Review: Good Premise, Worth Reading, Needs a lot of Proof-reading
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2013
I'm giving Fools Gold 3stars because I think there is a lot of good in the series.  First the bad/ugly, as many have noted, the proofreading is awful.  I don't know who is doing it, as Chris Hechtl mentions he has some, but they are not doing a very good job.  Some examples:Moral - Morale, they aren't the same.quiet - quiteroll - roleaid - aide (this drove me to distraction)and many, many more.Character development could be better in some areas.  Many of the characters come across as 2 dimensional.  More background and more fleshed out characters would help.  For instance, the Port Admiral is obviously a perverted sociopath.  However, even inferences don't give a really clear picture of how he maintained his power, his attitude, control over his supporters, etc.Also, Irons tends to save the day on everything.Character conversations can be confusing as the transition from one character to another isn't always handled smoothly.The good here is substantial.  The story line is quite interesting.  The premise is original and seems to be developing.  I thought the first book was quite good, ignoring the excessively poor proof-reading.  In spite of the flaws I did enjoy the second book and am now reading the third.  We'll see if Chris can smooth things out and correct some of the detracting flaws.