Review: Editor.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2014
That's what this book needed.I can't believe I read the whole series. I know I wasted my time but I hate leaving things unfinished.SPOILER ALERTS!This entire series needs an editor in the worst way. There is no way the author could have even reread what she wrote. If it's a blog post, that's fine. But this is a novel that I PAID for. Not cool. It frustrates me when authors put this kind of poorly edited stuff out there because it gives a bad reputation to all self-pubbed books.It got to the point where any time Cameron "knew it was probably the last time she'd see (insert name)", I rolled my eyes, knowing that we'd see the character in a couple of chapters. I can't even count the number of times this was said. It's embarrassing.Pretty much every terrible plot device that can be used was used  in this series.Dead people who weren't really dead? Check (twice)Fainting spell at inopportune time? CheckSudden savior who was thought to be an enemy? CheckInaccurate information? CheckNatural disaster that saves heroine? CheckSurprise sibling? CheckPaternity confusion? CheckIt's as if the author was watching too much Days of Our Lives when she wrote this.And the best part is, I could have actually gotten past all of that, maybe. I couldn't get past the whiney protagonist. I couldn't get past the inaccuracies within the text.HERE ARE THE SPOILERS. STOP READING IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.Supposedly Cameron thought her dad died when she was an infant, yet she has memories of him? Supposedly Cameron recognizes her thought to be dead father because he looks just like her but then- Wait! He isn't even her father? It felt like the series was written by ten different people who had no idea what the other authors were writing.By far the worst of it all was that there couldn't be any dialogue without a minimum of two paragraphs either explaining what the dialogue meant or the protagonist whining about what was said. The series could have been cut down to one book if the author would have restrained herself from repeating the same thing multiple times.I'm glad Lewis ended up with Cameron because, quite frankly, I wanted to hit her in the face with a shovel by the end of it. Lewis, the poor guy, was suffering from brain damage, obviously. You lucked out, Cameron. No one else would put up with your crap.Get a beta reader, Lori Brighton. In fact, get ten. And then get an editor, too.