Review of: The Promise - The Fallen Series (Book #4)

Title:  The Promise - The Fallen Series (Book #4)
Author:  Jessica Sorenson
Genre: Young Adult/Sci-Fi/Paranormal


The grammatical errors in this book are equal to, if not more than the last book.  At times it starts to take away from your ability to enjoy the story because you're trying to figure out what the author is trying to say.  18% through the book and I've already noted 15 grammatical errors.

This book is markedly different from the previous installments.  At times it gets a little confusing, because we're no longer dealing with the first person narrative we have through the last 3 books.  When a new chapter begins, the characters name is shown in parenthesis, and now you're listening to the story, through their perspective.  Then all of the sudden, another name is in parenthesis, and a new narrative is happening in the first person for that character.  You've got to keep on your toes with this one!  For three books, we are not only dealing with bad editing and mistakes, but we got two people talking and it gets a little quirky and confusing.  There are also way too many questions without answers, and as your frustration grows from there, let me remind you this is a Young Adult series.  If *I'm* getting frustrated and confused what do you think a 13 yr old will be feeling.  I marked over 24 instances of editing errors!

There also seems to be a lot of unnecessary mentioning of songs' names and the bands that are playing the songs.  Like the Author wants you to feel like she understands the youth she's writing for.  

In this Young Adult series, there does seem to be a lot of sexual tensions between characters, however when the chance comes to teach the audience that the characters are consenting adults, she doesn't have them admit their love for each other,  but we are left with just an idea that they were intimate and then an immature off-handed remark, lessening the importance of what the act of making love means.

The ending isn't so much as what the characters wanted as it is a platform to start a spin-off series using the same characters, which disappointed me.  As the "Climactic End" came, we came to expect to see the couples enjoying their new lives, free of tyranny, in happy relationships, something they all complained about not having.  Yet after the climactic end we were all left scratching our heads because it seems like we've got a "new quest".

NOT IMPRESSED!  PLEASE GET A NEW EDITOR!

2.5 OUT OF 5 Bookmarks