★★★★☆ A Surprisingly Decent Read (Trust Me, I'm Totally Not Biased)
Look, I'm going to be real with you here. The writing? It's fine. With a few years of writing experience under my belt, you won't find any grammar disasters here. Nothing that'll win a Pulitzer, but hey, you won't need eye bleach either.
Character design and worldbuilding? Well... *awkward cough*. I'm basically standing on the shoulders of giants here since I'm working with an established universe. So yeah, those are solid - but I can't exactly take credit for that. It's like acing a test by copying the smart kid's homework, except legal and ethical.
Now, story development? This is where I get to toot my own horn a bit (and since I'm writing this review, who's going to stop me?). This is definitely my strong suit as an author. I've got this whole plotline mapped out, the pacing's got momentum like a runaway freight train, and the story arcs? chef's kiss They actually go somewhere, imagine that!
But let's talk about update stability, because oof. 3/5 stars, and I'm being generous to myself here. These chapters are thicc, and between real-life responsibilities and my apparent inability to write anything shorter than a novella per update, we're looking at anywhere from a week (when the stars align) to a month (when life decides to play whack-a-mole with my writing schedule).
The verdict: This is my first rodeo in terms of actually putting my work out there, and you know what? I'm just proud I finally did it instead of letting it gather dust in my "maybe someday" folder. It's like jumping into a pool - sure, maybe I belly-flopped, but at least I'm swimming!
