Sunrise over Sapphire Bay

I liked the setting and the sense of community! However, I had trouble relating to any of the characters. I hate to be this person, but I think it was because of an editing issue. The author tends to write two complete sentences connected with a comma rather than a conjunction/semicolon/period etc. To me, the comma splice sounds like an excitable person talking without pausing for breath. It didn't affect my understanding of the story, but it did make all the characters sound the same when they talked.