Review: Great story, lousy writing
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2013
There is no excuse for the lack of editing in this e-book.There are programs that do it automatically. The author could also have posted it to his FB page and had all the Grammar Nazis fix it for free. Worse, the book has been out for more than a year, so any errors the author overlooked should have been fixed by now.That said, this young adult story is great. You do have to suspend disbelief - why would you use parchment in the day and age of the computer -- but the same can be said for Harry Potter.I really liked the characters and would love to read the rest, but because of the lousy grammar and punctuation, I won't pay a dime for the sequels (anyone want to send them to me for free, thanks in advance).If, in the future, I read a reputable review that says the books have been copy edited, I may reconsider.In short, if you want a fun read and don't mind a fourth-grade-teacher's nightmare, get it. If you are so super-focused on grammar that you will rip your hair out at continuous errors, avoid it.This would make a great series on the CW channel. It has all kinds of appeal to the 13-24 age group (I am in my 50s and it appeals to me, too).