Review: OK read - but her inexperience shows.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2013
First off...the author shows lots of promise as an upcoming author.  She's young (which shows in her writing) but even so - there are some things that even young authors need to utilize.  In her case, a thesaurus.  The grammar is TERRIBLE. I can overlook that if the story line is good.  This one was fair.  Its strikingly similar to Stephanie Meyer's Twilight but an okay knock-off. However, that being said there were certain things I couldn't get past:**Her utilization of "Mommy" and "Daddy"....seriously? I have a 6 and 7 year old (respectively) and neither of them use those!  I am pretty certain most teenagers DON'T talk like that {with the exception of hitting up said Mommy and Daddy for money} and if they do use such titles on a regular basis they most likely have some attachment issues that need to be worked through...**Using "smelt" when it should be "smelled".  This happens repeatedly. ALSO - note to author - a SMELT is a type of fish.**Her incorrect use of accept/except, effect/affect, and sadly the list goes on.  Again - THESAURUS.I'd rate this book as fair.  I like her writing, but her inexperience shows.  She ought to join some writing groups and have more than one person (who IS familiar with grammar, etc...) review her book. I've also read her other books: Outsider, Insider, and I have the same complaints for those books as I've mentioned above.  If you're wanting a quick book to pass time this may be okay for that.  Providing you are one that can overlook glaring grammatical errors.