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A review by shinysue
An Earl Unmasked by Rachel Ann Smith
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This is a cute story. I like that it basically takes place in one house over the course of a few days, not quite a house party, even more intimate.
The writing was really clunky, I assume Smith is a new author. Some parts of the book, particularly in the latter half, are better written. It's like there's portions of the text that were "telling, not showing", they were rewritten to be actions, but it wasn't done correctly. The descriptions of events as they happen is a little off, like placing conclusion before how the character got to the conclusion, and the following explanation doesn't quite make sense. It makes the characters feel like checkboxes more than actual characters. This was less of a problem in the second half of the book, until the last few chapters where it happened again.
I think the author has some really neat ideas and I'll be reading more.
The writing was really clunky, I assume Smith is a new author. Some parts of the book, particularly in the latter half, are better written. It's like there's portions of the text that were "telling, not showing", they were rewritten to be actions, but it wasn't done correctly. The descriptions of events as they happen is a little off, like placing conclusion before how the character got to the conclusion, and the following explanation doesn't quite make sense. It makes the characters feel like checkboxes more than actual characters. This was less of a problem in the second half of the book, until the last few chapters where it happened again.
I think the author has some really neat ideas and I'll be reading more.