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isalaur 's review for:
Bachelor at Her Bidding
by Kate Hardy
If you set a book in Montana, get an American editor
The story here was sweet and cute but it is obvious that the author is not an American English speaker. So much of the vernacular is just plain wrong and it takes your head right out of the story...and for me that's an unforgivable offense. Truly, what would it take to have Beta readers or an editor or someone who actually lives in the place you are setting your story to correct your jargon?! This is so irritating to me because it's sloppy and lazy.
The story here was sweet and cute but it is obvious that the author is not an American English speaker. So much of the vernacular is just plain wrong and it takes your head right out of the story...and for me that's an unforgivable offense. Truly, what would it take to have Beta readers or an editor or someone who actually lives in the place you are setting your story to correct your jargon?! This is so irritating to me because it's sloppy and lazy.