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Identity by Cleo Scornavacca
3.0
Reviewed by Leanne for A girl who loves books
3 stars
So, book 1 in the series, Miss Taken, I couldn't say I was particularly thrilled with it but it was good enough to warrant a glance at book 2, Identity.
As soon as I began this one I was pleased I did. Dominick’s Point of view was a breath of fresh air. After the way he was portrayed in Miss Taken it was nice to see him for him. Reading on I found this one much faster paced and a more enjoyable read. The characters come to life a lot more, particularly Rain towards the end of this book, and play more of a role through conversation, there’s more action from them too, as well as in the storyline itself. A lot of the questions from book 1 have been answered but then a lot more have been asked and left unanswered ready for number 3
However once I got going I realised that the editing is bad. There is a lot of repetition about feelings and characterisation which, by the time I was half way through the book had me eye rolling. Also a major overuse of the same phrases, within sentences of each other. I found much of the speaking is very wooden, not particularly conversational. There is also quite a massive error in the section where Rain’s dad is hospitalised and even though I’m British and not 100% with American terms, I’m pretty sure there are quite a few wrong words (for example, at her art show she has a chocolate foundation for the fruit!)
While I enjoy reading about a healthy sexual relationship in books of this genre, I think the author has gone over the top just a fraction here. Some of the scenes feel like wasted words, or actually words that didn’t need using at all! I admit to skipping some of them!
It is such a shame that these editing issues are so glaringly obvious because otherwise this would have been a definite 4 star review from me.
3 stars
So, book 1 in the series, Miss Taken, I couldn't say I was particularly thrilled with it but it was good enough to warrant a glance at book 2, Identity.
As soon as I began this one I was pleased I did. Dominick’s Point of view was a breath of fresh air. After the way he was portrayed in Miss Taken it was nice to see him for him. Reading on I found this one much faster paced and a more enjoyable read. The characters come to life a lot more, particularly Rain towards the end of this book, and play more of a role through conversation, there’s more action from them too, as well as in the storyline itself. A lot of the questions from book 1 have been answered but then a lot more have been asked and left unanswered ready for number 3
However once I got going I realised that the editing is bad. There is a lot of repetition about feelings and characterisation which, by the time I was half way through the book had me eye rolling. Also a major overuse of the same phrases, within sentences of each other. I found much of the speaking is very wooden, not particularly conversational. There is also quite a massive error in the section where Rain’s dad is hospitalised and even though I’m British and not 100% with American terms, I’m pretty sure there are quite a few wrong words (for example, at her art show she has a chocolate foundation for the fruit!)
While I enjoy reading about a healthy sexual relationship in books of this genre, I think the author has gone over the top just a fraction here. Some of the scenes feel like wasted words, or actually words that didn’t need using at all! I admit to skipping some of them!
It is such a shame that these editing issues are so glaringly obvious because otherwise this would have been a definite 4 star review from me.