and part three are a bit too coincidental, but still achieve the desired heart-rending emotional impact. The inclusion of the song the story is named for is a bit too on the nose, but Vienna Waits For You still ends up being a decent, tightly written story in spite of being just a bit too short to be all that it could be.
Review by Bethany (website)