A Bit About the Author:

Amyclg is a fiction fiend with mega love for the YA category, especially paranormal romances. Some of her favorite authors include Maggie Stiefvater, Erika Johnson, April Genevieve Tucholke, E. Lockhart and Karen Thompson Walker. She also enjoys pop culture and binge-watching TV series such as GOT, Vampire Diaries, and the Walking Dead. 

Title: 

Absolutely in love with this title. It stands out, easy to remember, and it's so poetic and flow-y. Plus, I love how it fits in with the quote in the story, a quote that I love dearly. Absolutely love this one. 

Cover: 

Not a big fan of this cover. It has this weird white stripe on the side and it's rather bland. I know why the eye is there, but since there's no number, it doesn't look right and the type needs help. I would definitely encourage you to find someone to make a better cover that would better fit your story. It needs a better cover. Honestly. 

Blurb: 

First off, also not a fan of you including rankings right after the opening lines of your blurb. Either put them at the very beginning (not very professional though, according to some people; I do it anyway) or at the very end, which is what the majority does. 

I like your blurb. It's a bit on the long side and I think it would be better shortened, just a little bit, so it doesn't feel too much on the summary side of things. It's a good blurb though; I just personally think it should be shortened a bit. 

The Good:

Before I begin, congratulations on being one of the WattPairsMentorship peeps who went through that grueling process with me. XD That was tough. But anyway...

Great story. I love the whole number idea (though I have seen similar things on Pinterest) and I think you did an excellent job of keeping that up throughout the whole story. And the descriptions of those numbers caught my breath each time. Kudos for that. Also, good work on setting up the characters. I was able to see every one of them in my mind and keep them straight--plus the cast you chose fit them exactly as I saw your characters as well. 

Plot line was great and moved at a nice pace, not too fast or too slow. Not a big YA romance reader or a romance reader to begin with, you did a good job with world-building and creating that little cute town of Reese. (Sorry if I butchered that spelling.) I felt like I could easily step into the world you created and it was all very life-like. 

The Bad: 

There were a few typos here and there--nothing major. I just happened to notice them, but unfortunately I forgot to comment on them and have no idea where they were. Whoops. 

The biggest issue to me was that your story felt too short. I just felt like it need so much more to your plotline. Now, it's perfectly fine as it is, but I just wanted more meat on my sandwich than you had, so to speak. Might just be me, but that was my initial thought when reading the whole thing. 

The other issue was that sometimes Will and Josh didn't seem completely guy-like. Now, granted, I'm not a guy (obviously lol) so I'm just going off of guys I know or have seen or been acquainted with. It wasn't a major thing, I'm just being nit-picky here. Sometimes they seemed too much like a girl in the way they thought or acted. Might just be me. I don't know. Just throwing this out there because it was something I thought of when reading and maybe I'm not the only one. Plus these reviews are meant to give feedback and advise after reading. 

What the Reader Thought: 

Well, thanks for the warning of content in the blurb. Honestly, I appreciate when people do that so I know what I'm getting into and don't get shocked out of my mind. 

And no, your story wasn't bad in that sense at all. ;) 

Being a person who doesn't like language, the quantity of it in your story kinda ticked me off. I know why it's there--especially in that scene with Tom at the end. But having it in your narrative looks unprofessional (imho) and should be cut. Dialogue? Okay. Narrative? No, it doesn't work. Aside from the technical reasons for narrative, I personally would like it trimmed down as it seemed excessive, but that's just me. 

Anyway, bad news is over. 

I actually liked your story a lot more than I expected too. The relationship with Will and Skye is absolutely adorbs and I'm so glad they--well I suppose I shouldn't spoil. I love the way you did the ending. It was unexpected, even though I thought twice that I could predict it. Great work on that. 

As for the story as a whole, like I said, it was very well done and I enjoyed reading it. Aside from what I mentioned above, I think that your story needs more recognition. It's really cute and I can't wait to start reading the sequel when it comes out! 

Score: 7/10