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A review by theferalhousewivesbookclub
The Coast by Donna Costello
1.0
1.5/5
So the author reached out to me and asked if I could read and review this for her, gotta give her credit for having the balls to self promote like that. Now, y’all need to bear with me for a minute, because my reviews are first and foremost MY honest opinion…
It was really rough, I’m not gunna lie to you. There were a lot of grammatical errors and the third person POV is really hard to pull off and I don’t think it works very well here. It also seems like there are a lot of half finished thoughts, which is really jarring and makes it feel like it’s constantly starting and stopping. The language being used jumps back and forth between contemporary and something out of a historical romance, which definitely needs to be changed. She needs to pick a decade and stick to it. Also, I can tell just from the first page that she doesn’t actually know a whole lot about cowboys or rodeo life, so it would be prudent to do a bit more research before diving into any more cowboy romances.
Now all of that being said…
There is potential for a story here. We got zero backstory, which I’m guessing was intentional and she’s done a good job at piquing my curiosity. I do want to know what happens next, what his diagnosis is and who Gina is to him etc etc. I also wanna know what happened to get them to this point. But, I wouldn’t be able to read anything longer than this with the way it’s written right now. I would DNF it so fast because it’s really painful to read. I’m not trying to discourage the author, because I do think there’s a decent story here somewhere, she’s just going to need to put a lot of work into it.
Also, gotta give her credit for putting this teaser up on KU and making money on every page turned while she writes the full novel. It’s smart, manipulative, but smart and I like it haha.
So the author reached out to me and asked if I could read and review this for her, gotta give her credit for having the balls to self promote like that. Now, y’all need to bear with me for a minute, because my reviews are first and foremost MY honest opinion…
It was really rough, I’m not gunna lie to you. There were a lot of grammatical errors and the third person POV is really hard to pull off and I don’t think it works very well here. It also seems like there are a lot of half finished thoughts, which is really jarring and makes it feel like it’s constantly starting and stopping. The language being used jumps back and forth between contemporary and something out of a historical romance, which definitely needs to be changed. She needs to pick a decade and stick to it. Also, I can tell just from the first page that she doesn’t actually know a whole lot about cowboys or rodeo life, so it would be prudent to do a bit more research before diving into any more cowboy romances.
Now all of that being said…
There is potential for a story here. We got zero backstory, which I’m guessing was intentional and she’s done a good job at piquing my curiosity. I do want to know what happens next, what his diagnosis is and who Gina is to him etc etc. I also wanna know what happened to get them to this point. But, I wouldn’t be able to read anything longer than this with the way it’s written right now. I would DNF it so fast because it’s really painful to read. I’m not trying to discourage the author, because I do think there’s a decent story here somewhere, she’s just going to need to put a lot of work into it.
Also, gotta give her credit for putting this teaser up on KU and making money on every page turned while she writes the full novel. It’s smart, manipulative, but smart and I like it haha.