Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Normally I don't write reviews when the book is below 3 stars, but seeing so many five star reviews, I can't let this ride. This story is almost childish it's so poorly thought out. There is virtually nothing in it that is believable. It's not even well written. It starts off with phrases as sentences which makes for confusing reading that's hard to follow. Credibility is critical in a fantasy book, but there is no credibility anywhere in this. The heroine is supposedly asthmatic, needing an inhaler, but is constantly in dusty moldy environments like the crumbling elf underground temple, right out of one of the Indiana Jones novels. The laws of physics are ignored when a monstrous dragon flips back and forth into a man's body. The massive dragon flies around all over and no one seems to notice. A flock of alien dragons eat children and only the protagonist seems to notice. Characters said to be elves are no more than mafia thugs roaming around and again, no one notices. A vampire alchemist inhabits an outbuilding at a vacant and malignant house in an upscale neighborhood... and the neighbors apparently never noticed. A colossal (saltwater) squid inhabits an inland freshwater lake and the residents on the houseboats do no more than spread Lock Ness Monster stories with no one checking anything out but the protagonist. The gist of it is, this is a current story of typical crimes but the characters are 'labeled' as classic ancient mythological beings which is insulting. There is no connection between the fantasy-name beings and the characters in this story. It's told in the first person like a news reporter on the evening news. I never connected with any of the characters in the book. Sorry to be so critical, but someone should tell browsers the truth.