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THIRD PLACE🥉

Total: 70/100 

Rise of the Raven By K_Evans89
Judge:ivyandisles

• Title: 8/10

I do think the title works very well! From what I understand after reading the story, Raven (the main female protagonist) has unique powers since she is a hybrid. She is the first one of her kind, so nobody else has these powers. Raven is learning how to use them, and once she harnesses these powers, she'll rise above the enemy. Or at least, that's what I assume. My only critique is that I feel like there's a lot of books with the title "Rise of the...", but I think it still works for this book.

• Cover: 4/5

It definitely goes well with the storyline—considering it is about vampires, werewolves, and witches. I do find that it resembles more of a traditional fantasy, while this story is more of an urban fantasy, as it contains everyday elements (school/college, cars, cellphones, wedding dress shopping, clubs, etc.). Overall, I do find it to be suitable for the content.

• Blurb: 7/10

The blurb itself reveals a lot about the plot of the book, almost too much. Personally, I like blurbs to be short and sweet, yet gripping at the same time. The characters of Brie and Logan—although important side characters—are probably not who the reader will be cheering for when they approach this book. I suggest sweeping through it and checking for other lines or information that might be unnecessary in the blurb.

I do like the last line: "Is it really worth it? Given everything that could go wrong?". Keeping in mind that this is book two of a series, I know that the characters of Raven and Clay have a great love, but can love triumph over all? It makes the reader want to open the book and find out the answer.

• Setting: 6/10

The setting definitely applies to their situation. From what I understand, the city they live in acts as a safe haven for supernatural beings (werewolves, witches, vampires etc.). This means that Raven, Clay, and their friends and family are all safe here. Some descriptions are strong, such as Raven entering her childhood home (cobwebs, dust). Other locations (home, school) are not as detailed, and I find it to be quite vague.

• Character and emotions : 7/10

One of my favorite parts of this story is reading the flashbacks from the past. Sometimes, the use of flashbacks is cliché, but having Raven step into her childhood home and revisiting old memories helps me learn more about who she is as a person. Her courageous personality shines through when she decides to burn her family home to the ground, putting those terrible memories to rest. As for Clay, I do find him to be a bit of a lovesick puppy, but that's okay because he's definitely a cutie.

The characters in this book often act upon their emotions. In more intimate scenes, the small gestures often reveal a deeper infatuation and love between the two characters. I wonder if in these scenes, there could be more thoughts about how the character actually feels internally. I love reading a character's internal monologue, especially in scenes of heightened emotion, and I feel like this was lacking from the majority of the story.

• Plot and detail: 15/20

The blurb thoroughly explains more about the plot of the book, but I'm somewhat confused. I read the first five chapters, and there's hardly a mention of Raven wanting to move to New York (unless I missed it). This seems to be a pivotal part of the main storyline, and yet from the chapters I have read, I haven't come across it.

Since this story is more plot centered, I find it to be fast paced. It seems in the blink of an eye, Raven and Clay were announcing their engagement to his parents, and then they were back home. I would recommend the author fleshing out certain scenes (the visit to the parents in particular) as I feel like this has a greater significance. Although I have not read book one, I feel like Raven has overcome so much with putting her past behind her. By asking Clay's father to walk her down the aisle, there should be something inside of her that's okay with letting go of her actual father (which she has positive memories of).

Again, I think the use of flashbacks adds some sort of mystery to the plot. It gave me, the reader, glimpses of what might be coming for Raven and Clay. Although I haven't read up to the inciting action, I do believe that these small hints feed the fire for me to keep reading forward.

Also, I know this is book two, so I'm giving some leeway on understandability—but the recap of book one really helped with the background for the characters!

• Flow and style: 14/20

The language and vocabulary are all very easy to understand, not flowery at all with big confusing words (and I am someone that gets very easily flustered). It is easy to read for all audiences.

I do find the flow of the story to be a little bit choppy. I touched upon this in the character section, but I did find this story contain a lot of action. There are a lot of sentences that start with "I" because Raven (or Clay, depending on the POV) was constantly moving. Like I said above, I'd love to see more of an internal monologue. This gives the reader a break from the constant action of the story, therefore improving the flow.

Although choppy at times, I am quite hopeful that this writer will continue to improve their writing style overtime. By improving small grammar mistakes and expanding on their characters, (and lots of practice, practice, practice), it will certainly improve!

