Review: great read but some annoying proofreading errors
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2013
This is the 3rd installment in an excellent series. I'd give it a 4.5 if possible, and demerits are only for the problems I mention below, which do not have to detract from the story unless you are really bothered by grammar errors as I am.  But, despite the errors I mention below, I will read more of this author's writing, as I read the 3 books in this series back to back, which says something about how compelling I found them.Also, I really hope this isn't the final book in the Gwen Farris series, but that there are more.  For example, the hints are there that Gwen has more than one admirer, although one particular person is tossed out there at the end.  I think that the story could go a number of directions, including her being surprized by an offer from the king himself, it the author wanted to go that way.  The hints are all there for some possible surprises.I won't go over the plot, as that's been done already; but I will say I like the writing and the characters immensely.  The only thing that bugged me about this book were some consistent punctuation and grammatical errors and typos. "Too" and "to" were repeatedly used exactly wrong, and the same with pluralizations and possessives-- for example saying Smith's for the family named Smith, plural, as in "go see the Smith's" which should be "go see the Smiths." Conversely, possesives were sometimes done without the apostrophe+s, so "John's car" becomes "Johns car." [Examples are mine, used only to illustrate the problem, not quotes.] Other than that, a few other typos.There was one thing in the story that made things a touch confusing for me, that being the, for lack of better term, dream sequence.  It's important and handled well, but it was long enough it became difficult to recall if certain events had happened or not, or if what I came across was a continuity error.  I'm still not certain if that final appearance of a showerhead was an error or not.  I don't think it was actually invented yet???  Anyhow, with alternative publications, this sort of thing happens.  The author seems to be doing a lot to prevent errors, but I did find this consistent switching of too/to and the 's vs s problem to be incredibly distracting.I am left with one lingering questions (SPOILER ALERT): which is how in the world did Jeffrey manage to mesmerize her into that dream world with all that specific training and such which was useful later?  I couldn't see anything that explained that, and it is a lingering question.