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My Alien Prince
by Reverie Harwood
2 ⭐️ Wonderful premise, horrendous writing.
First of all, I want to say that I read this as an eARC provided by Net Galley, which I’m always so grateful for and excited. Getting Advanced Copies of books is one of my favourite things in the world – and hopefully that was what this was. A very early copy.
The premise here reminded me so much of Choosing Theo, which is my absolute favourite alien romance ever, and even though this definitely had the right vibe, the writing really brought this book down. It felt like a rough first draft. There were repeated paragraphs where only two or three words changed, with grammar and spelling mistakes everywhere... Even to the point where the author gets the names of the FMC and the FMC’s sister confused. I’m going to leave some instances of the mistakes that made this book really not work for me, because I think it’s a clearer way to express my thoughts.
Chapter 12: “He crouched down by the bedside so that his head was by my crouch.”
This one was honestly just funny. I literally laugh out loud, because the spelling mistakes were everywhere, but this one’s trying to be hot and… well… the word crotch is not particularly appealing to begin with, but crouch is just funny. Especially since the word is used literally in the same sentence correctly. In general, the vernacular used during the steamy scenes was kind of strange, and the word 'trunk' is used way too often.
Chapter 22: “I wished we had done this much earlier, before we had lost so many people, but at least we had it now. It was a wonderful gift Sara had given us. I would be forever grateful for them and for her.”
Drex here is talking about the female protagonist - the one taking the photos that are here being praised - which is Katy, not her sister Sara.
Chapter 27: “She hadn’t said so, but that seemed to be here goal.”
So yeah, just mistakes like ‘here’ instead of ‘her’ - and maybe one wouldn't matter, but I feel like there was at least one like this in every chapter.
I truly hope this book gets a revision with a decent editor on board, because my recommendation right now would be to not purchase or waste your time reading this one.
⭐️⭐️/ 5
First of all, I want to say that I read this as an eARC provided by Net Galley, which I’m always so grateful for and excited. Getting Advanced Copies of books is one of my favourite things in the world – and hopefully that was what this was. A very early copy.
The premise here reminded me so much of Choosing Theo, which is my absolute favourite alien romance ever, and even though this definitely had the right vibe, the writing really brought this book down. It felt like a rough first draft. There were repeated paragraphs where only two or three words changed, with grammar and spelling mistakes everywhere... Even to the point where the author gets the names of the FMC and the FMC’s sister confused. I’m going to leave some instances of the mistakes that made this book really not work for me, because I think it’s a clearer way to express my thoughts.
Chapter 12: “He crouched down by the bedside so that his head was by my crouch.”
This one was honestly just funny. I literally laugh out loud, because the spelling mistakes were everywhere, but this one’s trying to be hot and… well… the word crotch is not particularly appealing to begin with, but crouch is just funny. Especially since the word is used literally in the same sentence correctly. In general, the vernacular used during the steamy scenes was kind of strange, and the word 'trunk' is used way too often.
Chapter 22: “I wished we had done this much earlier, before we had lost so many people, but at least we had it now. It was a wonderful gift Sara had given us. I would be forever grateful for them and for her.”
Drex here is talking about the female protagonist - the one taking the photos that are here being praised - which is Katy, not her sister Sara.
Chapter 27: “She hadn’t said so, but that seemed to be here goal.”
So yeah, just mistakes like ‘here’ instead of ‘her’ - and maybe one wouldn't matter, but I feel like there was at least one like this in every chapter.
I truly hope this book gets a revision with a decent editor on board, because my recommendation right now would be to not purchase or waste your time reading this one.
⭐️⭐️/ 5