Review: Scary Shifters..Even Scarier Spelling and Grammar
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 6, 2013
OK, Mercy has a BIG problem:(Were)wolves ate her parents. No that's not really the big problem.Her parents were werewolves. No, that's not really it either, because Mercy doesn't even know that werewolves actually exist.No, the BIG problem is that SHE is a werewolf and will shift any day now - and not one damn person who knows her will tell her the truth. Now that is a BIG problem.Seriously, parents that don't tell their kids that they're adopted have nothing on Mercy's family and friends. Because they don't even really worry about what will happen if she should shift say, right in the middle of the mall or something. That could be an issue.MORONS!As far as shifter stories go, this one was particularly ludicrous. Except that it's really good. It's well written, it holds the attention, and being that the sequel just came out I can read them piggyback and not be tormented by a cliffhanger!Now, here is what I didn't like:The editing / proofreading was APPALLING! HORRIBLE! AWFUL! Uggghhh. So many misspelled words, missing words, extra words. It was actually quite sad. I edit. I can absolutely guarantee this was run through spell check without a human visual - too many words that were spelled incorrectly with well, correctly spelled words. Just the wrong ones (i.e. too/to, they're/their). No, no, no, no. Ms. Flynn is a good author and should use a separate editor. I just kept getting yanked out of the story with all the mistakes. Also, contractions - or the lack thereof. Americans just don't speak this way. We're an informal people, and we use contractions a lot. And teenagers even more so.I'm going to say in advance that, since I've just about finished the sequel (and btw? Every male in these books is essentially clueless. We are not that dumb in real life, but it made for a lot of laughs) the same mistakes occur. When I read, I will excuse a few mistakes. But for this one, I'm knocking off two stars. It's probably the worst edited book I've ever read on my Kindle, and that's a shame because the author has talent. I'll still read more of her work because I do like what she has to say, but I will take Tylenol in advance.