• Grammar and Spelling: 6/10

I am someone that is very picky about grammar. Compared to a lot of Wattpad books, I do find that this book has significantly better grammar, but there are still a few mistakes that slipped through the cracks.

One common mistake is the dreadful comma splices. A comma splice occurs when you put a comma between two independent clauses (phrases that can be a complete sentence). For example, in Chapter 1, there is a sentence that says: "Dad looked at me, I knew that look." This can either be two sentences, or they bridged together with a coordinating conjunction. For example: "Dad looked at me, and I knew that look."

There are a few spelling mistakes. For example, near the beginning, it says "lost box" when it should be "last box." There are a few more silly typos throughout the story, but not that many.

There are also a few periods that should be commas. For example, in Chapter 2, it says: "From Clay to school. These walls contain all our memories." This should be a comma instead of a period.

• Personal Enjoyment: 3/5

From what I've read (prologue and chapters 1-5), this seems to be a strong start for a story. I love how the little things the characters do—such as Clay giving his car keys to Raven, Clay's father agreeing to walk her down the aisle, Raven dreading wedding dress shopping—give glimpses to the character's personality. I do find it to be very plot driven rather than character driven, and would love to enter the minds of Raven and Clay a little more. Overall, these characters seem like they're about to get into a lot of trouble that will test them to their limits!

SECOND PLACE🥈

Total score: 86/100

Endless by Subhisaoirse
Judge:authornataliaava

• Title:10/10

I personally like the title. It could mean so many things. Endless pain? Endless love? Endless confusion? Endless singlism? Endless life? LOL,

I like it and I haven't seen that title before!

• Cover:5/5

I like the cover, it is very modest along with the writing being clear enough. Does it match with the plot? I would say yes, because the opening of the novel does

start with a female.

• Blurb:9/10

I just wish it had just a tiny bit of info about the characters. Other than that, it is intriguing.

• Setting:6/10

I personally felt that the setting isn't really clear. Are they in Italy? Are they in the UK? Where are these people located?

• Character and emotions : 10/10

I actually loved the emotions that were carried in the 6 chapters I read. I loved the emotions that are towards the young girl and I personally feel all emotions in

in this novel are realistic.

• Plot and detail: 16/20

It is in between everything. It is cliche and not so cliche. The beginning of the novel was very BEYOND basic, and will admit that it was boring to me. The first chapter

did not catch my attention, but the rest of the 5 chapters are medium lengthed and I enjoyed how things escalated. I however, feel confused with the way you have written

Piper. You jumped between that she is older than a toddler and then a toddler. A toddler cannot fully speak a sentence. Please be aware with the small details like this.

I loved the details of the characters and the way you described them.

• Flow and style:18/20

The flow is somewhat, just a little out of place. I feel like it was the way the scenes flowed from being descriptive and steady and then as if it is just something quick to fill

the page you needed to write. Nonetheless, this could be a personal preference, but I feel like the way you place conversations need to be written differently. For example;

"Hey Tom, how are you today?"

"I am fine thank you."

Instead of writing them next to each other. It feels very unprofessional. Humble opinion only, please don't take it to heart. Only want you to improve, succeed and be better.

• Grammar and Spelling: 7/10

There were a handful of incorrections, some of which actually bothered me. But luckily, the tenses were not messed up!

• Personal Enjoyment:5/5

As I said before, I really disliked the first chapter, there was nothing special about it or uniqueness to it. It felt like a typical romance novel and those beginnings tend to be boring,

talking from experience of reading endless novels haha. It would be nice if you can include something in the beginning of the novel, like a backstory. As we move into the novel

like chapter 2, we can see that she knows how to fight. Why does she know how to fight? How does she know how to use a gun and shoot on target?

What I also question is, why would she be questioning if Stefano is in the mafia, if she is a criminal lawyer and can actually do that job herself? Just thoughts here to help you out

when editing your novel. But all in all, the book is worth reading and I can't wait to read the rest of it when it is complete!

Additional Feedback-

When editing your novel, consider either; adding scenes or adding more to the scenes already written. You need more details. Details is what brings a book to life, and

It is not the easiest thing in the world. But writers can make anything become evident in your mind. I like the art work you have separating the scenes, like time stamps.

Very creative! I Love the fact you have a Spotify list and took your time to find music for your novel. But to double check here...as it is a dark romance novel, since you

have categorized that from the beginning, I don't feel any tension between the characters. ALSO, always. Always. Always. Always. And I mean Always. Have your trigger

warnings in the blurb and have it on a page before the beginning of the novel. Trigger warnings are very serious and you can't simply include it AFTER the first chapter.

