Review: Has potential, but falls short.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 29, 2011
I really wanted to like this one, it sounds like it had so much potential and it would be a fun ride.  That being said, this book isn't as good as it should have been.The story is about a boy, named Jake, who is the last remaining member of the Grimm family. As a result, he has to take over the role of the Huntsmen because all of the Grimm Fairytales are real, and it's up to Jake to control all of the Fairytale characters. It seems that there's a rash of vanishing children, and it seems that a local witch is involved.  I don't want to say to much more about Jake, because I want the reader to discover certain things about Jake.I did have a few problems with this.1) The writing style of the author.  The author's writing style is very poor.  It's as if someone in elementary school wrote this book.  The action in the book isn't really thought out and is lacking excitement.  The action is very poorly written and not really fleshed out as it should have been. Also the author seems to like to use caps to express emotion. Things like POW, BAM, WHAM, BANG, "You think WE should do this?" "No, I think YOU should do this!!"  After a while, it was very annoying, and took away from the plot.  Also, the writer wrote in both first and third person. When it was in third person, it was hard to who was telling the story.  It's just a very odd mix, and that too, took away from the story.2)  The story needs an editor. There are some awkward sentences in there, and odd word combinations. Things like, "It cost $5 bucks."  If you have the dollar sign, then you don't need the word "bucks". If you have the word "bucks", you don't need the dollar sign.3)  This is short story, 83 pages. I wish the author took more time to develop a full book.  It's just way to short and I never felt that author wanted to take the time to really develop the characters. It felt as if this story was rushed. I did like how it ended, and it left room for more books in the series. I just hope that the author takes his time to write a good book.The potential is there, if the author develops  it.