July 11th, 2017 at 06:43am
Comment swap brought me here, and I'm glad it did I'm just a bit bummed that it's almost midnight or just gone midnight I'm not entirely sure right now, I'm exhausted.
Anyway, I've read the first chapter, and I think it's really good, but as I say I'm really tired so I've recommended and subscribed so I can read it properly tomorrow/later today :) <3
May I also say I love the layout and the picture you've used!
Ah, this was a really sweet story. The whole best-friends-to-lovers thing can be so cute and heartwarming when it’s done right. I mean, I kind of wish Keith hadn’t cheated (and his logic for it wasn’t something I agreed with) when he and Melissa first slept together but I’m glad that he came around to his feelings for her so they could have their happy ending. I feel like Melissa does deserve better because of Keith’s whole “I don’t like looking like the jerk” logic, but I’m happy she got what she wanted. I also really like that she refused to kiss Keith while he was drunk.
However, like I’ve said on other stories of yours, a lot of your prose was choppy and clumsy because of how you would word something. At times, I feel like you were lacking detail and it felt like you were rushing. In the whole rushing thing, there wasn’t enough emotional depth so I couldn’t 100% connect to Melissa on a personal level. You kind of jumped from one place to another very quickly, which prevented me from connecting too. I do think maybe it would help if you just made the chapters long and introduced both Melissa and Keith to me slowly. You threw me headfirst into their relationship so I didn’t connect to Melissa, I didn’t see why she would love someone like Keith, and I ended up not really liking Keith at all. It was disappointing because the overall story was cute.