Death by Proposal

Unfortunately, although the story line is interesting, and the characters are entertaining, THE EDITING IS AWFUL !!! I hate to leave bad Feedback and this series of books is the first EVER for which I’ve left negative feedback. After reading the initial book in the series, I purchased the set of 12 volumes in this Caribbean Murder Series. The editing gets WORSE and WORSE as the series of books goes onward. Having struggled through 7 of them because I enjoyed the characters, I am finally throwing in the towel. I am NOT interested in reading books 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 (although Amazon will NOT refund my money because it is 15 days since I purchased) and I must say FOR SHAME on the Author: Jaden Skye for allowing good ideas to be presented in such a slip-shod manner. Not only excruciatingly BAD USAGE, but also confusion of character names. Nothing wrecks a story more than to have the main Detective’s name exchanged for the name of the Murder Victim, and then the Murder Victim’s name following in the next sentence. . .wait, who? REALLY BAD – NOT RECOMMENDED.

I liked this story line of this particle murder – newly engaged in beautiful tropical Aruba and suddenly one is dead; suicide or murder? …I wanted to give it 4 stars. I’m going with 3 though because I have realized that after reading/listening to three of these books in a row (boom, boom, and boom) Cindy and Mattheus are constantly at odds with each other; they are jealous and confrontational. Cindy gets angry with Mattheus because he doesn’t want to take the case in Aruba. Mattheus wants to enjoy his time with Cindy so they can get to know each other better. Cindy seems to have forgotten that she got angry with him on their first vacation because he wanted to take a case and she wanted to spend more time with him. This grated on my nerves. And the whole jealousy thing between the two became irritating as well. So, I have decided to give this series a break for now. I do like the stories…They are quick and enjoyable but need to be taken in moderation.

I read Ms Skye’s first book and was very frustrated by all of the typos and sentences that made no sense. I had hoped that by the 7th book the story would be more interesting and I would be able to read through smoothly. ARRRRGH, wrong!!!! The characters are horrible. Mattheus comes off as whiny, immature and self-centered. He appears to be very obstinate unless things go his way. Cindy seems to be an enabler, catering to Mattheus’ whims and making excuses for his behavior. Don’t even get me started on the never ending typos and uncomprehendable sentences. I had to keep rereading sentences hoping to substitute the correct words for existing mistakes so that what I was reading made any sense. Very time consuming and distracting from a plot that was already not interesting. I would like to apply for the job as proofreader for these books, but I’m afraid I would be absolutely bored by the end of the first book. The only reason that I even finished the book was that I have never given up on any book and this was no exception. Too bad it didn’t pan out; I will be deleting all other books in this series from my Kindle as I don’t want to take up valued space with ebooks that need so much attention 8o(

I don’t know if this is a romance, a mystery, or what. I just know it was not a very enjoyable read. I gave it 3* because I finished it.

The plot isn’t horrible, though I prefer ending a mystery thinking “boy, I should’ve figured that one out.” Here it’s impossible. So the format is Situation A, to Situation B, to Situation C, to I have enough pages, let’s end the book. Most of the situations are fine, though they don’t really fit together in any organized fashion.

None of the characters are likable. The lead-female detective is not unlikable, but certainly not likable. And lead-male detective? Quite unlikable. Which, to me, is odd, because he’s a recurring character in the series of books. But I won’t read any of them, so I won’t discover how he changes. Overall, poor, poor character development.

There’s also a lot of “fluff.” Stuff that just doesn’t matter. If you want to paint a lush landscape, then do it. Don’t go half-way and stop.

Finally, I don’t think the author takes any pride in her work. As other reviewers noted, the book it riddled with errors, typographical and otherwise. It destroys any credibility the author would otherwise have. And, frankly, is the main reason that I took the time to write this review. Be aware that she doesn’t really care.

I loved reading this book, but as I have pointed out in the previous story, there are an awful lot of mistakes, I think the author should take a moment just to read it through, not sure if it’s the publishers fault but it really needs to be sorted out. However the stories in all the series of books are brilliant, the characters great. One character especially sticks out, Mattheus, is his name lol, not forgetting our second lead character, Cindy, I have got quite attached to the both of them, however Mattheus is getting on my nerves, which is good, I just wish he would stop being a jealous muppet all the time, and Cindy needs to tell him properly how and what she feels about their relationship.
I am now on book 8 all the 7 books before hand have been brilliant.

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