Essence - Book Reviews

In which I post detailed book reviews of Wattpad books only.

Karma of the Gods | NaNoWriMo

"I don't do bad things for bad reasons. "I don't do bad things for good reasons. "I do bad things because there are bad things to be done." The universe requires balance in all aspects of life and death. Good and evil must war constantly, neither side able to gain traction over the other. For every life given, one mus...

Here Comes The Sun [wattys 2016]

After a lot of rock music, many skating accidents and a considerable amount of arguing, Alex finds out that there are things in the world worth living for. Skateboarding, as it turned out was not the only thing Alex and Jem bonded over. [copyright afterwords two thousand & fifteen] short story #24

Music & Monsters [Camp NaNo July]

"Why do you always have those earbuds in?" "Music keeps the monsters away." ~*~*~*~*~ Casey Adams is your average 16 year old - except for one thing; she has been diagnosed with Schizophrenia. [#17 mystery/thriller] [will be edited and a new version will be posted soon]

Invisible

Olivia's best friend is not imaginary. He’s not a ghost, either. And she's pretty sure he's not a hallucination. He’s just Mason. He is, however, invisible. When Olivia spotted the crying little boy on her front porch at five years old, she had no idea she was the only one who could see him. Twelve years later when...

No Names

It's a scary thing to do -- trusting someone with the most special thing about you; the thing that defines you as a person: your name. There's no telling what comes after it when someone speaks. It could be positive, and it could also be negative. But sometimes you just have to take a chance and open yourself to every...

Chocolate Kisses

"Do you want a kiss?" I asked giving him an innocent smile. He gave me a toothy grin, making him look even hotter, if that was even possible. "Close your eyes." I told him soothingly. He shut his eyes and leaned forward, puckering his lips like a duck. I grabbed a chocolate kiss out of my purse and put it gently on my...

00:00

❝ if a clock could count down to the moment you meet your soul mate, would you want to know? ❞

Ray Gets The Nay

for #TAYGETSTHEGAY Ray gets the nay-from everyone. Standing at 6'1-and looking 6'0 due to his inexplicably horrible posture-lanky, awkward, shy, and gay Ray Wood ponders why every male has no interest in him. If he works up the courage to ask one out their only response is a swift overlook of his body, a dissatisfied...

Birthday Suits

A body positivity movement, in which Belle Moore emphasises the beauty of our birthday suits.

To Dylan

To Dylan: i just miss you. - A series of texts in which she experiences depression in the most vicarious way possible, and love is just the tune playing lowly in the background. - [Trigger Warnings for: Depression, Thoughts of Suicide, Self-Harm] [Dylan is a boy, and Anabelle is a girl, to clear things up]

Flipped Coin

[finished] Ellie Walding wanted to be everything she wasn't with every fiber of her being.

you're fantabulous

daisy and duke are mad at each other. surprise surprise. [ #131 - humor | 12/1/14 ]

Scripted

Mason Grey was the biggest pop sensation since, like, EVER, and Natalie Perry was his girlfriend…or so everyone thought. According to Mason’s fans, he liked girls. According to his management team and Natalie, however, he liked boys. Natalie finds out that Mason’s been lying to her and everyone else. She can either se...

Have a Little Hope

When Hope's father suddenly dies, no one can prepare her for the amount of grief she would go through, especially when her grandparents agree to let his organs be used as he was a registered organ donor. Unable to deny her dad's wishes, the organs are used to save lives, but on one condition. She wants to meet the...

Like Snow

"Why do you call me that?" "Everyone has been calling you Snow Queen since you transferred schools and you're just now asking why?" he asked incredulously. "Yeah, I guess I am." He looked straight into my eyes and said, "It's because you're like snow; beautiful and cold."

The Bro Code

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION The Bro Code says to leave no bro behind... But what happens when you have to choose between love and friendship? ***** Nick Maguire would never betray his best friends, Carter and Austin, by breaking The Bro Code, and he k...

Nights with Wyatt (Updating Soon)

It was an unspoken agreement between us. Some nights he would show up at my window and I let him in, no questions asked. And the next day, it was forgotten; we just continued on as the strangers we were to each other.

Bullet

“Love’s like a bullet. It’s fast. It’s furious. Sometimes you can’t see it coming. You can run from it. But you can’t dodge it. Unless someone stands in your way…” Growing up, Callie Tollson had always admired her older brother, Clay, for being exactly who he wanted to be…despite the consequences he faced doing so. Wi...

The Bathroom Stall

A short story of an abandoned bathroom stall door giving desperate, heartbroken girls relationship advice, hot guys incorrectly trying to woo hearts, a stupid dare in action, and irrationality ruling the minds of every character.

Six Boxes

Five people are asked to play a game to compete for a promotion they've all applied for within the company they work for. All they have to do is pick a box...

A Study in Femininity

A 30 day writing challenge surrounding femininity in all its glory.

Ten Reasons Not To Die

"Give me ten days, and I can give you ten reasons not to die." Evan paused. "And if I can't change your mind by then, you can go jump off that cliff."

Not all Blondes do Backflips

Stereotypes. I hate them. On my first day at my new school, a girl in a blue and white cheerleader's uniform told me I 'looked like a cheerleader' and asked me to come to tryouts. I almost decked her. Blonde hair and blue eyes do not a cheerleader make. Cheerleaders can be bitchy and mean but they can also act all hap...

My Wattpad Love✔️

Julie has always been the shy type. Her world changes when she finds wattpad, a very popular ebook community. She becomes addicted to it and even starts posting her own stories. But are friends, fans and votes all she will get from this site? Or is it possible to find love as well?

Kissing Prince Charming

❝What would you do to find your Prince Charming?❞ Everyone knows your first kiss is supposed to be the most exciting thing in your life. For Grace Carter it just so happened to take place in a janitors closet with a boy she doesn't even know. Now with the memory of a kiss she'll never forget, with a boy she doesn't ev...

The Break Up Girl (Slow Updates)

Esme Lavanders has gone through boys quicker than a negligent student flipping through a Mathematics textbook, and that's a lot to say. Esme is the girl who can never stay with one boy; never long enough in a relationship to fire up a spark. Esme is the girl who unconsciously plunges into the endless pit of fatigue wh...

Late Summer Rain

It was pity that first made Dannie speak to him. She had known Ryan since she was a kid, but he had always been the popular Golden Boy, and she had always been the tomboy that didn’t mind not having any friends. It was odd, she had thought, that all the popular kids who had once kissed the ground he walked on, didn’t...

Adam&Audrey

[Humor #184 / Romance #259] Meet Adam. A nineteen year old college freshman ready to take on the world with his best friend Audrey by his side. But when Audrey hatches a scheme for Adam to start a blog to help him lose his virginity, things start to get a little out of control. Far-fetched rumors and impromptu dates...

His Number

Charlotte Everley and her best friend had a tradition. Every summer on June 26th, they call one number--one random number of the same area code, purely for entertainment. When Charlotte's best friend Stella found love with the help of their 'tradition', she added another reason. To find Charlotte a boyfriend. After t...