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《Adriane》The Boy Next Door

The Boy Next Door by chiuuuuuu

Reviewed by -forever-summer-

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Cover: 5/10

I liked your cover, it was simple. I feel like a lot was going on the cover. While making a cover you should choose a particular color palette that would make your cover look a lot more interesting and attractive. Even though I love your cover idea, improvising it a bit will help you a lot.

I like your font choice but again I feel like you could have gone with a color palette for your cover and a contrasting color for your font. It would make your book look appealing to the readers.

A book cover must contain a title, a background that depicts the story, and the author's name. Since your book didn't have the author's name, I don't find it appealing as a complete book cover.

Though it may be hard to make a book cover, there are a lot of shops on Wattpad that could help you with it, if you need any help.

Title: 6/10

I liked your book title. Although I felt like it was a way too common title used. You could have tweaked it a bit to make it more unique. Like "The nemesis next door" or "My crush next door". Any title less common would make your book more interesting and stand out among the crowd of other books.

Though, I liked your book title. I didn't feel how it was related to the book from the first few chapters that I had read. I understand that Cole lives next door to Kiara but then in the first few chapters, the plot didn't exactly revolve around Cole and Kiara. And it may seem disappointing for the readers who chose the book for the specific trope.

Blurb: 4/10

The blurb of your book was small and gave a rough idea about the story. But then I felt like you could've avoided a few mistakes. Blurbs are the first piece of your writing that the readers will come across, they will give your readers an idea about your writing and a first impression that will attract them to your book.

For instance, in the very first paragraph, when Kiara is described, you mention her father as both a millionaire and a billionaire which contradicts itself.

There are a few grammatical and spelling errors too, though they can be overcome by just a proofread and small edit. For example, instead of boy drama it was mentioned as 'bot drama'.

A good blurb must contain all the basic information a reader needs to know before starting but also without letting on more than what is needed for the suspense to last. It must be as mistake-free as possible for the readers to be intrigued and attracted to the book. It must be compelling for them to choose this book over others. There are a few pieces of information that would've been better if it had been removed and shown in the book only.

Also, instead of just mentioning her past holding her back, you could give the readers a glimpse of her past so it would be more compelling and interesting. Other than that it is nice to read. A few tweaks will make it a lot better.

Plot: 3/10

I didn't understand the plot when I read your book. They were always something going on and none of them were related to the plot or the character development or fillers. They kind of were distracting and rough and very fast-paced relationship growth between the characters. It seemed rushed and there weren't any scenes to build up to that moment. It felt rushed and not complete.