Cold Fires

Cold Fires is an odd story. It kind of screwed with me. I had hoped they would sit around and tell stories of how their love deepened for each other through the lessons learned from the stories, but instead, each story was a about a love lost. I still thought the couple talking could gain some insite from the stories and rededicate their love to each other, but it ends with "... that odd combination of sun and decay, about which they did not speak, but which they knew would exist between them forever." I don't feel like they learned or gained anything. If you are encased inside an ice house trying to survive the winter, wouldn't you think the love would grow stronger? It seemed like such a possible love story with no happy ending. But I shouldn't expect those anymore. The themes of cheating on your significant other, loving with no return, leaving the one you love and such are a little depressing. It did make me crave strawberries though!