Edyn: the Infected Paperback – September 3, 2013

The author has a few things going for them: decent structure, good spelling, and a compelling cover.However, I feel as if the "quotes" from "readers" in the beginning of the book were either incredibly biased or even purchased/forged. The author has a tendency to give either too many details (I don't need to know every detailed inch of a character's appearance) or too little with what the writing community calls "scapegoat words" -- like "Adam kissed her *passionately*".The writing itself is very choppy, and while it has decent structure, it does seem fairly scattered and disorganized, especially in the first two chapters.As for the story, it is very cliche; good writers know how to write a cliche plot but still make it either interesting or unique (ie Kirsten White, Kiera Cass, Stephanie Meyer, etc), but Victoria Snow unfortunately does not fall into that category of a "good writer". Rather, just an "ok writer".-Would I buy this book again (as it is a series)? No.-Would I recommend this book to anyone? No.-Would I buy any of Snow's other works? Maybe. Maybe any books she either co-authored or wrote after she had more schooling.I think the author has the ability and the skill to write, just not necessarily the talent. Maybe she should take some creative writing classes at her local college or a writer's workshop.

While an interesting idea, it is clear from the opening chapters that this book needs a lot of work done with it.The prologue is rushed, with no description or scene setting to work the reader into the world. The vocabularly and sentence structure are both basic, for example: "She looked like a walking corpse. Her eyes were grey and drooping. She could barely walk." Words are often repeated within a sentence or two (something a decent editor should have picked up on.)As with many young writers, there is lots on emphasis on the boring details like what the characters are wearing, and little actual visulisation. Details are given in matter-of-fact lists. The description of Serenity even ends with "She was very pretty", which conveys very little.The dialogue feels forced and lacks emotion, let alone the sort of sparkle that grips a reader and draws them in. The characters have no personality within the opening of the book. Nor is there any sense of tension about this plague that has supposedly infected two thirds of the population of Dallas.Equally apparent is the author's lack of research. We are told something is clearly wrong when Adam draws the patient's blood in the opening, but there is no detail as to what this might be. Serentity introduces herself as a "scientist" and hands over "some documents" because the author does not know how that sort of exchange would really go down. Two thirds of the city are infected, but she goes to one practice who have one infected patient. Why not go to a major hospital? There's no mention of quarantines, CDC, and checking blood once infection rates have hit this high seems like closing the stable door after the horse has fled the country.Potentially, this could have been a good book if the author had worked and revised it more. The description is interesting and caught my eye, but the rest of the book doesn't match up.

THIS NOVEL KEPT ME READING AS I WAS INTRIGUED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. THE PLOT DOES NOT FOLLOW EXISTING MOVIE SCRIPTS AND IS A ONE OF A KIND ORIGINAL THAT KEEPS YOU GUESSING. A MUST READ!!