Review: Good stories
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2014
Because I'm lazy, I'm going to write one review for all of Amy Cross's books and copy and paste in each (because in the past week I have read quite a bit of her work).  I first came across her when I was searching for free books, and have since read all of hers that are free, as well as purchasing a handful.Now most of the time, if I'm going to take the time to leave a review, it's going to be positive only.  I don't see the need to negatively review something, as I don't like to take money out of small business's pockets (yes, writers are small businesses); and just because I don't like something, doesn't mean someone else won't.  But I'm going to be a little critical here, just to address some of the issues I had, as well as some of the issues listed in the reviews of her work left by others.Amy has a great imagination, and she comes up with good stories.  Even when she tiptoes into cliched-fiction-land (vampires, werewolves, zombies) she is able to add her own touch so that it doesn't feel like you're reading the same ol' "Twilight" wannabe.But....she does definitely have editing issues.  If she has a "first reader" or two, they need to be fired.  As I'm not an english teacher, I'm able to move beyond this for the most part, but sometimes she'll mix-up a name and that can cause confusion.  The other problem is that her stories sometimes are a tad disjointed.  Sometimes it feels like she changes direction midway thru and it can be rather wobbly.All that being said, I do enjoy her work.  I think it's well worth the price charged (if you don't snag any for free).  And again, the only reason I drifted into being critical there was to give a heads up to potential readers in case they're the type of folks who lose their mind over small mistakes.  Amy Cross is a good writer, and I believe she will only get better.