The Growly Books: Wavecrasher

by Philip Ulrich, Annie Barnett (Illustrator), Erin Ulrich (Editor)

290 pages, Paperback

Published October 25, 2023

About the author

Philip and Erin Ulrich live in South Carolina with their two daughters. They enjoy adventures in the wild, as long as they can be home in time for dinner. Being Australian, Phil probably has natural-born abilities to hunt and wrestle dangerous creatures. He has used these natural abilities to finish in the top four in family balloon volleyball. An avid reader at heart, Erin loves to sit with a warm cup of coffee on a comfy chair and wishes these amenities were easier to find in the wild.

When they aren't writing stories, Phil & Erin run their own business, Design by Insight (designbyinsight.net), a website and book design company. Erin is also the author of Self-Publish: Moving from Idea to Product. Phil and Erin are currently at work on the continuing adventures of Growly.

Reviews

[Amber · Rating 3 out of 5]

We have loved this series, but unfortunately this one fell flat for us. The story was a little boring and felt like it went on a little too long. The author also stopped using a professional editor and it shows (in book 5 too). The storylines are sort of all over the place and there are a lot of errors (punctuation, incorrect or repeated words, overuse of the same phrases). It makes for a hard read aloud with the kids. There were multiple times I had to stop mid-sentence and try to figure out what the sentence meant or how it was supposed to be read. These weren’t issues when they had an editor. If they make more books, I really hope they will get their editor back! I’m sure it’s expensive for them since they self publish, but as a reader it is so worth it!

[Jon Scherdin · Rating 3 out of 5]

My kids and I have enjoyed reading this series. The story was good, however, it was very clear the authors did not have a professional editor. The story rambled in places. Many sentences were hard to read and I would have stop and read the sentence multiple times to figure out its meaning. There were lots of missing words, doubled up words, and typos. Overall, this was very distracting and frustrating.