Review: Crushing Misery by Kinsey Taylor

Crushing Misery

by Kinsey Taylor

Shades of Misery

Book One

~~Selina's 2.5 Star Review~~

*I was given a copy for an honest review*

Crushing Misery started off with Kennedy’s haunting past.  The prologue had piqued my interest and seemed very promising.  However, reading the first chapter and getting Kennedy’s and Corbin’s perspective, I realized the starting was pretty rough.

There were some positive and negative points in this book.  

Kinsey Taylor has the right story making talent and materials to write a great story, I just feel Kinsey needs a bit more direction and formula.

             

      A.)   There were too many people talking and was hard to keep track of who was whom.

      B.)    There were times the sentences were a bit repetitive.

It’s hard to have a crush on a male character when he’s kind of whiny.  I get that having an emotionally unavailable male is kind of a woman’s things but his character seemed to be a little annoying at times.  There was just the missing X factor.  There seemed to be a missing connection from the main male character Corbin and Kennedy.  Also there seemed to be a bit of a disconnection to us, the readers.

I will admit that I had a hard time getting into this book.  I want to mention that I’m not trying to be destructive here, I’m trying to provide constructive criticism and I hope that this is being taken that was.

I also would have recommended an editor or a different one.  There were quite a few errors that could have been fixed with spell check.

The story itself has a ton of potential.  I liked that the female character Kennedy had to go through so much to overcome her past.  So, in the end I would recommend an editor and maybe have some new Beta readers go through it again.  I find that if you have someone read your story that you do not know and they would have no problem giving you their honest opinions, you should use them.