Sunflower Awards 4.0

Mystery/Thriller Results

Time for the results! Without further ado, here they are for Mystery/Thriller! Thank you, mazlynaaeyal, for your hard work on these awards. Contestants, please check out their shout-out chapter—it has their username in the chapter title—if you haven't done so already. They deserve some appreciation :).

If you did not win, meaning you are not in this chapter, we will PM you ASAP with your results. If you do not receive your results, you were probably disqualified, but give us some time to send the results.

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Genre Results

🌻Third Place🌻

Username - BlueJay325
Book Title - Fake Me to Church 
Score - 98/100 
Review -

The title really got me hooked and it definitely attracted me to read it! Really different from the rest and totally creative in terms of word choice. The cover is stunning! Really blends well and gives a good impression of how the book is gonna turn out. The blurb was straightforward and just nice. Maybe add some more question or curiosity element if you want to spice it up, just like a thriller book cover. This book definitely is different from the rest genre of thriller/mystery and I was excited to read it from the first chapter. The first chapter was so good too! The vocabulary and punctuation usage in this work was fantastic and visionary. I love the wordplay on the character's name. The way you portray the characters in each chapter was truly creative and you had served them at just the right pace. The hateful, criticism and cocky attitude of Steven and the good-natured, sarcastic and innocent attitude of Ahmed was well written from a bad start of their relationship to teamwork to solve the murder mystery shows development in their characters. I also admire how you switch the character's points of view as the chapter goes by, which implies how they deal with the current scenarios and give in-depth details of their surroundings. The flashbacks were also great to help readers to understand the story much better. Good work!

🌻Second Place🌻

Username - -thehorangirlfriend

Book Title - The Sins of Alinski

Score - 99/100

Review -

Love the title, as it signifies a mystique element. It correlates with the story you're working on and it shows, not only for the main character but the family as well. The cover is aesthetically pleasing to look at. Cute cover I might say. The blurb is spot on and I appreciate you putting the blurb in your acknowledgment again as some readers meant to just read straight off the bat. The blurb was really essential as the story started straight away in chapter one. I think your way of writing this book is just phenomenal; with poetry-like descriptions and expressions. Truly an original concept and with tons of lingering questions as to why the murder of Yma Alinski took place. The grammar and vocabulary used are fantastic. You've used many thesaurus words and it's really pleasing to read. The character's description you've penned in this story is as amazing as a high-quality published book. You explained what lingering thoughts, feelings, and emotions, the scenario, and burning questions that the characters dealt with which helps the reader to imagine and ponder. The plot is amazing, the pace is not too fast yet it is questionable in each chapter which gives off a sense of thrill I might say. The way you end your chapters is satisfying and haunting, which is a good way to end a chapter and for readers to anticipate more. The writing style is captivating with beautifully written descriptions and imagination, honestly an amazing writer. You focus more on Gladys' POV which helps us the readers to get both sides of the perspective spectrum although you wrote for all the other characters as well, as she is also the suspect and victim. Good job!

🌻First Place🌻

Username - lexyyaahh

Book Title - Daniella Rosa

Score - 100/100

Review -

Loved this book so much! The title is amusing and great and goes with the story of one of the two main leads, Dani. The cover is BOMB! So pretty and fits like a puzzle to this workpiece. The blurb description is amazing and well-described. Enough criteria for making a good blurb ;) The story is original itself, crime plus mystery and secrets surrounding the town. What's unique is that they both had done something quite similar yet quite different in perspective. This book is a must-read for thrill enthusiasts. The grammar and style used were perfect and superb. No silly or minor mistakes were detected. The character of Atlas and Dani contrast a lot and you've perfectly portrayed their character without leaving any subtle details. The characteristic description was easy to understand and comprehend, even the crime scene was well-written and beautifully described. The change of POVs of each main character after each chapter truly helps readers to digest their situations, scenarios, emotions, and feelings better in each setting. You did a great job at changing POVs for a better understanding of the depth of the story. I am obsessed with how you start and end your chapters, with the little poem at the start and the cliffhangers at the end. This makes the book more appealing to read plus the aesthetics that comes with it. The suspense and thrills that go around this book were an adventurous exploration as to why the murder took place in the first place, and the tension that you add up as passing chapters feeds the minds of the readers with new discoveries and secrets. The tone/style used in this work is easy, witty, sarcastic, loveable, and appealing to read and is truly meant for crime lovers out there to discover!

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Congratulations to all of the winners! You will receive your prizes once the awards are over :).