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Living In The Shadows | Wera

Author: heyennbee

Title of Work: Living In The Shadows

Package: Silver Egg Package

Reviewed: Chapters 1-10

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4 out of 5

I quite like your cover. I think it's really artistic and my favorite element is the face of a boy fading away. It's implied that he's perhaps the "shadow" as referenced in your title? I think the color scheme proposes it's going to be a grim story. The font goes very well with the visual elements of your cover and they're mostly legible. Your author name become a little difficult to read (at least the second half) because it's on a lighter background.

I think the subtitle is great and really helps drive home the significance of shadows in your novel.

3 out of 5

I think your blurb does a good job of setting the tone, though I think it might be helpful to phrase his struggles a little more clearly. For example, "an overflowing bucket of issues" could translate to family conflict, a traumatic past, past heartbreak. It's a little vague here so we, the reader, don't know what's at stake or what he's running away from. I can understand you want to generate some mystery, though I think you could get away with adding just a bit more detail.

Some points of your blurb that are particularly strong are the following lines below:

↣ Moving halfway across the world was supposed to mean the start of a new life for Red.

↣ ...he's indulging in a romance he should've stayed away from.

Another thing to consider is the tense you're using in your blurb. You're using a combination of past and present tense. And this could be corrected while you work on those vague parts. Another vague element of your blurb is "...people are out for his neck..." because we don't know what the stakes are. We don't know what obstacles he's facing. Is his life in danger? Or is his idea of peace at stake?