Review: A good story - terrible editing!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 15, 2013
42nd and Lex is about Abri, a divorce lawyer working at the Chrysler building in New York who has everything she wants - except love. Enter Lucan O'Reilly, handsome bachelor that all the women want - and it doesn't hurt that he's rich, too! He and Abri have an instant connection and begin a whirlwind romance. When Lucan tells Abri that he is a vampire, she is shocked but takes the news in stride, sticking with him because of how much she loves him. But entering this world has dangers she doesn't expect.I am a fan of the paranormal romance genre, but with all of the Twilight nonsense (and True Blood) I've been feeling a little tired of it all. This book felt fresh to me. Some things are still the same (because, well, you can only make vampires so different) but this was definitely more grown up and it had a different feel to it in the way the vampires are and what abilities they have.My complaint is just about editing. I have read lots of Kindle books that are not perfect, but none have gotten to me like this one did. It was a lot of little things (leaving out words, adding words, incorrect word usage), but it happened so often that it was really annoying. I understand that some mistakes will be made, but this was just overwhelming. "Wonder" was used over and over again when it should have been "wander", and there were many times when words were added or left out and I had to reread the sentence. There were also a lot of times when the past tense was used in the first part of a sentence, and then present tense was used, making the sentence read weird. I have no problem with past or present tense, but there were inconsistencies that bothered me.I would probably read more by this author because her storytelling is great and I think she has a lot of potential, but I hope that future projects are proofread better.