The plot and story line are great. The poor editing with bad grammar
345670
The plot and story line are great. The poor editing with bad grammar, spelling, & word placement are extremely distracting.
727330
I enjoyed the plot very much, which is what kept me reading despite the deplorable proofreading and editing job that left this book peppered with grammatical errors.
1291524
This is so frustrating because this is a GOOD story.  The editing/proofing of this book is very, very bad.  Wrong words are used over and over - for example "passed" is used for "past" consistently and the punctuation is lacking  - often there are no question marks when there REALLY should be question marks.  It is sometimes difficult to figure out who is speaking.

The story is great - all the Brawlers/Twirled stories are top notch but the editing issues REALLY need to be fixed by the time the author is 4 books into a series - makes me wonder if they don't really care.
3886438
First, I love the story line and the characters.  Engaging people doing interesting things in an imaginative world.  So far I've read books 1 and 2 of this series in about 5 hours each.  However, I get the distinct impression they were rushed to publication.  The editing leaves a lot for me to desire.  Some paragraphs don't make sense.  A main character was referred to in the text by name before the reader had been introduced to him in Sworn to Raise.  At times, the pacing is a little odd.  I understand typographical errors, especially in inexpensive e-books; I can forgive the occasional grammatical misstep.  Unfortunately, the editing errors in the Courtlight series so far have significantly detracted from my enjoyment of the books.  I will admit to having seriously debated with myself about getting the 3rd book and enjoying the continuation of Ciardis' story, or saving myself the $3 and the irritation and simply moving on to another author.
2070085
The story has a good plot, an interesting take on what could happen if the military were to take over. It was fairly easy to form a connection with Joe and to a lesser degree Zeb, but the other characters didn't seem to be as well developed. Although the story was fascinating to me, the grammatical errors made it harder to follow along. Would be at least 4 stars if the spelling and grammar could be cleaned up.
3178921
The story was really good. It let you get to know each of the individual characters in the book so you were concerned about them, but the editing in both books of this series is really bad.  I would have given these a five star rating if it wasn't for all the misspelled and jumbled sentences.
607784
I liked the plot of the story, it is interesting and has many surprising turns. However, the book has some grammar and spelling mistakes which made the reading less pleasurable to me.
3945416
I am really enjoying the story, and the characters.  They are definitely on a par with the previous books in this series. But...the editing leaves a lot to be desired, and is rather spoiling an excellent book.  Sentences that are choppy, or don't make sense.  Incorrect words, or a word missing, such as "did" instead of "didn't".  I've only read about a third of the book and frequently finding myself re-reading a sentence to figure out what it should have said.  Irritating, but the story is so good I will ignore the errors and finish the book.  I believe the author should have some serious words with her publisher for allowing such poor quality editing.
2735592
Great plot almost ruined by typos. I can overlook a few mistakes but this book was full of errors. Some of them were so bad I had to stop and think about what was supposed to be there. That knocks me out of a story like a splash of ice water. The story, however, was good. Get a proof reader!
555343
I think I might have given this book 5 stars if it weren't for the surprising number of grammar and spelling errors.  I don't have a problem with a few mistakes, but these were so frequent I was distracted from the story.  Nevertheless, the plot was very interesting and it was a very fast read so I'm rating it 4.5 stars.  I'm looking forward to the next in this series.
403379
I really loved this story and enjoyed the depth with which the main characters were explored, however the massive number of grammatical errors (spanning wrongly spelled words, incorrect words such as Weather instead of Whether, capitalized words in the middle of sentences for NO reason as well as the incorrect or mixed usage of past, present and future tense in the same paragraph) really dropped me out of the story every 10 or 15 mins. It made it very hard for me to lose myself in the story when I had to constantly be correcting the wording to make it right. This author has a lot of talent and a good storyline. She does however need to invest in a proofreader who understands proper grammar or get herself a copy of MS word to spell and grammar check her work before publishing it.
3755610
The plot was great, the characters well developed and the various situations were believable and engaging. The spelling and grammar errors were nonexistent, which is a major plus,as I'm at grammar and spelling Nazi (I blame my mom for this tendency...and thank goodness for her)  The only issue I have is that I begin to care about the characters and get into the story.....and....snap!  It's over.  Too short.  Otherwise it was wonderful.
1319810
Great mystery but the editing leaves a lot to be desired.  Numerous times where a preposition or pronoun is missing or words are repeated.
4562062
The plot works and the characters are pretty strong. But repeated bad grammar is really annoying and drops this book from professional to amateur. When her and Barker went into the garden. Bored of my job. They should have got it earlier. Arrrgghhhhhhg!!!!! Hire a bloody copy editor if you can't be bothered to check your grammar.
4246489
Storyline was great. Loved the suspense and plot but someone really needs to do a better job of proofreading. There were many misused words "horse instead of hoarse; cone of silence instead of code of silence, etc...). Paragraphs ran together; so much so I had to keep going back and re-reading just to figure out what just happened. Then there was the constant switch from first person to third person and past to present tense; sometimes in the same paragraph. It becomes very distracting to read when it's on every page. I'm glad it was a free read on my kindle.
4729460
I really liked the storyline and the writing itself was great, but there were a BUNCH of grammatical/spelling errors that really should've been picked up by the editor. Instead, they were very distracting.
3325640
This book would have 4 stars from me but it needs an editor very badly. Beyond the spelling and grammar there is repetition throughout of ideas.

All that being said this is a great read with story and character elements that are a lot of fun.  It has humor and action, with a drop of philosophy built in.

Thanks Mr. Mancour, let's find you an editor.