Review: "Horrible" pretty much covers it
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2012
Between the grammar and malaprops (personal pet peeve, I admit), this was a painful read.Aside from the technical, though, the story itself was lacking. I generally enjoy stories of alternate realities, particularly when the main character is from the alternate and the story is about their reactions to *our* reality, things we take for granted and understand. But in this case, the author skipped almost every opportunity to explore Hilda's reactions to the differences in our reality, and those few he noted were very surface references only.Obstacles are set up but instead of creating tension for Hilda, in every single circumstance she just throws a spell at whatever isn't going her way and it's all "fixed" to her preferences. There simply IS no tension in the story! Even when a geas it set on her to not use her magic to get herself out of any fix that should arise, she breaks that geas as soon as it becomes inconvenient and there are no consequences whatsoever to her.I got the distinct impression that the author does not speak English as a first language and could use a good editor to fix the grammar, spelling, and repeated use of the same malaprops.