Review: Disappointing to say the least
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 15, 2014
I orginally chose this series because I love this author's imagination and what she puts into her stories. However, I know going in that they will be riddled with grammatical errors as though a teenager wrote it last minute. I just can't seem to get enough of the adventure she provides in her stories and I keep hoping that someday she will employ a decent editor or do what other authors do and provide beta readings in which her fans can help her out for free. Then she could validate charging money or even more money.Unfortunately, this story has been her worst yet and is no way a best seller. If she even bothered to do one read through and a small bit of editing, it would have made this series more enjoyable. Instead, I was overwhelmed by the typos, grammatical, errors, misspellings and outlandish, inaccuracies of the sharks. I'm no shark expert and yet much of what went on was unbelievable. What bothers me the most is that she claims at the end of all of her books to have put them through a "gazillion" edits and to contact her personally if you find any mistakes. However, it's obvious that no editing has been done and she doesn't seem to respond well to being contacted about her mistakes. I found myself so frustrated many times that I almost didn't finish. It's ridiculous to have to reread a sentence multiple times to try to figure out what the author is trying to say.As for the series itself, I will try not to include spoilers, but I'm sorry if a few slip out. This series is based on the idea of a Shark Park built near the Great Barrier Reef. This idea alone is quite intriguing and the description of the underwater building is wonderful and made me feel as though I was actually there. However, some things did not quite go together and I feel that at some points she lost her notes and just filled things in because they didn't quite mesh. The description of the sharks were okay, but could definitely have been more detailed and rounded. This also goes for the main characters. They were somewhat flat and had a lot of potential, but were surely lacking.It starts off with adventure on the water where two of the main characters, Dillion and his one-armed father Callum (who lost his arm to a Great White Shark) are out catching sharks for the shark park,  Salechii. As always, the adventure is intense and keeps you on the edge of your seat. However, I kept getting distracted by all of the grammatical errors and mispellings of peoples names and the Shark Park island Salechii. The adventure continues, there is romance, danger, horror, sadness, grief and all emotions throughout the series. For this, I think she did a good job and even with the errors didn't want to put the book down. That's why I gave it a 3. If it wasn't for all of the errors, I would give it a 4 or 5.If you don't mind grammatical errors and an overflow of typos, and if you can get this for free, it's worth it. However, for the .99 I paid, I would like a refund.I hope that this helps and that she actually takes these reviews into consideration for constructive criticism. I will try to make my notes and highlights public for you to see.