Review: Not a full Novel by Half
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2012
* Updated 6/26/12 due to mathematical error*I've enjoyed most of the works I've read released by Orange Cat Publishing, such as the Dead End and Young Ancients Series. (According to their web site, only one of the titles released under the name P.S. Power, was actually written by P.S. Power; Crayons. Please keep this in mind when questioning whether or not you'll read other works by this "author", based on this review.)I felt the promotional blurb was misleading. The book is not a full length novel by half: preview chapters for other works published by OCP accounted for 20% of the total content, while a large number of "locations/pages" were blank at the beginning; chapter one began at location 78. My Kindle app displayed the story ending at location 4099 of 5005 total.As for the story, the promotional synopsis was also misleading in many ways. Without giving away too much, the 'crayons' notebook ended up having little to do with the actual plot. The conflict was also not as advertised. Beyond that, the book was ok. I found it hard to suspend belief regarding how our protagonist, Josh, was able to resolve the major conflict of the story, no matter how clever he was supposed to be, nor how unique his relationship was to the characters. I was expecting a dramatic chronicle of love and selfless devotion; unfortunately that's not what this is.It was a young love story, filled with teenage angst, and a fair amount of relatable dysfunction, but sadly oversold. I can't really give much feedback as to what would make the story better except that the 'crayons' plot device could have been used in the way it was purported.As for OCP published works, I will continue to comb through their mixed lot in search of more gems such as the the Dead End and Young Ancients Series.