Review: Tough to review
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 7, 2012
This one is tough to review.  I like the concept enough to give that 5 stars.  Characters pulled out  Greek mythology and plopped into modern Detroit as vampir.... err vampyres, using humans but needing them.  It somehow works.The negative here is that this book is in desperate need of an editor, even if that is just the author re-reading it really really really slowly and re-editing it.  Simple errors were left in.  I tried to ignore them but, yeah, it started to get on my nerves.  Things like "are" for "our" or plurals missing the "s", wrong uses of "your" or "you're", etc.  If I had highlighted along the way, it'd be shocking how many goofs I'd found, this being the worst I've seen personally when it comes to me spotting errors in a book.There's also the fact that the main character explains early on that she has her own slang for curse words -- a cute idea for a YA book.  It keeps parents happy.  It's just overused to the point of abuse.  As in that character would be ready to beat herself and her friends up after a week.  Or at least they'd be moving on to new words quickly if they used them THAT often.Don't get me wrong, despite my complaints, I did leave this book curious about what is next for Calli(ope), her Greek gods, and even a few of her high school buddies.  That's the good.  With some editing, this series can be amazing, right now it's just okay.