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Selected Stories Reviewed by our Editors

October 16, 2021

Title: 

True Cyan

Author: 

NaeyaRose

Blurb:

Spells, howls and fangs. all this she is made of. Cyan's entire life has always been running and hiding alone in the dark, from people that believed she was a vessel of dark magic. Being the only one of her kind and having the blood of the three strongest creatures in the world (witches, werewolves and vampires), the strongest vampire family in history seek to kill her, threatened by her powers. 

🔸Editors' Feedback:

The introduction is quick and to the point in depicting the heroine's hybrid identity and setting up the general plot, which is very good. 

The first chapter created a tense atmosphere where her hybrid lineage is not "blessed", leading to her being bullied and alienated due to her hybrid status. 

I was hooked right from the start and am looking forward to the growth of the heroine as the story goes on as the elements of her hybrid identity drives the story forward. 

The interaction between the hero and heroine is also very captivating and leaves much to be anticipated. 

Go for it!

Title: 

Until December

Author: 

Muzna Malik

Blurb:

Grace Evans: A gorgeous and stunning girl decided to hide her identity and switch her school in her senior year. No one knows her real identity in this new city except of one friend and she has no intention of telling anyone else about her true identity. No one knows in her family that she cross-dresses sometimes. (

🔸Editors' Feedback:

The blurb did a good job introducing basic information about the main characters and the core conflicts between them while leaving the readers in suspense. 

The combination of an unknown heroine dressed as a boy, and a notorious bad boy wanting to pry into her secrets makes us, the audience very excited to see the sparks fly between them wondering: 

What is Grace's true identity? 

Will her secret be revealed by the bad boy and his gang? 

And what drastic changes will they bring to the previously peaceful school? 

Also, it would be nice if the ambiguous affair between Grace and Damon could be more descriptive.