tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post7904625075152307138..comments2023-08-21T20:51:35.856+10:00Comments on The Write Obsession: Review: Embrace by Jessica ShirvingtonLanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00002224549199474383noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-57873188582902926642012-07-22T12:35:28.758+10:002012-07-22T12:35:28.758+10:00Haven't read this series, though it's reas...Haven't read this series, though it's reasonably popular in my library. I think the problem is that paranormal romance is so big, so VERY big these days, that publishers don't worry too much about editing. They no doubt figure teenage girls will love it anyway. And, alas, they may be right. Couldn't find this book on Goodreads, but another in the series has a 4.32 star rating average, which suggests to me it has a lot of five star ratings. And yes, being hot DOES tend to allow a lot of bad behaviours on the part of the love interest. As an example of sloppy editing, I recently read a paranormal book(no names!) which was full of mistakes, illogicalities, inconsistencies and grammatical errors. And this was published by a big publisher, not a vanity press or self-published. The author confirmed my suspicions when they said on their web site that hey, the publisher had only given it one basic edit!Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-30122713325489170952012-06-28T12:29:11.600+10:002012-06-28T12:29:11.600+10:00or *fully justified, as the case may beor *fully justified, as the case may beKaren L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15308879061927532232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-66669598196737749162012-06-28T12:28:37.567+10:002012-06-28T12:28:37.567+10:00Yeah, I'd be face palming too. Your rant is fu...Yeah, I'd be face palming too. Your rant is fulling justified.Karen L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15308879061927532232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-30962431502627142122012-06-28T04:53:50.463+10:002012-06-28T04:53:50.463+10:00Oh my gosh, Lan, you must read my mind or somethin...Oh my gosh, Lan, you must read my mind or something like that! x) I remember calling my friend and ranting how much Violet annoyed me LOL! I agree, how could she exile Lincoln yet she is not furious at Phoenix? :o Oh well, let's overlook that. :P<br /><br />I heard she grows up in the next book, so I'm hoping to read easier-to-like Violet! Awesome review, Lan! x)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10224746396123025992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-71138414653757810132012-06-28T01:45:26.523+10:002012-06-28T01:45:26.523+10:00Oh well that stinks this one sounded like it would...Oh well that stinks this one sounded like it would be good.<br /><br />I agree with the others don't stop your reviewing/ranting ways. I love them.Ashley @ Bookaholics Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547219343580390070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-33509403221889132122012-06-27T21:20:34.594+10:002012-06-27T21:20:34.594+10:00A lot of people seem to enjoy the book but do ment...A lot of people seem to enjoy the book but do mention they were annoyed at Violet. There was just so many ways this book could have been changed to make it awesome. Instead, the author went for stalker/controlling crazy stuff. *sigh*Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00002224549199474383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-31645689080074455792012-06-27T21:19:07.350+10:002012-06-27T21:19:07.350+10:00I'm so disappointed with this one because 99% ...I'm so disappointed with this one because 99% of the Australian books I read, I tend to love. But there was no going back for this one. I really hope this YA trend stops soon. Otherwise I might have to quit YA for a while.Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00002224549199474383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-64652817644857766362012-06-27T21:15:05.475+10:002012-06-27T21:15:05.475+10:00Everyone does keep little secrets from each other ...Everyone does keep little secrets from each other don't they? I just can't stand it when a secret is revealed and the MC decides that they've been monumentally slighted and therefore it's okay for them to do something really stupid. Maybe it's unrealistic to think that a teen would be mature in this instance but this is going way too far!Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00002224549199474383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-81508615411542754572012-06-27T21:07:30.917+10:002012-06-27T21:07:30.917+10:00Thanks Natalie. I feel like I'm the only one w...Thanks Natalie. I feel like I'm the only one who gets annoyed at this sort of thing sometimes.Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00002224549199474383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-78477024784144175152012-06-27T21:05:04.781+10:002012-06-27T21:05:04.781+10:00Yeah I am not going to read the next two books. I ...Yeah I am not going to read the next two books. I don't think I could stand it!Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00002224549199474383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-72019972629534212262012-06-27T21:03:58.418+10:002012-06-27T21:03:58.418+10:00I'm reading a book that I'm really enjoyin...I'm reading a book that I'm really enjoying at the moment so I'm less angry about this book today. I've always liked the ability to control emotions but not when it's used so poorly. And not when there are no consequences for the user.Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00002224549199474383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-41701465709659804572012-06-27T20:46:45.938+10:002012-06-27T20:46:45.938+10:00That's a good way to look at it. Hopefully the...That's a good way to look at it. Hopefully the next books will see Violet changing for the better. <br /><br />I hate those plots too. I am dying for a super power so when someone doesn't want it, I get annoyed!Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00002224549199474383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-43894416000174547642012-06-27T18:14:05.018+10:002012-06-27T18:14:05.018+10:00Lol on your review/rant. I actually enjoyed the bo...Lol on your review/rant. I actually enjoyed the book, but found Violet very frustrating as well. Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy the novel.<br /><br />P.S., don't change your review style. Though it didn't work out for you, you gave solid points on why it didn't work out, and made it entertaining for your readers.<br /><br />Thanks or stopping by,<br />@ Livin' Life Through BooksFeliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16014211491573601722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-4166188649543455552012-06-27T08:51:48.634+10:002012-06-27T08:51:48.634+10:00Don't stop the ranting reviews! I love them! I...Don't stop the ranting reviews! I love them! I hadn't even heard of this one and, as you know, I love Australian authors but I trust your opinion. If you say it's bad, I'll believe you. So, I read the spoiler. Argh! Why are crazy controlling guys who basically rape girls so damn prevalent in books these days?! In YA books?! That's even worse! I am SO not reading this one.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-8456857925789270282012-06-27T01:34:08.640+10:002012-06-27T01:34:08.640+10:00Hey Lan, I definitely hope you don't change yo...Hey Lan, I definitely hope you don't change your review style! I never would have found Angelfall without your reviews, so please, keep them up!<br /><br />Here's where I get to rant . . . As a mother, I do NOT like the idea of gloifying date rate for a young audience. The idea makes me sick to my stomach. I don't care how hot he is, that is just not okay. It creates a poor role model for young readers, IMO, especially when the MC just accepts it.<br /><br />I am also so over the you-kept-secrets-from-me-I-hate-you cliche. That was so overdone in Smallville, I can't stomach it anymore. Everyone keeps secrets from everyone else, it's just that simple. Maybe small secrets, but we all have them.Camille Picotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04202776373092423433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-33320042216370973512012-06-27T00:35:17.333+10:002012-06-27T00:35:17.333+10:00WOW. Just WOW. Violet definitely sounds like the d...WOW. Just WOW. Violet definitely sounds like the densest character ever! I think this book would have made me really annoyed and face palm too! A very entertaining and honest review :) I loved it!Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01022820245021249707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-8538906383191590622012-06-27T00:17:23.992+10:002012-06-27T00:17:23.992+10:00LOL Lan, I wish I could stamp this review with AWE...LOL Lan, I wish I could stamp this review with AWESOME! I kinda wish that you find more books to be unprofessional about, but mostly I hope that the next one that you love so much that you can't contain your gushing! x) <br /><br />I really liked Jessica's writing too -- it had something about it that was impossible to put down -- but what you said about Phoenix was so spot on! I'm always wary about boys that can control emotions (probably more paranoid haha) because it makes me suspicious if anyone's feelings for them are real. Phoenix is one where the answer is NOPE from the beginning :') <br /><br />Thanks so much for the awesome honest review, Lan! Crossing my fingers that your next book with be five-star worthy :) <3Mimi Valentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04241457025232914551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-14624712765089006042012-06-26T23:16:03.249+10:002012-06-26T23:16:03.249+10:00I have a problem with the 'poor little rich gi...I have a problem with the 'poor little rich girl' type, and yes this Phoenix sounds bad. Was it set up for readers to dislike. Since it is a series, and since the girl is 17 I can