After All: A Book Review
After All by Karina Halle
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I really don’t know how I feel about this book. I don’t even know how to write this review. But let’s give it a try, shall we?
I immediately liked the lead male character. He had a good backstory, good motivation to be the way he is, and I liked him. The lead female, though… I didn’t like her. Up until the very end of the story, I didn’t like her. She was whiny with little to redeem her personality, and it remained that way. The constant back-and-forth between the two main characters was tiresome and eventually annoying. I felt that zero progress was ever made. The moment they moved forward was the same moment they took a step backward, and while that was probably the intent of the author, it was so unbelievably irritating up until the very end.
Now, aside from that, I enjoyed the overall story. It was cute. I liked it. But good Lord, the editing…
I have absolutely nothing against the author that wrote this book, so please be aware of that when I say, things like this are what give indie novelists a bad name. This book can only be described as sloppy. This has nothing to do with the writer. This is the fault of whatever editor she used who clearly cannot do their job correctly. The story was sloppy, the writing was sloppy, punctuation… Also sloppy. It’s a shame, really, when it could have been great given a better editor.
I do recommend checking this author and book out, if you haven’t and if you can get beyond the constant need to correct the grammar, spelling, and punctuation mistakes.
