Changing of the Guard (Pomp and Poverty Book 1)
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (696 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B018EB8BIE |
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| Number of Pages | : | 244 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Ugh, What a Jumble! Elderflower Usually, when people say a book needs an editor, they really mean it needs a good proofreading. THIS book needs an editor! I have never encountered a more disorganized piece of work -- a real problem, since the plot spans several generations and there's a large cast of characters.Gave it two stars because initially, the characters were interesting and the plot engaged me, but it has become the second resident of my "authors to avoid" file -- the characters dwindled to two-dimensional paper. "Get an editor." according to elidoyle. First third of the book had my attention. Then it just disintegrated. Grammar, punctuation and spacing went out the window. The storyline fell apart, too. This was supposedly written by a "professional writer". I won't spend any more of my time on this "author".. most of them very good Arlene Tifft i read this book after reading all the reviews, most of them very goodi love period pieces and Downton Abby so i thought this would be greatbut after reading 75% of the book i still did not know what the heck i was readingit started out very interesting but went nowhere after thati did not fall in love with any of the characters and the setting was depressing to say the least.Downton Abby this was not! the only good thing was it was a free book so all i lost was my timei finished the book
“I thought my parents were killed when two runaway packhorses threw off their loads at the Ebonson Carrying Company…I was wrong.”Queen Victoria ascends the throne in 1837 and heralds in a new era of prosperity for the British Empire. With the help of Henry Beechworth, Edward learns to read and use his special talents to win a place at St. Whilst the great Norlong and Ebonson families fly the flag for the British Empire, Edward Urwin spends his time scratching pieces of art into the cobblestones of Birmingham.Life is straightforward for Edward until a strange o