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.
