Ok, Iām doing that thing again. Bare with meā¦ Rambling ahead.
A generalization Iām making is that they all fit the shelf this time around because itās about Latinx Authors (not having Latinx charactersā¦ though that would be nice in my eyes) and I really canāt be bothered to stalk the family trees of all the authors to check if this is right or notā¦ Someone else would have probably mentioned it by now if one of the authors were wrongly showcased anyway.
The IT Girl
Episode one is CC only and I am livid.
Though I thought it was cool that we can choose if we know/want to learn Spanish. I assume this will come up later? Maybe one character speaks Spanish and our choice gives us a translator?
Cover
Well, the cover gives me love triangle vibes and based off of episode 1 and who I got to CC, Iād give this a tick
Summary
Since it was only CC, I donāt know how accurate the summary is for the story as a whole, but it seems a pretty straight forward summary, so I doubt how it could be misleading.
Connect the Dots
I have honestly never seen so many BG characters in my life!!
Episode one was heaps long and was a flashback within a flashback and went back and forth between the two flashbacks.
Quite a few sexual innuendos and dirty humour. Some more subtle than others.
Cover
If this doesnāt represent the story, then I donāt know what would.
Choices
Uhhhā¦ Iām having one of those moments where Iāve literally just finished reading the first episode and canāt even remember if there was choices? There was CC thoughā¦
Audience
People who like to play guess-who-the-murderer-is-before-itās-actually-revealed
Summary
Yeah, itās pretty straight forward. Though it makes it sound like choices would matter, so maybe Iām just having a blonde moment and forget the choices
Genre
Iām surprised itās not in mystery, but I guess it would also be classified as a drama anyway.
Unheard Heart
Ok, based on the authorās note at the beginning alone, I can confirm that there is no CC which means likely that the MC will be Latinx and no choices in the first episode but will be added in laterā¦ So that makes me think that choices wonāt end up impacting the story too much.
After reading episode 1, I probably wonāt continue. It just felt like it was going to be too much of a happy romance where everything works out almost too convinentlyā¦ Also there was a few too many typos and grammar mistakes that were really itching at me.
Interestinglyā¦ There was totally an S&M scene
Cover
I donāt think it represents the story per say, but you can tell itās a romance story from the cover so thereās that.
Audience
Definitely for people who want to read romance.
Summary
I wouldnāt say itās misleading, but just kind of vagueā¦ And I think they must have been hit with that summary word limit because theyāve omitted words to fit everything in and sacraficed the sentence structure in doing soā¦ Also theyāre missing a question mark
Bittersweet Wounds
The first thing I see when I start this story is a reader message. It says Trigger Warning: DEPRESSION. I actually laughed out loud at this, but simultaneously felt awkward and uncomfortableā¦ Weird way to start a story and a extremely brief way to warn people who might actually be triggered.
Despite weird trigger, I actually really liked this story and added it to my favourites.
Genre
Heck yes! I was reading this and thinking āwow this is so dramatic! I have no idea who anyone is and I feel like Iāve started at a new school and no one explaining anything to me so all the conversations donāt make sense, but I can still tell itās dramatic!ā
For the record, things are made sense at the very end of episode oneā¦ Well, sorta.
Cover
Um itās the two main charactersā¦ Not sure the significance of the book theyāre readingā¦ I guess it represents characters, but wouldnāt say it represents the story.
Choices
I couldnāt tell how heavily they influenced scenes and the story as a whole just yet, but author has put the ones she would pick in gold, which I donāt really like because it sort of influences a reader to keep picking those optionsā¦ Then your coding for the other option goes to waste
Summary
Nothing in the summary was touched on in the first episodeā¦ Aside from learning the names of characters. Though I can totally see how episode 1 has set it up for the summary to now take place.
Iāll do more of the stories a bit later, because WOW this is a huge shelf!