Review: A Lovely Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2013
I am giving this series five stars, not just this single book, but the whole series of three books.The characters are unusual, it is a delight to see them grow as you read. The love they share, though sometimes springing from pain, is beautiful to behold. The sex is minimal, but well-done, hot enough and never intrusive. But what I like most is how little these characters agonize over their same-sex attractions and the incredibly accurate and moving descriptions of each building his own new family around the people they love - one of the absolute marvels of the LGBT community - building families based on love and respect rather than on the accidents of birth.I also love how each book takes up the story of one of the couples from the previous book and that the older characters come back as "guests" and "friends" in the following book.But I am planning on an unusual review strategy: I'm giving the first book five stars, but giving the other two only four - even though they may merit five.Why? Because my patience has finally snapped at the execrable editing of most of the Kindle ebooks (particularly M/M fiction) I've been reading over the last few months. And these are no exceptions.I'm not sure who is responsible for editing what finally appears on our Kindles, but whether it's Amazon or the author, I don't much care. The fault is ultimately with Amazon - they took my money and they delivered the book to me. The editing flaws I'm finding are distracting and annoying  - they take you right out of the book, and they're nothing that shouldn't be found by even a mediocre student editor doing a quick pass.I, honestly, get insulted by some of the flaws in this series and most of the other books I've been reading. This one has grotesque errors like "you're jacket is on the stand", "I'm giving this to he". In fact, they can't even seem to keep the name of one of the two lead characters consistent, vacillating between "Brian" and "Brain" - often in the same paragraph! I've read high-school fiction that was better edited and showed more care and commitment to the material and the reader than most of what I've read from the Kindle Store in the recent past.C'mon Amazon, you've been at this a long time, get it right!!!Until then, I will continue deducting stars for lousy editing.P.S. Don't let the editing prevent you from reading and enjoying the books in this series. They're wonderful, they're moving, and, despite the poor editing, very well-written.