In My Opinion

Tails Will Wag by LAJoyner

Title: Tails Will Wag by LAJoyner
Source: ELGANZA, INC. | AWARDS by TheCieloCommunity

Category: Comedy

Mature: N (rated D for doggie [aka PG]: blood, bodily waste, bullying, mild profanity, sexual references, violence)
LGBTQIAP+: N

Status: Complete
Special note (judging): I had four books in this category, and the other judge (YsmeriaGuilro) had four books.
Result: 93/100

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*****

Rubric:
- Title: 5
- Book cover: 5
- Description (blurb): 5
- Plot & storytelling: 15
- Character development: 10
- Writing style: 10
- Grammar: 10
- Originality & creativity: 10
- Emotional impact: 10
- Pacing & structure: 5
- Accuracy (if non-fiction): 5
- Overall enjoyment & engagement: 10
Total: 100

*****

Total: 93/100

Title: 5/5
Dogs? Yes, please! What could be funnier than a story from a dog's point of view? A story from two dogs' points of view!

Cover: 3/5
I like the photo album-style cover with the bone background and brown tones, and I like the title on the bigger bone in the middle. There should be an apostrophe in "idol's" in the subtitle, though, and the text in the upper right-hand corner and lower left-hand corner is really small. I couldn't read it until I pulled up the bigger image on your profile. The award thing in the upper right-hand corner isn't that important, because the trophy is visible, and that makes it clear the blurb is something about an achievement, but I think the text in the lower left-hand corner should be a little bigger. And I'm sure Min Holly would agree. 😉

Blurb: 4/5
This is cute, nonsensical, and chaotic. I love it. In the first sentence, there are some singular/plural issues with "two dogs living" a singular "K-pup Idols life," so I'd probably change that to something like "their K-pup idol lives." Also, you capitalize "Idol" there, but it's lowercase later in the same sentence, and I think picking one way and sticking with it would be a good idea. There's a missing period after "growls Tannie," and you could consider changing "do" in the last line to "will."

But yes, I love this, and I am looking forward to Fred the Squirrel's special appearance alongside Min Holly.

Plot & storytelling: 15/15
Aw, this is really cute! It doesn't have an overarching plot, as such, since it's just following the dogs around their daily lives with their owners and friends, but there's nothing wrong with that. My only critique in this department is when Pepper shows up at the dog park. She's introduced as "the cute little Yorkshire Terrier," and in context, the "the" made me think I'd missed her introduction earlier, so then I was scrolling back up, looking for her. Changing that to "a cute little Yorkshire Terrier" would probably be better to show this is her first appearance.

Character development: 10/10
I love how you develop everybody, and not just Tannie and Ban. There's enough of the BTS members to get snapshots of their personalities, too, and then there's Fred the squirrel, of course, and the neighborhood watch cat (hilarious concept, by the way). Every character is distinct from every other character, and they're all fun and easy to relate to.