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Old 04-18-2016, 01:20 PM   #23873
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Originally Posted by Dngrsone View Post
Besides which, Second Lieutenant is an Army rank-- the Navy equivalent is Ensign.
The 15yo becomes a Navy Ensign; the 13yo gets to be a Marine 2L. With a developing split personality represented by a teddy bear in her kit.

Book three continues to be heavier than I'd like on the "organize and plan" stuff, as opposed to the "clear places and save people" angle. One small thing that irritates me is that it's got to be at least nine months since the beginning of book one by now (because the ubiquitous pregnancies are coming to term), but the two girls are still 15 and 13. Shouldn't one or both have had a birthday by now, especially since there was a fair pre-Fall period at the beginning of the first book?

It's a little thing, but still something I would've expected an editor to catch. But then, the end of book two includes an awards ceremony where "six and one" is the same set as "five and three" and gets discussed as "six." Oh, and despite the creation of a medal for forming the squadron, somehow the man who did the most to form it doesn't receive that medal - while getting a Silver Star for the accomplishment. That was a real head-scratcher. Again, an editor would've been useful there.
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