Review: Great read, but following the new trend of plot inconsistencies and minor grammatical errors in recent kindle books
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2012
I enjoy this series.  This book develops the storyline well and we're given some insight into the world that Samantha has found herself in, and we see continued development in the fight to retain her humanity, and take care of her family.  That said, I must explain why I only mostly enjoyed this book, and why I have to knock off a few stars.  The 3 star review is for the errors in this the kindle edition.  I literally had just told my husband last night that at least J.R.  Rain makes sure his self-published books are well edited and generally without the more basic errors I find of late in many kindle books.  Unfortunately I spoke too soon.  Between Christmas Moon and this book Vampire Dawn something happened. Major plot elements were changed and for no clear reason.SpoilerThe second medallion that Samantha finds morphs from amethyst to emerald, she opens a bag then a page later hasn't. Fang kills two guards instead of a guard and a macabre museum curator who had purchased his "dog teeth".End spoilerI'm saddened by this.  In the digital age it should be easier to track and maintain key details and plot points and to update digital editions to be consistent but more and more  authors are failing to care enough to do so, and that is very frustrating. They certainly seem to like our money well enough, I just wish they were invested in us, their readers,  to provide us with a consistent quality product.  I also see that he will be in print as of June, I hope he takes more care in his hardcopy editions , unlike with he his recent digital editions.  I'm enjoying the storyline despite the errors, but ask that the author please update his kindle books, it's his right to make changes I suppose, but he should make sure those changes are reflected in the versions he releases. Sadly there is really no reason to go from "she opened the bag" to "the drive home was maddening as she was dying to know what was inside" literally from one page to the other.  If you need a beta reader, let me know.  I'm an incredibly fast reader, which enables me to re-read previously released editions mere hours before the new release which is sadly why I'm able to catch as many inconsistencies as I do.