The Demon Girl by Penelope Fletcher
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
For a free book on my IPod this was actually pretty good. There were grammatical errors but once you get past that The Demon Girl is quite a decent short read.
It's a YA book, and I found it to fit well in the category. I didn't really find it as gory or bloodthirsty as other reviewers have done but perhaps years of horror/paranormal books and TV programmes have desensitised me.
The main thing that prevented me enjoying this book was it's pace. It wasn't that it was slow- it was too fast! I felt that I was dragged along for the ride in Rae's world with not a clue what was going on at the beginning. I just didn't feel the author had enough skill yet to carry that off. Too much was either unexplained or under explained which was a shame because the concept of Rae's world was fascinating with the different types of supernatural being and the post apocalyptic type setting.
It is the first in a series and I would like to continue with the second book to see how the storyline develops and answers some of the questions I had about Rae's world. I usually find that it's the second book of a series that makes or breaks it for me so I am looking forward to seeing what Rae's future holds......
Source- This book was downloaded from iBookstore
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Chapbook release
3 years ago
1 comments:
Hi Lisa,
Thank you for the review!
"I felt that I was dragged along for the ride in Rae's world with not a clue what was going on at the beginning. I just didn't feel the author had enough skill yet to carry that off."
The drag was intentional as was plunking the reader down in the middle of Rae's crazy world. Some people have liked this and others haven't (oh boy those 1 star reviews hurt). As a reader I don't like being hand held or given loads of back story, so my own book reflects this. I think you're right that my writing skills have room for improvement, but I plan to be writing for decades yet, so there will be some progress for sure :)
2 out of 5 stars ... I hope you're inclined to try the sequel (A Demon Day) and I'll cross my fingers for at least 3 stars!
Penelope
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