see a pretty face charming her, and maybe she grows? Not excusing it at all, just wondering, plus I have learned the rich girl thing drives me up the wall. Or anything that reads- "I have super powers, and have a destiny to save the world! But I don't want it!" Makes me twitch a little. <br /><br />Beth ^_^<br />http://sweetbooksnstuff.blogspot.com/Beth D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18032607556352052517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-72034572039142952972012-06-26T22:42:57.206+10:002012-06-26T22:42:57.206+10:00That would have been fine for me! If Violet had go...That would have been fine for me! If Violet had gotten angry after Phoenix stopped controlling her feelings than it would have saved the book for me. Alas...<br /><br />I just can't deal with plots where girls lose their minds and do stupid things just because a boy they like isn't how they expect.Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00002224549199474383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-5353263530274399862012-06-26T22:35:48.174+10:002012-06-26T22:35:48.174+10:00Just trying to be the devils advocate here and say...Just trying to be the devils advocate here and say that perhaps she knew that he could control her emotions, and because of that, she could never get her emotions to make her NOT okay with it. Not sure of course. <br /><br />Regardless, that would have still put me off from the book. I mean honestly, it's date rape in it's simplest form. I understand the whole evil guy steals girls virginity thing but come on. Could women be represented a little better? We arent all spineless creatures that are okay with guys doing whatever they want to us.Sherrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05132055588504532128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-69473715348086948832012-06-26T18:02:13.536+10:002012-06-26T18:02:13.536+10:00@Lan: I know, right? We can learn from fail books,...@Lan: I know, right? We can learn from fail books, after all. They teach me what to not do all the time. <br /><br />I see that you plan on reading a sequel to this book for your Aussie Author Challenge? I guess you plan on changing your mind.Cathy Keatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356112948372149785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-20494379697898156852012-06-26T16:20:57.336+10:002012-06-26T16:20:57.336+10:00For a while afterwards I kept thinking "nah, ...For a while afterwards I kept thinking "nah, that didn't really happen.." but then I'd read it again and sure enough, there it was. I think I hate it more because Violet was more or less aware of the power Phoenix had over her and still let it happen. <br /><br />I always worry I'm going to upset someone as well! But I haven't personally insulted anyone so far. Just the characters and sometimes the plots :)Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00002224549199474383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-44352417489010725362012-06-26T16:00:35.133+10:002012-06-26T16:00:35.133+10:00I should have put the book down. It's just tha...I should have put the book down. It's just that the writing was so well done and I'm forcing myself to read a wide field of angel books in preparation for my own writing. At least now I know what NOT to do!Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00002224549199474383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-2231567539614062882012-06-26T15:58:57.700+10:002012-06-26T15:58:57.700+10:00I'm going to try and find something I will def...I'm going to try and find something I will definitely love so the next review is more positive :) I so have a certain "type" of guy that I like but neither of the two love interests in this book appealed to me. Or perhaps they were overshadowed by my annoyance with Violet.Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00002224549199474383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249141384507760517.post-81121872391255578032012-06-26T13:55:34.636+10:002012-06-26T13:55:34.636+10:00NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! UGH. I read your intro, and th...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! UGH. I read your intro, and this is me: <em>"YESYESYES!"</em>. I read your rant, and this is me: <em>*dramatic sigh*</em>. This is not just sad and lame, but also, well.... disturbing, especially since this is giving of the odour of a love triangle... Phoenix sounds not-just-borderline abusive :S<br /><br />NOT attractive.<br /><br />I mean, we like to pay out on a certain sparkly vampire for being a controlling ass, but this? This makes him look like Prince Charming :S<br /><br />UGH.<br /><br />DOUBLE UGH.<br /><br />Hon, honestly, your review wasn't really unprofessional--just honest. I'm perpetally plagued when writing negative reviews that I'm gonna say something nasty and upset someone, but nooo... I like yours. Never change :DSarah (saz101)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08936602748682093150noreply@blogger.com