You keep saying you were 16 when u wrote shelter and refudge, but honestly its too good for a 16 year old n well too mature too... I was soo stupid, innocent , and naive just like ella at that age, even at 20 that i didnt know anything about suxh bad world. You did a great job portraying that dark. Though josh did get on my nerves and sometimes ella too, but i guess thats how all humans are. Life isnt perfect, so stories shouldn't portray them as either...
Loved your work. The ending did leave me in a place that i ended up realizing just like josh, that yeah, i loved it.. the ending chapters i wont admit to liking the bad stuff happening to Ella