Review: Love the series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2013
One common thread of complaints I've noted from other reviewers is too much extraneous detail or repetition.  I think that is an unavoidable pitfall for any author doing a series:  unfortunately, it is just requisite for an author to provide  background for understanding to the reader who may start reading the 3rd book without having read the others.  I agree it is sometimes annoying, but I'm not sure in what way any author could mandate a prerequisite reading list (unless she was my junior high literature teacher, Mrs. Sturdyvant!).  I can only recommend reading the series from the beginning.I have enjoyed each of the books from the very first  They are fast-paced enough not to get boring, the plots are believable and the characters well developed.  I actually agreed with one character who found Miranda a bit whiney, at times, but that was after all, part of who she is, or at least was.  When I watch a movie, I may dislike a character and yet admire the actor's talent in portraying her/him.  It is in a way, the same with a novel;  to find fault with aspects of  character's personality while admiring the author's ability to portray the character in a manner I can nearly visualize.  This author has also managed to make her character grow and develop from the first book to this last.  I look forward to the next in the series to see how much more she has matured.I actually rate this last book a 4.75, which of course I can't really do.  I have subtracted for editing errors which, if any one has read any of my reviews, is a sticky point with me.  I do have to say, the editing has greatly improved for this last book from the first of the series!