Review: nice ending, formatting issues
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2013
A fine ending to an increasingly interesting, page-turning series. Maybe there was nothing profound here, but DeCosmo kept the pace up and always had you ready for a new chapter. It was a lot of fun. That said, there is a problem here that is not really the author's fault per se. This book clearly shows different formatting, html or style sheets than the first four. Someone tried to be more professional and pretty it up. They also made a key error while doing so. In particular, on my phone, the book's style sheet or HTML for font size overrides any attempt in Kindle for Android to increase the font size to what a normal "large" setting would look like, thus making the small default font size really difficult to read (unlike the first 4 books, which were not as pretty but were actually legible). If you are reading on some other screens, your mileage may differ, but on my phone it is difficult. After advising Amazon of this I got a strange email asking for a detailed explanation and specific page cite where the error occurred! Of course, the error occurs everywhere. I persevered through the inept support, including a second tech who decided that the answer to a style formatting error was to deregister my device and start over! (Somehow, that would solve a style sheet or HTML error on one book. Astonishing...) I had no immediate relief after speaking to a 3rd tech, either, although at least he understood the issue and submitted an error report. I have not, in fairness to the author, marked the book down for this mess and frustrating waste of time, but I think it is fair to say beware if you are reading on a phone and not the actual Kindle or other large screen device.