Review: How old is Peri?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 8, 2014
I am really torn on how many stars to give this book. I LOVE the story, I love it! I loved the Greywolf series and I will anxiously wait for the Book 2 of the Gypsy Healer series.But there are a few things that make me hesitate giving 5 or even 4 stars for this book.1. There were errors in this ebook that for a New York Times Best Seller I feel like should not have been there. There were quite a few words missing from sentences and awkward phrasing that interrupted the flow of the story. I hate it when I have to mentally correct books so that I can understand them and I had to do that too many times with Into the Fae.2. (This may be a silly one but it tripped me up so many times in the book I have to mention it) the first line of the book says that Peri is nearly 3 centuries old but based off of the Grey wolf series and Into The Fae, she's older, I think...Right away, I was slightly confused and annoyed and It only got worse as the book went on because Peri talked about experiencing so much and being so ancient, somehow I felt like it was another typo. Am I wrong?3. After reading the Grey Wolf series and trying to read Rapture and now Into the Fae, I feel like Ms. Loftis only has one type of female character: loud, obnoxious and overly preocuppied with sexual inneundo. I found myself skipping whole pages and paragraphs because I was SO tired of the banter that went on between the characters. I don't find it entertaining anymore, just one more thing to slog through to get to the story. I like strong female characters who can hold their own against anyone and I think that is what Ms. Loftis intends but they are starting to come across as the same person: just varying shades of Jen. This really disappoints me because I can see the vein of individuality of each character but their being smothered in order to keep the bad sex jokes coming.4.  I really like that there are lot of characters in Ms. Loftis' books, it adds flavor and keeps the story flowing because the reader can see things from different points of view. BUT I start to feel like either me or the book has multiple personality disorder when we have to read about the same event through each character's point of view in quick succession: First Jewel, then Kara, then Heather. I could appreciate this more if I felt like something new was being shared but I felt like I was reading the same thing over and over again with only small differences sprinkled in.All that being said, I can't wait for the next one and I will buy it and read it and die when it's done and I have to wait for the next book!