Promise Me Eternity by Ian Fox

My rating: 1 of 5 stars


I received a free copy of the book by the author in exchange for a review on my blog.

I started my rating at three stars, and I could not give it the fourth star which would indicate a recommendation to readers of this genre nor could I give the fifth star for skillful writing worth a second read. I took away one star for boring me with too many chapter-long backstories about minor characters. The fictive dream was broken several times when I disagreed with law enforcement jurisdiction and legal procedure terms.

I think Mr. Fox has potential but he self-published this too early. He needs the kind of editor rarely found in the self-publishing world: an editor who encourages the writer to polish a draft rewrite so that the dialogue always moves the story forward and the mystery-solving entertains the reader.



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