Review: Interesting story, though the "teh's" were distracting
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
I loved the premise of Cloud Walking, and since it was only $0.99 I purchased it without first downloading a sample. I still love the premise, and I truly liked the characters. Part of me really wants to readI’m pretty tolerant when it comes to typos in books. As a writer, I know how easy it is for them to slide under the radar, even when the book has been read by several people. That being said, the version of Cloud Walking that I was riddled with typos, the most common on being teh instead of the. The typos didn’t impact my ability to read the story, but I felt it was worth noting.In the beginning, the writing was quite active and I felt engaged and connected with the characters, but at about the 30% mark, the writing voice seemed to take a turn, and instead of going through the story with Rachel and Daniel, I felt like they were sitting across from me telling me what happened.The thing that bugs me about Cloud Walking is that towards the end, the author tends to skip over big things that happen. The characters talk about the dance, which is a plot point, but I think the story would enjoyed Cloud Walking better had I been able to experience the event with the characters. There were a few other instances where it felt like the author was skipping over big details. I know that Cloud Walking was supposed to be a companion stories to the other books in the series, and maybe the author was worried about spoiling her longer, stories, but the tendency of skipping big scenes makes me hesitate about whether or not I want to spend the money on the longer stories, even though I do want to know what’s going on with Maggie and her beau.I still love the characters in this book and feel that the author did an excellent job of letting their relationship grow in a nicely organic manner.