Review: I was willing to "Gamble" but I picked a real loser.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2012
First and foremost let me say that this is NOT a complete book...Oh no, it takes you to a point and then abruptly stops (except for the quick pitch to buy more of the author's books).  Yes, it states in the description that this is the third installment in a series but it doesn't state that it apparently starts in the middle and ends there as well.  I'd call it an excerpt at best.  This is possibly the worst book, or part thereof, I have EVER read.  I really feel sorry for the English teachers the author acknowledges at the end of the story; their careers are probably over after that citation.The author seems incapable of saying "he said", "she said", etc..  He sometimes states the name of the person who is speaking multiple times in one sentence.  He jumps from person to person like a mouse in a giant fire-ant mound.  There are enough grammar and punctuation errors to sink a battleship, and the run-on sentences are exhausting.  "How about an example?"  Okay, here goes, but if you don't find anything wrong...then I suggest you buy and read the entire series; it will suit you just fine. (Paraphrasing here): The author writes that Jim and Jessica take a Greyhound bus back to Memphis and suffer through a long, cramped bus ride with passengers who are eating Harold's Chicken and licking mild sauce off their fingertips and a handful of passengers who stink of ass and musk.  If you're not laughing by now let me break it down for you...Wouldn't you love to be on a bus with passengers who smell like ass and musk and in addition get to watch them licking mild chicken sauce off of each other?  Sounds like my kind of a bus ride.If you want to have one last chance to save yourself before you jump into this train wreck, read the author's afterword FIRST, it will tell you everything you need to know about the fantastic journey which awaits you.Look, I'm willing to read and give a chance to almost anything; and if I'm going to review it, I am going to read it completely.  That's just the way I operate, but when I read books like this one cover to cover...I rue the day I made that decision.  Why not just water board myself???  It would be easier to endure.Suggestions to author:1  GET AN EDITOR and then follow his/her advice; if they say it sucks...believe them.2  Give away the FIRST installment (as you call it) so people have a clue as  to what is going on.3  "Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run".  (Kenny Rogers, The Gambler)