Review: Fast-paced plot, overrun by grammatical, spelling and historical mistakes
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2013
Seacrets has a fast-moving plot and quite a few hot love-scenes to recommend it. It also has some of the most annoying grammatical faux pas I've come across in quite some time. The random switching between past and present tenses, the run-on sentences, and the failure to use apostrophes to indicate the possessive are just some of them. Spelling: e.g.: foul and fowl are not the same; strait and straight are not the same; reign and rein are not the same. Oh, and Vidkun Quisling lived from 1887 to 1945 when he was executed by Norwegian authorities for collaborating with the Nazis. The term "quisling" stems from his name. It did not exist in the 18th century. And George III was preceded by George II who was preceded by George I who was preceded by Anne Stuart preceded by William & Mary, whose reign began in 1650, etc. Henry VIII died in 1547, albeit, he did complete the conquest of Ireland (begun in the 12th century) and establish the United Kingdom.The plot is not always logical and for all her intelligence and skills, heroine Maura does some pretty silly things....The book deserves 3 stars for content and 1 for grammar, spelling and adherence to history. I compromised by giving it 2.