Review: Three is not a charm
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2012
This is the third book in the series and, unfortunately, three is not a charm.  After reading the first two books in the series, I would not have read this one except: (1) I wanted to see if the author was improving and, (2) it was free on Kindle.  I'm so glad I didn't pay for this one.Here's what I liked about the book: nothing much, really.  It was OK.  Just OK.Here are the issues I had with the book:(1) Editing mistakes too numerous to enumerate.  As in the first two books in this series, there were egregious errors in grammar, spelling, word usage, and vocabulary, in addition to a multitude of typos.  There were all too many shifts in verb tense.  As in the previous two books, the author does not understand the use of "might" and "may" and it drove me crazy.  I kept wanting to pick up a red pen and edit the book instead of reading it.  If I had not been reading it on Kindle, I probably would have marked up the book with red pencil and mailed it to the author just so she could see all of her errors.(2)  Many errors in portraying the Regency period.  There are too many to recount here.  If you are a traditional Regency fan, you will notice them, believe me.  They start from almost the first, with the hero and heroine only introducing themselves with their first names and only calling each other by their first names thereafter.(3)  I gave the author kudos for getting Mr. Marius Parker and Lady Sabrina's titles correct in book two of the series.  I'm going to have to take back that praise because in this book, the author refers to Marius Parker as Lord Parker...a title that is incorrect unless his older brother died since the last book.  Since the author makes no mention of Marius Parker's brother dying and Marius inheriting the title, I have to assume she gave Marius the title of Lord by mistake.(4) I started out liking the heroine but got very annoyed with her quickly.  She was raised by her father to be very egalitarian but she seems the most class conscious character I've come across in a long time.  She put herself down a lot too...not because she felt herself to be inferior, but because she felt her social standing was inferior.  NOT a likeable characteristic.(5) I got fed up with the author using the wrong words.  Here's an example:  "Dillon was exacerbated." (sic)  I don't think so.  I'm fairly confident the author meant exasperated, not exacerbated...but she either doesn't know the difference or didn't catch the mistake in her proofreading.  There are mistakes like this all through the book.Given all the errors in all three of the books in this series, I have serious doubts the author proofreads them before publishing them.  They are all in serious need of an editor.  Maybe the author doesn't think those kinds of mistakes are important, but I can tell you this:  I won't be reading more of her books unless this changes.