Aella-Tempest's Reviews > Cricket

First off, let me start by saying that the cover of this book is amazing. It perfectly depicts what Cricket would look like in my mind's eye. From the very beginning, this book drags you in hook, line, and sinker. The plot of Cricket is not just some slightly altered, run of the mill, ordinary witch/werewolf reverse harem. Everything was extremely well thought out - right down to the smallest details. In fact, the reason why this book is such a good read is because of the imaginative approach the author took when writing this book and the uniqueness of the characters' situation.

You can tell that the author took care when writing this book because things aren't forgotten or pushed aside in favour of focusing on the larger picture. Every facet of this book gets time in the spotlight. That being said, because everything was so well described, I also got the feeling that this book was a little slow-paced, as it takes 10 chapters to describe 1 week. Although the character development was necessary for the progression of the book, I feel as though it could have been compressed. This resulted in a slightly skewed timeline.

The characters are well described, and their personalities are realistic in the sense that they act exactly the way a living, breathing human being would. They embody the people they would be in real life. Another great thing about this is that all the characters, even the secondary and background characters, have their own personality and uniqueness which makes Cricket interesting to read.

Now, onto grammar and conventions. In the entirety of the 36 chapters that make up Cricket, I found around ten errors, most of which were made up by backward quotation marks or the lack of a space after a period before starting a new sentence. For a book of this length, that is extremely good editing.

This is a book that you don't want to rush. It is gripping, entertaining, and an overall fun read. Other than swearing and some mention of sexual activity, Cricket contains no mature content. I'd recommend this series to an audience aged 18 or older.