Review: Eh, it needs some work
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2014
This book was free, in exchange for a review.I hate, hate, HATE giving low ratings when I thought I would love a book, but this one was just… I can’t think of a word to describe it right now in my sleep deprived state, so here’s the bad:There were way too many grammatical errors throughout the book, which was very distracting and after about 5% of the book, it had surpassed “annoying.” So the book needs a LOT of editing. I have to knock it down about 1.5 stars just for that because it made enjoying the story almost impossible for me. Even at the beginning of the book, I kept going back and re-reading the same parts multiple times trying to figure out what was going on, who was talking, what it should have said, and so on.Maybe I was alone in this, but I had a hard time following this story, and I think I would have even if the editing had been much more thorough. I felt like the author expected us to know what was going on without any explanation, and I found myself actually shaking my Kindle and growling, “I do not live in your head! Explain this s***!” Let me say now that while I’m not crazy for generic romances (I try to avoid them), I do sometimes enjoy paranormal romance and I read a lot of fantasy. A. LOT. So it wasn’t like I had never heard of some concepts from this book before, but I found myself going back and re-reading things to try to figure out WTF was going on. I think a bit more detail and explanation would be great for this book, because I wasn’t satisfied with what we got. Knocking off another star for that.Because I’m not crazy about romance, I won’t go on a rant about them falling for each other so quickly, and blah blah blah. It’s fantasy, I get it, I’m over it now.Now, for some good things, because this book was not all bad.I really liked the concept of the story in general, but I think Ellie Heller did a great job with the shifter theory. I’ve read a few other explanations for how weres/shifters actually manage to pull off the shift/change, so reading her take on it in this universe was unique (in my experience) and I really liked it. In fact, I LOVED her explanation for how that worked (I do wish a bit more detail was provided, though).I liked most of the characters, but I really liked a couple of the secondary characters. The main duo were not my favorites, but they didn’t annoy me, either. Overall, I think the characters were good, but maybe a bit more fleshing out would be nice.I’m horrible with reviews, but I try to give a snapshot of what I thought without giving away spoilers. I’m afraid if I try to go into other things I enjoyed, I will give some away and I don’t want to do that.Overall, I liked the book. I didn’t love it, it didn’t make me want to seek out other books by the author, but I didn’t hate it, either. With some editing, I think this book could be really good. I’d give it about 2.5 stars as is, but I’ll give it a half star bump for cuteness at the very end involving one of my favorite characters.