Review: Started out OK but unable to finish it.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 22, 2013
First of all I'd like to say this book has promise and that it had an interesting story line. The main character "Aradia" was likable and over all I did like how it started out. I downloaded this book onto my Kindle Fire a few days ago because it was free and I like books about the paranormal, witches in particular. I get why indie author's usually list the first book in a series free, to hopefully suck you into the story so you will then purchase subsequent books in the series. That being said this book still needs a lot of work as far as editing and working on the story itself, particularly some of the conversations between character's which didn't flow naturally and in some cases made absolutely no sense at all. Some of Aradia's so called jokes were not only not funny, but also made no sense and left me feeling like I was out in left field some where. Certain situations like the night with the werewolf at the police station made no sense and neither did the bit about the strange officer who helps her put the Roy the werewolf into the police station, like he is smelling her and gives off weird vibes to her supposedly but then he just disappears from the storyline. He also blocked the keypad so she couldn't see the code when he put Roy into the cell, yet she and Roy just walk right out. also, there is NO TIBIA BONE in the arm! The Tibia is a bone in the leg not the arm. Mistakes like this throw me off because they are easy enough for the writer to check and verify and such obvious mistakes like this detract from the story big time.I guess it all comes down to the fact that although the story itself and the character's were somewhat interesting and show promise if worked on some more, I couldn't finish the book. It seemed rough and unfinished, was hard to follow and just didn't suck me in at all. The weird conversations between character's seemed forced and much of the slang/lingo used by Aradia was totally off for a teenage girl and not reasonable at all. Certain situations made no sense and although I liked Aradia and the story has potential, it still needs work.