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A review by jscarpa14
First Score by Lyssa Lemire
3.0
Editing and more Blondes
I pulled a full star for the clichéd blonde because I'm so tired of having 4 out of 5 romance novels I pick up be about yet another blonde.
My other big issue here is something I let slide on my review of the second book in the series which I read first since it wasn't about a blonde. Editing. They typos and mistakes in the book are high school level and not nearly professional. One chapter literally has the point of view listed as Key. His brother's fiancé is both Katherine and Catherine. There are scenes where physical actions are skipped and I found myself rereading trying to make sense of them. I'm not saying Lemire doesn't have a lot of skill as a writer but a lack of basic copy editing is entirely unprofessional.
It's an interesting story that I enjoyed, but I'd have preferred to read the final draft instead of a published rough.
I pulled a full star for the clichéd blonde because I'm so tired of having 4 out of 5 romance novels I pick up be about yet another blonde.
My other big issue here is something I let slide on my review of the second book in the series which I read first since it wasn't about a blonde. Editing. They typos and mistakes in the book are high school level and not nearly professional. One chapter literally has the point of view listed as Key. His brother's fiancé is both Katherine and Catherine. There are scenes where physical actions are skipped and I found myself rereading trying to make sense of them. I'm not saying Lemire doesn't have a lot of skill as a writer but a lack of basic copy editing is entirely unprofessional.
It's an interesting story that I enjoyed, but I'd have preferred to read the final draft instead of a published rough.