Review: An interesting read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 31, 2014
Reading this book is what helped me realize why I don’t like errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and so on. I read for pleasure; errors make reading a chore. I have to stop to figure out what “rapt on the door” or she “shuttered in horror” mean. I have to decode run-on sentences or sentence fragments to decipher what the author meant, or lines like “Shaking her head, I walked away.” What? The narrator walked away with someone else’s head? Then I have to reread a few times to understand what the author meant. This is work, not pleasure.Despite that, I liked the story line of Demon. I enjoyed the world Kiest created with its new twist on the supernatural. It’s not all about unicorns or fairies or vampires or werewolves, but a dark and hard place.I liked Ravyn, although not Kara who was too immature, even for a 22 year old. For a powerful witch, she was extremely juvenile and sheltered or perhaps a religious fundamentalist. Ravyn, however, was who she was: a powerful, unrepentant demon. Their relationship is a strange one with lots of misunderstandings and arguments. Yes, they’ve loved one another since childhood but it felt like they were strangers who knew nothing about each other. Maybe a six-year absence does that.