Review: Poor editing nearly ruins a good story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2012
Like other reviewers, I was very annoyed at the typos. I'm a word nerd so I was really appalled but most folks aren't as frustrated by this so I took it down a notch. There were so many misspellings, I began highlighting them in case anyone (publisher) wanted feedback. Maybe if we all highlight them, Amazon can use the highlighted function in the Kindle app to identify them without much work. Oddly enough, the first book in the series did not have as many typos. I even went back and scanned it again thinking it was just my impression.Romance stories are always a bit escapist but there were enough plot inconsistencies that I felt the story was a first draft that needed a firm editor's hand. For example, Kitty is a very proper lady. Jack is a womanizer. Did neither of them consider an unplanned pregnancy? Also, when called back to NY, am I the only one who thought it might be a ploy by Kitty's husband Frederick?Finally, the speech in this book seems off. Several characters use the term 'you know?' throughout the book. This doesn't feel right but I'm not an expert. It made me think of my kids' high school writing level.Being married to a Scotsman, I think Ms. Fortin's occasional use of the spelling for Scottish speech patterns felt right, meaning they are consistent with other spellings I've seen/heard (e.g., fook for the f-word). I'd have liked to see a little more of this slang since it highlighted Jack's personality and the proper English spelling made him seem a little bland.Ms. Fortin tells an interesting story so I finished the book. I'm torn on whether to buy the next one but hate to not have finished the series. I'm just not sure I could take another book of typos when there are so many well edited books (e.g., Grace Burrowes, Lisa Kleypas, Donna Kaufmann, Mary Wine's works and so forth.)