the story is great. But the misuse of apostrophes is appalling
347886
Yes, the story is great. But the misuse of apostrophes is appalling. Shame on the proofreader.
4258208
The story is great and the book lays it out in a good way but it's seems like it was rushed through proofreading because the typos are way too many and it's takes away a bit from the book.
2438619
The story itself is good, I like the ideas and the storyline. But...the grammar...it's bad. There's nothing worse than getting into a really good book and then get jerked out of it because the author doesn't seem to have a real human edit it. The spelling is fine, but the difference between there, their, and they're...apparently there isn't one and they are interchangeable. Also other words that sound alike get mixed in, like flower/flour, whether/weather, all kinds. It makes it really difficult to read even if the story is good.

That and it's odd that the panther acts like a dog...panthers don't wag their tails or bark. The general continuity of the books are a little off. It's like the author writes themselves into a corner and then everything turns out ok because...well, reasons. The idea of the story is great, but it could be better written and all of the books are like this except the first one where they actually had an editor look it over.
3356094
I really like the story and it kept my attention very well. The only problem was the many, many spelling errors, the use of the wrong words, and even once or twice the use of the wrong character. I have to admit that did cause me pause, but only for a moment. I had to re-read what I had just read to understand what had just happened and then realized the mistake and then continued reading. I do believe it would have been a better read without the mistakes. What ever happened to the old copy editors?
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.
4153582
I love the character ooze as it is truly unique.  The magic is inventive and the story moves along quickly.  But oh!  As a professor of English for 33 years I am so bothered by the sliding from verb tense to tense in a single sentence let alone throughout the entire story!  And the misuse if words and the many grammatical mistakes.  Where, oh where, was your proofreader?  This reminded me of the work my creative writers turned:  very creative but lacking a firm base in the English language.  I like the story and look forward to reading sequels but i do hope the proofreading for proper structure increases drastically.
3688092
The story line is great, but the editing job was very poor.
732177
I can only be honest about this book. The story was AWESOME. I would dare say that this is the best book in the series thus far.

My frustration stems from the fact that there are MANY elementary mistakes. These are issues that could have been easily corrected with spell check or a half-educated editor.  Misplaced commas brought AWESOME thoughts to choppy pauses. The difference between 'shuddered' & 'shuttered' should be obvious. Using 'to' instead of 'too', 'him' instead of 'his', or vice versa. All of these seemingly small oversights amass to be a huge distraction.

Again, this story was really awesome. My hope is that the author will take the time and pride to produce a more quality offering for the next book.
4867900
As so many have stated, it's a great story with atrocious editing. Supposedly we don't read all the words anyway, so it's not hard to read unless you are really annoyed by the mistakes. You know how your iphone suggests words and uses them unless to tell it not to? I think this was written without ever checking the suggestions....
420804
I don't know if Glyn Adams is self publishing or not. He has an excellent story that is loaded with grammatical and spelling errors. This is not the difference between English English or American English either. Letters and Words are transposed in sentences. If this bothers me, a terrible speller and grammar type, imagine someone who fully understands structure.

Also, there are times that he cuts and pastes episodes from earlier books. I found myself checking to make sure that I was reading the correct book. It is very distracting.

He is a superb story teller. I just wish he would find a competent editor.
2919226
The storyline held my interest but my overall enjoyment was ruined by the frequent -- and most egregious -- errors in grammar, syntax, and spelling.  Is it truly so difficult to find a competent editor or proofreader?  Mr. or Ms Burnell, you have much potential as an author but I cannot emphasize strongly enough the responsibility you have to your audience to write clearly and competently by correctly applying the rules of the English language.  At the very least, learn the proper uses for the apostrophe.  Please?
183226
The story is exciting, plot is intricate. The characters are interesting, and overall it SHOULD be an enjoyable read. But the NUMEROUS errors in grammar, usage, and punctuation detract from your reading pleasure. Was this even edited at all?
544453
The story and characters are brilliant, and evoke the time in a way that connects with modern readers. However, Poyer has taken it on himself to use long dashes "--" instead of quotation marks. This is something that I couldn't get used to, in part because there is no mark to indicate the END of a quote. --Go below, Eli said. The first time I read a line like this, I think that it's someone telling Eli to go below. It's actually Eli speaking. 99% of the time there is little confusion, but basically you have to de-code every line of dialogue. A real pain in an otherwise first-rate book.
2005783
I have to say I was a bit surprised by how well-written, plotted, and paced this was, for a self-published (I think?) novel. There's nary a sour note in the whole book, and even when things get dark they never get bleak. Unfortunately, the experience is a bit marred by the fact that the manuscript doesn't seem to have been line edited. Constant misuse of apostrophes (particularly w/r/t last names, for example: Cormley's instead of Cormleys, or, again, Cormley's instead of Cormleys') or simple you're/your confusion that gets worse in the latter half is unnecessarily distracting and detracts from what is otherwise a very well put-together novel. If it weren't for the surfeit of such errors I'd easily give this 5 starshere's hoping it gets another read-through by an editor.
1270737
I thoroughly enjoyed the story in this book; however I can't give five stars to any book which is so poorly written grammatically. Any author who doesn't know the difference between "lay" and "lie" and how to use them in their various forms correctly shouldn't be writing. This author's egregious misuse and overuse of prepositions is also frightening. I could go on and on about her poor grammatical skills. Good storytellers DO NOT necessarily make good authors. Her proof readers, if she has any, apparently know little, if anything, about the English language and should be ashamed of themselves; as should her editor(s). Again, the book contains a wonderful story, in my opinion, if one just didn't have to read the book b
708790
I like the characters and the story development but the spelling is really bugging me. A good edit would do wonders.
4644973
I enjoyed the story but way too many errors, eg, it's "taut" not "taught" used 3 times. Keep writing, please.