January 25th, 2015 at 02:42am
Such a good story!
I started reading it because i have a really bad sleeping pattern, but i actually really started getting into it. Haha :3
what i disliked was the story finishing. Now what am i going to do?! D:
So it's five years after you posted this story, but I still found it. And might I say, I loved it.
Lately I haven't really been commenting on stories that were completed and not to mention, completed rather a long time ago, but with the last author's note you had me convinced to leave a comment because... if you were still looking to have this published someday, I wanted to be helpful.
I originally was going to suggest that if you did rewrite it, write an epilogue because at first the ending left me unsatisfied, him just telling her that he loved her too, but after reflecting on it some more, I realize that I like the ending. I'm so used to coming on here and reading stories with more of an epilogue of sorts that I realize... real books, different teen love stories I've read over the years, have actually ended like you ended yours, and it made me realize, that you shouldn't change or add anything to it. Because that is a true ending right there; slightly unsatisfying, admittedly, but true to a true story ending. Plus, it leaves you with imagining what happens after that on your own, which is perhaps the best part, because not everyone likes to imagine the same ending.
But anyway, I definitely enjoyed this story and trying to think of something constructive to change... maybe add a bit more with what happened with Derek and Darcy. While I admittedly didn't really like their parts and preferred when it focused on Raylee and Alex, it was kind of odd how they were more of a focus in the beginning but then as it got to the second half their part kind of dwindled. I was kind of wondering about what made Derek leave Darcy, for instance, or like what happened that they didn't stay together. Although it was awkward and I can see why they didn't, that probably would have been something important to mention so readers wouldn't be left wondering and just assuming about it. This is just my thoughts but I figured I would try to leave a slight suggestion in case... you ever came back to this and saw my comment? Or eventually do end up having it published. :)
Amazing job with this overall, though. I highly enjoyed and also wanted to leave this comment to show you that... people are still coming across this story and it's leaving an impact on them. :)