On the bright side, I have loved the way you have described death in this novel. It is a beautiful way to portray it and I would love to see it more often in literature :)

FIRST PLACE🥇

Total Score:96/100

Drugs, Treasons and Other Demons By HappyCoatiJudge:authornataliaava

• Title:10/10

I love the title, it is very different than the usual titles I see on Wattpad and other places. It fits the story perfectly and it really does catch a readers interest.

• Cover:3/5

This is coming from a graphic designer... I don't like the cover. It needs more to it. It does go with the storyline, however, it is just not eye catching. It is relevant, again, just not catching. Remember, even though people say, don't judge a book by its cover. The cover plays a very important role when having it up on the shelf.

• Blurb:9/10

The blurb is not so interesting, but i love how it was straight to the point. I could tell from the very beginning that this was going to be a dark romance novel. And THANK YOU for having this novel in the right category. The blurb was appropriate for the storyline and it indeed made me want to read the book.

• Setting:10/10

You know what I love most about describing settings? It is when the writer REALLY describes the setting. You made me feel that damp air and made me feel that humidity clinging to my skin. That my dear, is amazing writing right there!

• Character and emotions : 10/10

On a side note, do you know how hard it is to not give you a full mark for this? It is very hard. But I must be fair. You wrote the characters so beautifully. I could see them pop right out of the book. I loved the characters and I loved how I could even envision their voices. I could feel the pain Sarah went through. I really felt everything in this book (still reading). The characters stayed in complete character, like it was a movie being played right in front of me.

• Plot and detail: 20/20

God please help me, I have to give you the 20/20. The novel was not cliche one small bit. As much as some of the plot reminded me of 365 DNI, i loved how it was different. You didn't mention how she would want the male character to ravish her in any way. She only talked about how handsome he is. And i think I loved reading that instead of jumping into the please sex me phase. I loved the general plot. I loved how it feels like a slowburn. It is taking the time to build up and create this story for the characters. I believe every small bit of description and detail is very important in this novel. It flowed naturally, The scenes werent jumbled up in any way. It was a steady line of story being written. Can I compare it to real life situations? Probably, i mean a lot of these things happen in real life. You were able to describe how these characters were feeling, the conversations happening. Highly doubt they would keep them alive for long in real life, but hey it is the fictional wattpad world. Anything can happen.No plot holes and it is very easy to read a grasp.

• Flow and style:19/20

A perfect, perfect, very perfect flow for this novel. Now I only reduced one mark for this for a reason. I learn spanish, so I am able to understand what I am reading. It is very tiring to write translations especially if it isnt your language, but for other readers sake, please add in brackets the translations, or sort of translate along the way? I HAD TO REDUCE A MARK SOMEWHERE PLEASE FORGIVE ME. This is the only flaw i saw in the whole novel.

• Grammar and Spelling: 9/10

I am an educator and I am never allowed to give full marks for grammar. I will apply it here as well. However, your grammar and spelling is perfection. I saw no errors while reading and it gave me no confusion whatsoever.

• Personal Enjoyment:6/5 +1 (Is that even allowed? The author deserves it)

I have been reading books for as long as I can remember, darling author. This book grasped my attention in a heartbeat. I loved that the novel made me chuckle in many scenes. I loved the fact that I could relate to the FMC in an instant on so many occasions. Writing relatable FMCs is a very important factor when writing and publishing your work. I found that the most enjoyable part more than the fact I am here waiting to see who is going to make the move. Another thing I loved about this novel were the cliffhangers. IT HAD MY HEART UP MY THROAT from how hung up i was. You made my heart clench in every way while reading this novel. I am so making it to part 3 for this book.

Additional Feedback-

I have nothing to suggest. You wrote such a beautiful novel. I wish to see you either become a traditional author or an indie author. Your book deserves to be out there. It deserves to be up on shelves with many other great dark romance novels. I read a lot of dark romance, and this book has instantly become my favourite. I have read every line so far from where I am. ( I made it past 5 chapters for the judging so that is something dear author. I never make it past 5 chapters unless the novel is worth it and yours happened to be very worth it)

Great work, Author! I can't wait to finish your novel and possibly write a review on my Instagram page for it! Yea...that's kinda of a big deal coming from me. I am beyond picky with what I review and the reviews I give.