I'm sad that a really great plot was ruined
This contemporary shifter book is actually two stories. First, Julia and Shane met on a hiking trail, she had a one night stand (though she thought it would be more), and ended up pregnant. She takes the baby and her best friend, Sarah, to live in the cabin she inherited from her grandfather. There, Shane shows up demanding to spend time with little Cody. Over the months that follow, the 3 of them become a family unit, with love rekindling between Shane and Julia. Second, Skylar, Shane's younger brother, has lived to wreak vengeance on the local werewolves for killing his parents. When the wolves seem to have targeted Shane, Julia, and Cody, he takes the opportunity to come down from the mountains and kill the wolves he is sure will attack. There is animosity between him and Sarah right away, but the sexual chemistry is high. Sarah is resistant to getting emotionally involved with anyone, using men as disposable fodder for her newspaper column, Sex with Sarah. Shane's single-mindedness make him abhor getting involved at all. However, the sparks between Sarah and Skylar seem to be drawing them toward the inevitable conclusion that "resistance is futile."
See? Sounds like a great book. Sort of like two intertwined novellas. BUT the typos, uncomfortable phrasing, and horrible grammar turned this into a less than perfect reading experience. Where the hell was the editor? Oh wait, self-published books don't have editors. But did the woman not have any educated, honest friends to beta read it for her? It just seems like I put more effort into making sure my reviews are well-written than the author put into her work. Had this been on paper and I'd have had a red pencil, there would be corrections all over it, and I'd have given it a D+. Lack of proofreading is just a sin as far as I am concerned.
When I read these self-published books, especially the ones that have so much potential, I wish I could offer myself up as a beta reader. I have so much respect for anyone who has the discipline to write a book. Hell, most of us who are voracious readers have ideas for stories, but lack the drive to sit down and actually do the work. But when a seriously good plot is rife with errors, it is tragic. Okay, maybe that wording is a bit dramatic, but you get the gist, right?
So... I paid 99 cents for this, so monetarily it wasn't a bad investment. The time investment not so much. So unless Ms Star does some serious correcting of the issues with this book, I'd say give it a pass.