Review: Hate the writer's marketing - love the writer's work
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2014
Okay I have this is a love-hate thing going on after reading this unfinished story.Love1.If you read a lot of humor, chick lit & cozy mysteries like I do, you'll fall in love with this.2. Writing style is perfect. It's written in the first person perspective, which, unless you're J. Evanovich can be a very stilted and flat telling-not-showing affair. This author dances around it with gems like this intro to Trixie, "I wouldn't call myself a 'glass half empty' gal, as I wasn't negative, but rather a'glass half-full so we better drink slowly because there's no back up in the pantry' gal.3.Great humor, pacing, dialogue, characters, and plot (although I have no idea about the resolution of said plot)Hate1. THIS IS NOT A STORY, THIS IS A 'BOOK 1 OF A SERIES THAT MAKE UP A COMPLETE STORY.This fact needs to be in the blurb, title or somewhere for the consumer to know what to expect. This less-then-honest marketing makes people angry and their 1 star ratings are killing the author's future goodwill and good standing in the Kindle community with this series.2. The cost is too high for the conclusion plus another 'free prequel' which I read as being just like this book. $3.99 for 338 pages including this prequel (plus the other prequel) sold as a box set...I have never heard of a box set with only 338 pages before, that's the length of a novel. It just feels greedy and weird to me. The author should quit insulting us and just be upfront and honest with her cost. This story is $3.99. period.3. Needs editing. For example the quote  from the book above actually ended with both a comma and a period. And the Kindle format has HTML errors, instead of uploading text in italics my iPad shows the HTML code. Not a deal breaker if you read a lot of Kindle books but it's annoying and breaks the rhythm.If this had been marketed with honesty I would be giving this tasty morsel a very solid 5-star rating and buying the rest of the story. As it is now, I'm in love-hate limbo and give it 3-stars and I'm being VERY generous. I will not be buying the conclusion nor other books marketed in this manor.