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A review by mollywetta
After Eden by Katherine Pine
1.0
I had to give this one up at about 60%. I wanted to check out some independently published books, and this one has a great cover that drew me in, but I was very disappointed.
The premise is not too bad. As far as fallen angels go, it's fairly standard. The twist is that God cursed demons to be killed by any humans they fall in love with. It had potential, but there are several fundamental problems.
First is editing. I can't stress this enough. Everyone needs a professional copy editor at the very least. This book was riddled with errors that even a decent literary minded friend could have caught.
But I would have overlooked a few errors if the basic plot would have made sense. The demon -angel-devil mythology was confusing. The pacing was terrible. There were little snippets of nice writing, but I basically felt like this was just ready to be workshopped rather than published.
I also couldn't forgive the absolutely cheesy Twilight reference to sparkling vampires. I should have given up at that point.
I could say more but none of it would be favorable.
The premise is not too bad. As far as fallen angels go, it's fairly standard. The twist is that God cursed demons to be killed by any humans they fall in love with. It had potential, but there are several fundamental problems.
First is editing. I can't stress this enough. Everyone needs a professional copy editor at the very least. This book was riddled with errors that even a decent literary minded friend could have caught.
But I would have overlooked a few errors if the basic plot would have made sense. The demon -angel-devil mythology was confusing. The pacing was terrible. There were little snippets of nice writing, but I basically felt like this was just ready to be workshopped rather than published.
I also couldn't forgive the absolutely cheesy Twilight reference to sparkling vampires. I should have given up at that point.
I could say more but none of it would be favorable.