Review: Nicely done for beginning author, enjoyable read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 7, 2013
I don't stop to write reviews very often, but I decided to take the time since this book hasn't been reviewed hundreds of times yet, and I can sympathize with the daunting task of trying to stand out in a sea of indie e-books.One can tell that the author is new, but not necessarily in a bad way. There were a few small errors in the text, but not enough to make me cringe, and I would say I'm towards the more picky side. The author mentions that this is somewhat YA centered, which is probably accurate as the dialogue stays fairly simple, and there were a few overly cutesy moments between characters, but maybe I'm just jaded from being off the market for a while.I think that overall, this is a good effort, and worth the reader's time. I like the overall story, and am interested enough to read more, which is saying something for me, as I consumer a fairly large amount of indie e-books, and maybe only one in twenty trilogies/series catches enough of my attention to make me want to read another installment.Just a random note, I think the author did very well witholding plot details and revealing sprinkles of info throughout the book, but there were a few instances where "show, don't tell" might have been implemented a little more strongly. Also, the cliffhanger ending was a bit too "cliffhangery", could have probably been smoothed out a little bit somehow. I think I would have disliked it more than I did, if I wasn't already interested in reading more of the story.