Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

I was away from my physical books, but I had my Kindle with me and whipped through a couple more freebies.   Too tired to post reviews now, but will try to get to them tomorrow. (Thursday at the latest, and then I need to read more DD for my DD list.  I'm quite sadly lacking in the classic mini-series, such as Man Without Fear, which I can't believe I haven't read yet!)

Love Isn't Blind impressed me as far as how blindness is portrayed; at the very least it's far superior to anything I've read of late.   It got two stars, however, because I felt some of the dialogue was stilted, and I didn't connect to the characters or care about the story at all, and I hate these 30 page serials on top of that. 

John and Other stories impressed me far more: there was something about the title story which was the only one with a blind character.   Still, the focus was on another aspect - John, the monster who lived in her attic/she imagined - and I kind of liked how the author managed to focus on John, and yet not ignore the blindness, nor portray it badly despite the main point being elsewhere.  I was impressed by the other stories as well, but the grammar was weird in some places, and this really needed some more editing.   More than one misuse of punctuation made me stop because it was so bad, and so obviously wrong.   The author is German, I believe, at least from the end where it mentions a place in Germany after his little afterward. 

I considered upping to four stars because I really enjoyed some of the ideas in the stories.   Unfortunately, the grammatical errors really bugged me, and took me out of the story.   I've always said if it's a matter of needing a translator, get one, so I'm going to stick to that policy.   Why three and a half stars, then?   It wasn't nearly as bad as some books I've seen in number of errors.  I believe a quick proofread and cleaning up of the errors would make this a far more enjoyable read. 

I have more to say about both of these books, but will do so later.