(the HISC comes in. they are an anthro moorhen))

We have moorhens around here! They're so cute.

I will stay well away from the Muckmaw plotline, though.

Good idea; it's incredibly infuriating and will probably raise your blood pressure to dangerous levels.

Why try to go for an "archaic" tone, Paolini? It only makes you more likely to be misunderstood.

And lest we forget this series is supposed to be aimed at 14 year olds.

They have done some things, since the first chapter is somewhat different from the extract you reviewed, but they apparently could not prevent several grammatical errors from slipping in throughout the book.

Not to mention dozens of honking great continuity errors.