I'm a well read grad student who's bluntly honest about all things, although I try to be most honest about myself.
"...agreeing that the Guild will not be held accountable if any of the brandings go wrong or if ill effects result down the line."
I've never read Ahern's adult fiction, so I don't know if she writes this way normally or was like, 'fuck it, it's for teens, I no need good phrasing.' But I'm only giving you a small portion of the weird, like the handsome that goes away from the face, and... more. The thing is, it's hard for me to transcribe older passages from paper books. So I think what I'm going to do is update a ton, and then link to my review, because I like having proof of the weird. Or cut and paste. This is kinda what I'm gonna do from now on.
Also, I feel like this isn't her being... Irish I think? I feel like this is just weird syntax. How does she keep getting published if she writes like this normally? WTF?
And yet, so compelling I keep reading. There's a lot here. Good ideas, lousy, lousy execution.