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Nazeefa's review

Book Title: The Embers Glow Bright

Author: the_chaotic_pen

Genre: Teen Fiction

Chapters Reviewed: Prologue + 6

Reviewer: @MidnightKoala

Note: I will try and be as constructive and as polite as possible regarding areas that I think can be improved but still remain honest. It is not my intention to be harsh or rude but if any of my comments come across that way, I do apologise sincerely. I am not always right and sometimes my opinions may be different to yours so please do tell me if you don’t agree with something I’ve said or want to discuss further - I am more than happy to. I hope the review is helpful! ❤️

TITLE/COVER:

Your title is really quite unique. I haven’t really heard anything like it before and I really like the sound of it. I also love the way you link to the concept of embers in your blurb - it sets the scene beautifully. There are a lot of cliché book titles on Wattpad but yours is very different and stands out from the crowd - if I saw your book whilst scrolling, the title would definitely draw me in. I really admire that - nice job.

I am not an expert in graphics but I’ll give you my personal perspective of your cover as a reader. I think your cover is very attractive - it has a professional feel to it and I like the choice of fonts, images and colours. I would only suggest seeing the embers/flames on your cover or something a little bright and fiery that links to the themes in your story. But again, that’s just a personal view. 😊

UPDATE: The above was my view on your old cover. I think your new one is much better! The red hair and title font symbolises the fire which is what I just mentioned above haha. It might be nice to see actual embers/glowing but this is still really good. I adore the tagline - it’s very intriguing and poetic but quite hard to read so maybe make it larger? The title could stand out a bit more too as it’s quite small but then again, that might not work because of the girl’s white shirt being the size it is but perhaps you could experiment with that if you wanted? I think it’s a nice, simple cover but pleasant to look at and very appealing. Again, this is just a personal perspective and perhaps others would say differently! 

BLURB:

Moving on to the blurb, I will honestly and wholeheartedly say that your blurb is one of the best blurbs I have ever read! Apart from a few technical stuff that could be altered, it’s actually perfect. From the first line, I was absolutely hooked. Your descriptions are flawless, your intricately woven metaphors are impeccable and the way you seize my attention instantly with your beautifully crafted sentences is so, so ingenious. You have given just the right amount of information in your blurb as well - enough to pull me in to open the book but not too much to give it all away. As I was reading it, my heart was racing and I can’t even describe how impressed I was. And the last line - WOW! Chills, literal chills. I just creepily whispered to myself ‘ooh this is going to be a good book’ haha. Blurbs are so difficult to write but you’ve absolutely nailed it on the head. Teach me your ways!! It’s simply amazing. 👏

I’ll just mention a few technical things I believe could be changed in your blurb. I won’t say errors because they’re not necessarily mistakes - they’re very, very minor suggestions that I think would help make your blurb even better than it already is.

Note: whenever I mention a quote from your work, I will highlight it between these symbols <> like so: <quote> to make it clearer where the quotes are.

<She lived a life of abuse for so long, that she could not imagine one without it.> I don’t believe the comma is necessarily required here. It flows wonderfully without it.