Review: An Amazing Story - Wish I would have read the first books in the series
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 15, 2013
First I must state that this book is part of a series, I picked it up because I saw it on a Facebook post and thought it sounded good. However, I didn't check to see if other books came before it and that took a bit away from my understanding of this book. You will definitely want to read the first two books in this series first.The Contemporary Rock Star storyline is 5 star. I loved the edginess and realness of it. If this book was only that storyline, it would have been awesome. A wonderful story of an on again, off again love affair that finally found it's second chance to be something more. I loved the characters and the world created by the author.The PNR storyline left something to be desired. It's possible that I may have gotten into this part of the story more if I had read the first books in the series, but I'm not sure. A lot was hinted at in the first half of the book, but you really didn't get hit with the PNR until the last 50%. I felt sort of blindsided by it at first, because I was lost in regards to the PNR through the beginning of the book. However, the PNR storyline in the last half was top rate. I loved the last half of this book.However, my biggest issue with this book is the errors. I have 15+ years experience as a technical writer and errors really throw me. They kill the story for me at times. A few errors are unavoidable, no one is perfect, but this goes beyond that. Missing letters in words, missing words in sentences, incorrect word usage, incorrect tense. Several times I had to stop and re-read the sentence multiple times to understand what is trying to be said. As someone with a side-business as an editor/proofreader, this is a real struggle for me when reading a lot of self-pub or indie books. I understand that the hiring of someone can be cost preventative, but this book could have been SO much better with just a bit of input and a few corrections by a good editor.So, did I enjoy the story, YES! Would I recommend it for the story, yes. I know I am interested in going back and reading the first few books in the series. I enjoyed the story enough to want to, even though I'm sure to struggle with similar errors.