Jayden and the Mysterious Mountain {Book Review}

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Today, I am reviewing Jayden & the Mysterious Mountain by Katrina Kope. You can find the book on Amazon by clicking the title in the previous sentence, and you can find the author's website here.

Amazon.com Summary
When a rich grandfather figure strangely appears in the dark street to rescue the young boy, Jayden from homelessness, a life better than his dreams has come true. He is taken to a five star hotel – no, actually a school called The Sanctum, camouflaged in the mountains. The students build and operate high tech equipment, including surrogate robots all to fight against terrorism or are they?

By the way, you don’t want to annoy Scarlet who runs the general operations of the building. She is one cheeky AI and plays nasty if you cross her.

My Review
I chose to read and review this book because I was intrigued by the description. I enjoyed the story, and I found myself often curious about where the story was going. I also found the characters to be mostly enjoyable, particularly Scarlet, who had some great lines. :)

This book is full of misspellings, grammatical errors, and awkward phrasings. To me, it reads like a first draft. That does not mean that this story is bad, but it made if difficult for me to enjoy. What this book needs is some thorough editing, and then I think I would enjoy it much more. I have been informed by the author that a new edition of this book, which will have been more thoroughly edited will be released soon. As I have not seen the new edition, I can not say anything for sure about it, but I will say that I expect that I would be able to give it a higher recommendation.

Who Should Read It?
My recommendation of this book is mixed. While I feel like this book has many positive aspects, particularly in terms of the story, the technical errors and stylistic awkwardness may make it difficult for you to read. If this is not something that bothers you, I think that this book would be enjoyed by preteens, and young teens, though older teen and adults might like it too. If you are unsure it, but still find the premise interesting, I would maybe wait until the new edition is released.

I am going to give this 2.5 stars at the moment (out of five). While it is quite possible that an edition of this book with better editing would receive a higher rating, I have not seen it, and can not say for certain.

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