Review: Not horribly bad but very campy
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 7, 2013
It is not a bad story nor is it the best I have ever read. It would make an excellent young teens sci-fi book if Ms. Hart would remove the sex scenes which I found, for the most part, awkwardly done. The style of writing was rather immature. Personally, I prefer a more polished style of writing. The writing reminded me of the type in the 1930s where the villain was tying the virtuous young miss to the railroad.The premise of the book is about an alien who crash lands on earth who miraculously speaks perfect English with the manners of someone who attended charm school. She has a machine that she developed that can detect something that has passed through our atmosphere. He saves her from vagrants who turns out to be soldiers following the orders of a wicked General who is in pursuit of her technology. There is more to it but it would ruin the plot entirely if I told you about the one twist in the story.I found the characters to be clichés. The bad guy was wickedly bad. The good guy was heavenly good. The female ran the rails between being a virtuous 18th century female and a femme fatale who is a scientific genius helping an alien who cannot fix his own communicator.As I said it was not bad. It just wasn't all that good. The grammar and vocabulary was excellent, but the story delivery left something to be desired. I would recommend a rewrite on Ms. Hart's part by removing the sex scenes and filling out the characters personalities; make them less of a cliché.It bored me but someone else might like it.