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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Her bio says she was born & raised in London, not that she's a native speaker of English. She may have grown up in a multilingual household where English was only used occasionally, and the grammar and syntax were irrelevant as long as the meaning was understood--which is a lot easier to manage in face-to-face encounters than in text.
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This sounds likely. It would explain why her "ear" for language is off key.
Her spelling and usage is off too, though. "Anyways" "your/you're" etc... Maybe she has some sort of learning disability.
I hate to see anyone dogpiled, but yeesh. She had so many opportunities to make lemonade, but chose to spit instead, and afaik, hasn't apologized, retracted, or anything.
If she had just thanked the reviewer and said she would seek an editor, she could have come through with some tolerant fans, even some willing to overlook her flaws until she got help. According to the blogger, the story itself wasn't bad.