Review: Unimpressed
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2011
Immediately after reading Penelope Fletcher's Demon Girl I purchased the second installment in this series Demon Day. The final Installment in this 3 book series is scheduled for release September 2011.  I am going to write this review for the people who have read book one and are debating on the purchase of book 2. As a result this review may contain spoilers for book 1 Demon Girl.In all honestly I was unimpressed with the editing AGAIN. Granted, some improvement has been made. However, it continues to have grammatical errors. An example of the types of errors in this book is the use of a word that is phonetically similar yet has a different definition. One such example are the words Know and No. In the first book Penelope Fletcher did her own editing work. She was plagued with comments and reviews on the grammatical errors. In one of these reviews she replied and mentioned she'd hire an editing house for this book. PF you mean to tell me this is professional work? My feeling is this editing must improve it seriously hinders the overall reading experience. No one wants a reading experience that includes an urge to pull out a virtual red pen and re-edit a paragraph.The art work on the ebook covers are lovely. They are among the pretties fairy wing depictions I've seen. Excellent work!Before I review Ms. Penelope Fletcher's current work, let's recap: Our main character Rea is in an unhappy place, emotionally vulnerable, and a total wreck in all areas of her current life. She knows she is a fairy, to be more exact a priestess. Has learnt her mother is dead and is the reason the ferries are in such an awful state. Her brother is now her protector and her only family. That means she's plus one in my book she originally started with no family. Her new world is unbalanced and chaotic at best. Rea witnessed the murder of her human BFF Alex. She is magically bound to a Fairy and blood bound to a Vampire. Said Vampire and Fairy hate each other. She is filled with anger and is seeking revenge. Rea is the proud owner of 3 very important  and popular coins/talisman (???). Needless to say the last two days have been horrid. In this installment we find Rea was successful in saving her vampire and wakes with him. As she lays with her vampire Rea feels she needs to reach out in search of her fairy. Turns out he is right out side guarding the cave she and her vampire are hidden from the daylight in. Out she comes they reunite. Things get heavy rather quickly. The reality of what her life entails is emotionally draining. She tends to wonder, is gathered up and bathed. Rea is visited by the aspiring Fairy Lord. She's hit with the reality of her situation. Rea is told as the priestess she is expected to unite with the fairy lord and reproduce. She agrees to put up a faade in an attempt to keep order and peace among her people. Rea makes it clear to all parties involved she seeks the death of her BFF murderer and is repulsed by the fairy lord and refuses to have child with him. They have tense words and during a private conversation which included her fairy, his brother the aspiring fairy lord, and her brother and protector during which she demands they follow a trail that may or may not lead to Alex's murderer. While desperately following this trail her fairy and her get hot and heavy, Kill a massive wear-cat and end up asking said dead wear-cat's alpha for assistance. The alpha agrees and a pact is made. Rea, her brother and fairy will assist in recovering his twin daughters from the cleric. They are being held captive on Temple grounds. This leads to an amazing adventure. In this book Rea matures and becomes less selfish. She experiences several highs and lows. I'd like to say more but do not want to spoil the story for those of you that decide to purchase this ebook.Let's cut to the chase you want to know would I recommend this book? My answer is Yes I would. I myself am invested in Rea's world. So much so that I am willing to suffer the piss poor editing in an effort to enjoy Ms. Penelope Fletcher's story.So why the low star count? I over looked the editorial work in my review of book 1 and am unwilling to do so this time. I expect professional work for my money. The first installment Demon Girl was free this is not the case for Demon Day. Bad editing results in the reader getting having to go back several pages n an attempt to grasp Rea's circumstances.A side not to Ms. Penelope Fletcher: Get a new editing house. Keep the cover artist please. Continue writing. You have talent and hopefully will improve with time. Your protagonist has captured my interest and I will purchase book 3.