Review: A Little Editing Goes a Long Way
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2013
I almost put this book down after the first page. I couldn't tell if the novel had begun or if there was a preview of another novel where the beginning should be. Since this could be just a hiccup with formatting, I did use patience and eventually got through the work. The story wasn't too bad, a little brassy and it was difficult to find the sexiness in Brad underneath the clumsy descriptions, but I chalked that up to personal taste. What bugged me most was the misuse of phrases (it's "bury the hatchet", "deep-seated fear", and "highly sought after") and missing words (more than once I found a mysterious letter "s" where a verb should have been). The errors were nothing a keen proofreader couldn't have sorted, so I kept reading.Other than the heroine not being as likable as I hoped she would become, and the slightly disgusting parts which rather than making it realistic made it almost too much for me to endure (if I want someone who burps and farts I have an actual husband, it's not a quality I look for in a protagonist in a romance), the story had some funny moments and a few scenes that were steamy enough to keep my interest. I will give this fledgling author at least one more shot before I give up on her.