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Publisher: By the author, produced by Boston Writers Publishing
Pages: 232
My rating: 2 stars
Ages:18+
In nine short stories, the reader is introduced to nine different people who overcome trials in a variety of ways. From Halley learning to use her gift to Elysha fighting for her life and her treasure.
I liked that Azzara's stories are about people overcoming their difficulties, even if I didn't think that the way that some of them overcame them was the best way to do so. And I have a lot of respect for someone who puts their fiction out there for the world to see and judge.
That being said . . . I guess it's time for my judgment. It's difficult to turn off my editor's eyes. I've trained to have them and sometimes I can, but sometimes I can't. I think that Azzara would have benefitted from the help of a substantive editor during the revision phase, and a proofreader/copy editor before printing. I came across chronological errors, as well as some typos. In one story, it seemed that Azzara's character bio for the main character was left in--because I couldn't make it fit into the story.
It's obvious that Azzara loves to write. It was clear that he did a lot of research for his stories.
There is some language and sexual situations.
*I received this book from the author in exchange for this review.
Hi Whitney,
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking time to review my book. I wanted you to know that I did in fact have both a professional editor and a separate proofreader work on the book. It went through an editorial eval as well. I've tried hard to present a professionally written book and though it is not perfect it was not from the lack of trying.
If you have suggestions on what else I can do to improve future books (and there are books in the works - look for the title The Lottery Curse this fall) I'd appreciate your thoughts.
Kind regards,
Carey