Review: Fan Fiction
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 24, 2013
I enjoyed the first book Fighting Destiny by Amelia Hutchins. The only caveat to that statement was the concern I had about the over usage of similar themes and even quotes taken from one of my favorite series the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning. Additionally, there were a large amount of grammatical errors which were pointed out by many, many other reviewers.When I began the second book in the series I tried to keep an open mind. I tried not to read too deeply into similarities between it and the Fever series. But in the end- I couldn't look past the enormous number of all too similar moments. This series is fan fiction. Pure and simple. And while I can sometimes tolerate fan fiction- in this case it doesn't work for me. Probably the biggest reason is the prevalence of (yet again) grammatical errors. There were sentences in this book that just plain didn't make sense. I re-read quite a few of them just in case I had read them too quickly. The writing was choppy, rushed, and all over the place. The author overused words or phrases, many times within the same paragraph. The book felt very thrown together to me. In my opinion, it was not ready for publication.I will admit to a few moments of "OMG what's going to happen next?!" especially with the cliffhanger ending. But lets face it- that's what cliffhangers are there for. They work hard at tempting you into purchasing the next book.  At a price tag of $5.99 I will not be reading the third book in the series. If you can't spend the time to better refine/edit/revise the book then I won't spend the time reading it.