Review: Cry for an Editor OR a Translator?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2013
Undoing One's Enemy is an interesting book with a new approach to the Regency Novel, one that I totally appreciated.  The story is fascinating and I will read any book (must be over 200 pages to be a book) written by this author.However, having said that, this book did not translate from New Zealand to America as well as it would have with an editor.  The title itself is a hint of the foreign language used, as few American English speakers would use those words.  There are other terms that are used colloquially in New Zealand and not in America.  Some work, some do not.Furthermore, there is at least one chapter in which the misspellings, bad grammar and wrong words set my teeth on edge.  Only the fascinating story line kept me reading.Corrections include using an "s" rather than a "z" in many words, not "sorting out" things, which few Americans understand, and generally making sure the verb tense is correct.  These things are very distracting.If and when this author has written more books, she would do well to hire an American editor to assure that the American reader who is not a linguist understands the words used, Americanizing her spelling and correcting her grammar as needed.But please, keep writing!!  I would have given this 5 stars if the grammar weren't such a really big issue!