Fresh Creatures & Interesting Concept

"The book itself seems to have a steady flow but the pacing of the action is a little too slow in my opinion. There seems to be a lot going on but not enough of it is essential to the plot. This makes the story slow in areas but can be remedied by inputting more action or cutting down on material that doesn't drive the plot forward. This is especially evident in all the banter between characters in the fairy world in the 2nd chapter. While some of it is entertaining, much of it seems a little unnecessary and slows down the pacing of the book. I generally love the use of dialogue in books because it's a great tool to drive the plot forward by revealing secrets and can even be used in character development to accentuate personality traits. However, in this particular case, I found my mind wandering away from the novel while reading it. The story flips between the fairy and human realms giving us insight into both their worlds and cultures. It sets up the backstory of the fairies nicely and how they came to live beside humans once the veil disappeared between the two realms. In the fairy world, we're introduced to a lot of characters all at once who have extensive dialogue with each other. Unfortunately, much of this dialogue is mashed together in paragraphs where multiple people are speaking making it confusing to decipher who is saying which lines. It would be best to keep the dialogue of different speakers separate in their own paragraphs to avoid any confusion. Also, when there are so many characters in one setting, it's best to add taglines after or before their speaking parts such as "Lord Feather said, Aileen reiterated, Brigid declared, etc." I think the plot of the story is interesting and I love that the author has taken some time to introduce a whole slew of different types of fairies instead of those that we tend to see more frequently in books about the Fae. It gives us something different and more exciting to look forward to."