Wow, what a shame.
This looks to be a very interesting read. The narrator's voice is intimate and real - nothing shy or coy or fake about it. The story line seems believable. The subject matter is hot. The characters develop in unexpected yet internally consistent ways...
... at least I think so...
The trouble is, it looks like the printer really screwed up.
Ever get a Word doc from someone at the office - a doc they're in the middle of editing? Ever notice what happens if they haven't accepted all the edits yet or haven't set the doc to show final markups? Ever try printing that doc?
This book looks like a case study in why you need to *preview* before you print.
There are bizarre editing errors in every paragraph, stuff like,
"I made it a point to update
Tthe ad we had placed, t, I made a point o update."
Yes, that line break is in there. The book is littered with examples like this. Not one or two: we're talking dozens per page. I've tried but after a couple pages I swear I started getting a headache. And where the action is hottest the problems are the worst. Clearly the author spent a lot of time and effort to get the scenes just right - and you can see every single edit!
I would love to finish this book. Heck, I'd like the start this book! It looks fantastic. But until the printing is corrected, it's unreadable.
Such a shame.