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A review by kandicez
UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn
2.0
Amazon description: “Mina Grime is unlucky, unpopular and uncoordinated; until she saves her crush's life on a field trip, changing her High School status from loser to hero overnight. But with her new found fame brings misfortune in the form of an old family curse come to light. For Mina is descended from the Brothers Grimm and has inherited all of their unfinished fairy tale business. Which includes trying to outwit a powerful Story from making her it's next fairytale victim.
To break the fairy tale curse on her family and make these deadly occurrences stop, Mina must finish the tales until the very Grimm end.”
I wish that I had read this synopsis before buying and then reading this book! There are numerous typos in the synopsis alone and this is on a professional, viewed by millions, website. What would I have expected if I’d read that first? It was a deal in my BookBub email one day and I fell in love with the cover. I didn’t even read the description, just “clicked to buy”. That’s what you get for loving appearances!
The story idea, plot, whatever you want to call it, was appealing and had so much promise. It reminded me of the television show “Once Upon a Time” and the graphic novel series “Fables”. I love the idea of the Fairy Tale world encroaching on our “real world” and while I don’t search out the subject, I generally grab it up when I stumble across it. The idea of this book is the only reason I gave it two stars instead of the one it deserved. If it had been written by someone with more skill (or even just a better editor!) It could have been extraordinary.
In addition to simple typos and incorrect use fo grammar there were plot points that could have used an editor. My understanding is that most authors have a relative ro friend at least peruse their work before submitting it. Whoever read this first must have been a child, the parent of the author or in love with her! I find it discouraging that books are published in such a sloppy manner. It doesn’t look like this is available as an actual paper novel. I hate to think that eBooks are held to a lower standard than physical books.
I just looked and this is actually the first in a series of at least five. I am even embarrassed to admit that I already own one of the others and obviously bought it because of the cover because it is gorgeous. I need to either rethink my book buying strategies or lighten up on my expectations.
To break the fairy tale curse on her family and make these deadly occurrences stop, Mina must finish the tales until the very Grimm end.”
I wish that I had read this synopsis before buying and then reading this book! There are numerous typos in the synopsis alone and this is on a professional, viewed by millions, website. What would I have expected if I’d read that first? It was a deal in my BookBub email one day and I fell in love with the cover. I didn’t even read the description, just “clicked to buy”. That’s what you get for loving appearances!
The story idea, plot, whatever you want to call it, was appealing and had so much promise. It reminded me of the television show “Once Upon a Time” and the graphic novel series “Fables”. I love the idea of the Fairy Tale world encroaching on our “real world” and while I don’t search out the subject, I generally grab it up when I stumble across it. The idea of this book is the only reason I gave it two stars instead of the one it deserved. If it had been written by someone with more skill (or even just a better editor!) It could have been extraordinary.
In addition to simple typos and incorrect use fo grammar there were plot points that could have used an editor. My understanding is that most authors have a relative ro friend at least peruse their work before submitting it. Whoever read this first must have been a child, the parent of the author or in love with her! I find it discouraging that books are published in such a sloppy manner. It doesn’t look like this is available as an actual paper novel. I hate to think that eBooks are held to a lower standard than physical books.
I just looked and this is actually the first in a series of at least five. I am even embarrassed to admit that I already own one of the others and obviously bought it because of the cover because it is gorgeous. I need to either rethink my book buying strategies or lighten up on my expectations.