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Teen Fiction Results

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Genre Results

🌻Third Place🌻

Username - kinalhariya
Book Title - New Beginnings
Score - 83.5/100
Review -

Title
Basically, the title couldn't get any more accurate. It might not be 100% attractive as a title but it sure sounds quite promising! It definitely matches the plot.

Cover
The cover is really nice and refreshing, totally matching the plot, title and blurb. I really like the font style and font size you've used for the title. The author name is well-placed and clearly visible. The question in the middle is also neatly placed.

Blurb
I like how the blurb is short but up to the point. It provides the necessary information, but it does lack some interesting elements that will attract readers to read the book.

Originality
The story is quite unique in its own way. The transition from the city to the small town was an interesting idea. The plot was also not really common, except for some particular scenes.

Grammar
I have noticed some grammar issues. They are nothing too major but some of them were found to be repetitive mistakes. For example, at many places, "it's" was used instead of "its." I came across some typos and verb tenses wrongly applied.

Moreover, I took cognizance of the aspect you mentioned in the first chapter about the punctuation marks being after the inverted comma. However, I still considered the part on whether the punctuation marks are right or not, regardless of whether they are before or after the inverted comma. Hence, at some places where a full stop is required, you've wrongly inserted a comma. I suggest you do some minor editing and you'll be good to go!

Plot
The plot was enjoyable. I like the way the story began and hence the prologue. I loved the awkwardness portrayed when Trisha first entered the twins' house. It was a natural scene and very realistic. However, the part where she's being informed about her parents death could be revised since the uncle's behavior is not really justifiable. It also seems really abrupt the way he shouted since this was only the first time he said the news out aloud. Moreover, I would have much appreciated a nice description of the aunt's house rather than being provided with only a picture. Inserting the picture's fine, but it would be better with some good description of the house. The scenes that follow afterwards were really realistic and the way of describing the events happening was really enjoyable. However, one thing that I've noticed is the slow pacing of the plot. I totally agree that the story is all about the new beginning of the female protagonist's life, hence the evolution is mandatory to match the content. However, on another note, the slow pacing was also quite enjoyable since as I said above, the scenes have been well implemented. Additionally, there was one scene I felt was a bit unnecessary and in a kind of way, it hindered the pacing of the plot. That was when the female protagonist had to babysit Sia. The bond between Sia and Trisha had already been witnessed by readers at the beginning of the story itself and adding the babysitting part got repetitive in some kind of way. Moreover, the twist in regard to Rishi's sexuality was nice and the scenes unfolding later was quite commendable.