The writing was not the best.
588853
The story itself is interesting. The writing was not the best.
1933478
I liked the story, but the writing needs some help. The main female character got on my nerves, yes she's supposed to be this strong, independent woman, but she takes it to far. Then she's told there are things she doesn't understand about the powers that are doing all this, and she just rushes right in and then wonders "What the he'll have I got my self into" duh  you were told. It's stuff like that if it wasn't all the time it may have been better.
2392638
The stories were interesting, but the writing could have been better.  Some of the narratives seemed incomplete, particularly as the book progressed.  Also, the kindle version has some typos as if OCR software had been used and the results not proofread by a human. There were quite noticeable, but didn't necessarily interfere with the reading of the book.
396318
The book did not live up to the writers best work.  There charachters were not developed well.  It was a fast read, but that was all.
3209609
An interesting story for the most part, but the writing is mediocre.  The author repeatedly uses some phrases to death, which might not be so bad save that he also has multiple continuity problems.  The latter wouldnt be so bad if they were infrequent, but after a while it becomes distracting, and I found myself constantly stopping and having to go back a paragraph or page to see if Id missed something.  In this case what Mr. Currie needs is a good editor.  I also found his tactics and weapons descriptions problematic: as the book progresses his misunderstanding of how military forces operate became more and more ludicrous, to the point that by the final chapters I was becoming impatient for it all to just end.  I appreciate that not all writers have military experience, but in Mr. Curries case it is obvious that he needed an advisor on this one.  I will probably read the next book just to see where hes taking the arc, but my expectations are very low.
4850955
Not exactly great writing, but a dam good read
3708245
I liked the story, it kept me interested and kept me reading. The writing was not very good. Simple spell check would have made a huge difference. The way he moved the story along could have been better, it was very basic and jarring at times and really took away from the story. Loved the characters, but they could have been built better. Jarring in a bad way is the only way I can think to explain it.
3930480
I thought the story was contrived, the characters were not well-developed, and the writing was not great.  That said, I did finish the book.
4539999
While the story had a good ending, I thought the writing was a bit stilted with Short choppy sentences.  It didn't flow.
2659966
The writing was a bit trite at times. The story a bit rushed, but any Harry Potter fan would be inspired by this mostly true story.
2532738
It was good writing, but not the type of novel I would normally read.
4596449
The content was puerile and the writing style choppy.
394070
The writing just didn't flow easily for me. During conversations, I had to stop and really think about who said what. Just an okay read in my opinion.
2569981
I enjoyed the plot, but the writing was poor. I almost visibly cringed at certain parts. The ending was also a bit rushed. Someone dies but the Duke doesn't react the way they should. Trying not to spoil anything, but it was poorly done
2384656
Sorry, I thought this was a very interesting topic, but poor writing in need of editing doesn't excuse the hurdle of making good historical fiction.  The plot was well conceived, but the writing, my god, the writing was sometimes atrocious.
2462012
While the story had a good premise, the writing didn't flow very well and I wasn't pulled into it in the way I hoped.  I don't always mind if things in the story seem far-fetched but somehow there were things here that just didn't work.  It was a decent book, but I'm not convinced that I'll pick up others by this author. . .
943651
awful writing, author could have tried a little harder to get this story to flow.