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Originally Posted by HarryT
It is, but I would still advise against using slang expressions in the description of a book. This is not dialogue (where such expressions would be entirely appropriate), but a factual description whose purpose is to entice the reader into buying the book.
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I can understand why you suggest this, but I'm not sure I agree in this instance. If the book is written using such language then the appearance in the blurb may actually be a good thing (advance notice that anyone who doesn't understand the phrasing of the blurb isn't going to have fun in the book). Also related is an earlier comment that the use of "stoked" actually adds some sense of character to the blurb. Stoked seems, to me at least, in common enough usage to be fairly safe.