Title: Last Man Standing 

Author: neomanuisarang

Reviewer: lee-louw

Summary: 5/5

Okay, wow! I have to give it to you! That was a well detailed summary, but not too detailed. You gave enough for a reader to know exactly what they're heading for when reading the book but also not so much that they can guess the content of your book. Most people tend to give either too little or too much but yours was just right! I also loved that it was as professional as any book one would find in the best-selling section in a library.

Grammar: 5/5

I noticed that you made use of not very modern English, especially in your characters dialogue, which does suit the type of book and genre you are writing. I must applaud you for being able to keep up with this style of writing and not drift from it, which is very easy to do. Whoever edits the book does too much of a good job because I failed to find any flaws in the grammar area.

Character Building: 5/5

You gave your characters very different personalities and traits, except for Mahar and that's understandable for me because I feel like he and Dayao will end up together so it makes sense for them to have alike personalities. There are a few differences between them, of course – Mahar leans towards having a bigger ego and more pride since he is male but, all in all, what I'm saying is that you did a good job ad maintaining all your character differences which can be quite hard for you to do since you introduce more than a couple of characters in the first few chapters. The attitudes and attributes you gave them to the backgrounds, pasts and places they come from, actually fit with who you've made them. How you've given life to them also connects well to your plot.

A perfect example would be Mahar. I sensed a bit of bitterness in his character, which is to be expected because, after all, he is known as the illegitimate prince. And the fact that he feels he is owed his birthright might also be fuelling the bitterness. He seems sure of himself when it comes to getting the princess's hand in marriage, which is partly why he has so much pride.

Finding out Lakan's gay was a very refreshing plot twist considering the era they're in. Such is not common. And his softness was also kind of explained. 

Writing Style: 4/5

Your writing style. I've mentioned before that it was different – not very common among the books I've read and, trust me, I've read a lot. I like that you challenged yourself and chose something unique and are actually going through with it. The reason why I didn't give you full marks was because, in the first three chapters, I thought I got your flow but then, when I got to the fourth chapter, I got confused – same as the fifth. That's when I remembered that the names in bold did not belong to characters but to kingdoms. I would suggest you write "Kingdom Ruvena" or "Ruvena Kingdom" instead of just "Ruvena". You could leave it as it is if you like! It was just a suggestion. It would lessen the probability of confusion, though. Otherwise, you are doing a great job at keeping your flow and rhythm. 

Plot Uniqueness: 4/5

You have a captivating plot. Although it is not uncommon, you have used a different approach which helped raise the score. These types of plots usually bore me since I see them a lot, but the changes you made to yours definitely captured me.

OVERALL SCORE: 23/25

When I gave the score for your summary, grammar and character building, I was like, "okay, these scores look favoured," but I kept them as is because the matched the calibre of your work. Your book is very well written so far! Keep it up.

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Thank you for choosing me! I enjoyed your book!