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A review by ratetheromance
Spotlight on Poppy by Mary Warren
0.5
DNF at 15%
I was so excited for SPOTLIGHT ON POPPY because I love a fat heroine and this book cover is GORGEOUS.
Sadly, I couldn't continue reading this book past the first few chapters because the editing was non-existent and the writing itself needs work.
I was gifted an ARC of this book, so I went and downloaded the sample chapters from Amazon in case my ARC copy wasn't the final edited version. All the same errors, typos, terrible punctuation, and poor grammar are also in the finished copy.
Typos aside, the writing is very clunky and repetitive. Within two adjacent paragraphs (in chapter 1) the word BEAUTIFUL was used 4 times. FOUR. TIMES.
SPOTLIGHT ON POPPY is written in 3rd person and the author says the main characters' names rough 8 gazillion times per chapter.
Here's an example paragraph from chapter 1: Poppy had to wipe a tear from her own eye. That is what love looked like, and that is what Poppy wanted more than anything. Poppy kept her eyes peeled during the ceremony for the woman who gave Hannah her love spell. If she came, Poppy was going to ask for a spell of her own.
This author needs a bit more time to hone her craft and she absolutely needs an good editor.
I was so excited for SPOTLIGHT ON POPPY because I love a fat heroine and this book cover is GORGEOUS.
Sadly, I couldn't continue reading this book past the first few chapters because the editing was non-existent and the writing itself needs work.
I was gifted an ARC of this book, so I went and downloaded the sample chapters from Amazon in case my ARC copy wasn't the final edited version. All the same errors, typos, terrible punctuation, and poor grammar are also in the finished copy.
Typos aside, the writing is very clunky and repetitive. Within two adjacent paragraphs (in chapter 1) the word BEAUTIFUL was used 4 times. FOUR. TIMES.
SPOTLIGHT ON POPPY is written in 3rd person and the author says the main characters' names rough 8 gazillion times per chapter.
Here's an example paragraph from chapter 1: Poppy had to wipe a tear from her own eye. That is what love looked like, and that is what Poppy wanted more than anything. Poppy kept her eyes peeled during the ceremony for the woman who gave Hannah her love spell. If she came, Poppy was going to ask for a spell of her own.
This author needs a bit more time to hone her craft and she absolutely needs an good editor.