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A review by nikonxnicki
The Gilded Survivor by Daniela A. Mera
4.0
I had the honor of being able to read this book as an ARC in exchange for reviews and I hope the author continues her progress on an amazing story. This book was a bit of a slow burn and at first I wasn't entirely sure I would really like it. There is a LOT of world and character building that goes into the first installment of this series. I do, however, think that some of the information was really key in figuring out what was going on toward the end.
I debated between giving a 3 and a 4 star review because although the story line and the amazing cliff hanger ending deserves a 5 star review, there were way too many grammatical and spelling errors to have already been edited. I'm no grammar or spelling nut, I'm not even an English major, but I had to re-read several sentences throughout the book because while my brain could skip over the words, I had to make sure I was reading it correctly. Ultimately, this book deserves a good rating because if the editing were better, the story line is amazing and different enough that I crave more. I've already pre-ordered the sequel because I want to know what happens, but I'm hoping that the editing is better in the next installment.
This is the first time I've read anything from this author so I'm not sure if the errors are common but I can tell that she knows how to captivate her audience. I also think it would have been helpful for the Spanish translations to be put next to the Spanish itself instead of at the end of the book. A lot of the time, I was having to rely on my kindle translation but we all know how sometimes translators don't do the best and I loved the way the author described the translations at the end, it just would have been helpful as a side by side.
I debated between giving a 3 and a 4 star review because although the story line and the amazing cliff hanger ending deserves a 5 star review, there were way too many grammatical and spelling errors to have already been edited. I'm no grammar or spelling nut, I'm not even an English major, but I had to re-read several sentences throughout the book because while my brain could skip over the words, I had to make sure I was reading it correctly. Ultimately, this book deserves a good rating because if the editing were better, the story line is amazing and different enough that I crave more. I've already pre-ordered the sequel because I want to know what happens, but I'm hoping that the editing is better in the next installment.
This is the first time I've read anything from this author so I'm not sure if the errors are common but I can tell that she knows how to captivate her audience. I also think it would have been helpful for the Spanish translations to be put next to the Spanish itself instead of at the end of the book. A lot of the time, I was having to rely on my kindle translation but we all know how sometimes translators don't do the best and I loved the way the author described the translations at the end, it just would have been helpful as a side by side.