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Hii! Just finished reading The Player's Bet and I genuinely can't stop thinking about it. Fatima's whole first day energy is so much fun, that nervous prayer to the universe before walking into a brand new school, the wrong turn that gets her lost, then literally crashing straight into Kade in the hallway. The instant "am I his target now" spiral afterward is such a relatable way to open a story about starting over somewhere completely unfamiliar. What really stuck with me was the physics class scene, Fatima acing the pop quiz when nobody else even comes close, and how uncomfortable that moment of standing out actually feels for her instead of being played as a pure win. It says a lot about her old cutthroat school versus this new one where kids actually help each other. And Kade shutting Lydia down without missing a beat, right after all that buildup of him seeming like trouble, flips the whole dynamic in one line. That "game's still on" tension with Zan at the end adds such a sharp edge to what could've been a simple crush setup. I do manga style character and scene commissions and I'd honestly love to draw one of these moments, maybe that hallway collision on Fatima's first morning, or the group hanging out on the bleachers with all that unspoken rivalry simmering underneath. Stories that mix this much personality driven banter with real social tension are exactly my favorite thing to illustrate. No pressure at all, just wanted to say I loved the story either way. Discord: emmamaxwell0713 Instagram: mirabellebrushes

Hii! Just finished reading A Story Written in Spring and I genuinely can't stop thinking about it. That opening with Miyu standing outside the school gate on her first morning, quietly repeating "a new school, a new place, a new start" to herself, captures that specific nervousness of starting over so gently. And the way Akira is introduced right after, sitting alone by the window while the whole classroom buzzes around him, sets up such a soft contrast between the two of them before they've even spoken a word to each other. What really stuck with me was how small the turning point is. It's not a dramatic moment, just Miyu saying "thank you" after a partner assignment, and Akira quietly holding onto that for the rest of the day, thinking maybe today wasn't completely ordinary after all. That restraint is honestly rare, most stories would rush the connection, but here even Akira noticing that being alone "didn't feel quite the same" carries so much weight specifically because nothing dramatic actually happened. It's such a patient, sincere way to build a friendship. I do manga style character and scene commissions and I'd honestly love to draw one of these moments, maybe Miyu standing at the classroom doorway with everyone's eyes on her, or Akira quietly watching the cherry blossoms drift past the window during lunch. Stories that find this much emotional depth in ordinary school mornings are exactly my favorite thing to illustrate. No pressure at all, just wanted to say I loved the story either way. Discord: emmamaxwell0713 Instagram: mirabellebrushes

Hii! Just finished reading Love Me Like a Promise and I genuinely can't stop thinking about it. That opening with Corey unlocking his old apartment after two years, the walls still covered in the superheroes he painted as a kid, staring back at him like they'd been waiting, is such a warm, grounded way to open. And the reunion with Ezekiel and Andrew feels so real, that easy back and forth about being broke, about surviving rather than living, gives the story a genuine sense of place before anything dramatic even happens. What really stuck with me was the wall painting scene. Corey bringing Volt Strike to life on brick, a hero who has to sacrifice his own life force every time he uses his powers, mirrors Corey's own situation in such a quiet way, someone who's given up a lot just trying to get by. And then Mabel discovering him mid stream, completely unplanned, followed by that gut punch cut to her finding out about Draco's video right after, gives her decision to consider bringing Corey to the party a lot more weight than a typical rich-girl-meets-poor-artist setup. It's not really about Corey at that point, it's about her own quiet defiance. I do manga style character and scene commissions and I'd honestly love to draw one of these moments, maybe Corey mid stroke painting Volt Strike on that brick wall, or Mabel watching him from the balcony with the city lights below. Stories that build genuine friendship and class contrast around a real creative passion are exactly my favorite thing to illustrate. No pressure at all, just wanted to say I loved the story either way. Discord: emmamaxwell0713 Instagram: mirabellebrushes

Hii! Just finished reading The Last Veyran and I genuinely can't stop thinking about it. That opening line about the bus smelling like stale coffee and someone else's cigarettes being the best smell Sayla's ever loved immediately tells you everything about wanting to leave a place behind. And the detail about her mother going still "the way people go still right before they lie" when Sayla asks about her birth is such a quiet, effective way to plant a mystery without overexplaining it. What really got me was Kael. A hundred and twenty-eight years old, cataloguing exits and resonances with total clinical detachment, still haunted by a hallway from a century ago, and then Sayla just walks past and cracks something open in him he didn't authorize. The moment he notices he's smiled twice and immediately files it as "an aberration worth monitoring" is such a good way to show a character who's spent a hundred years building walls without ever saying it outright. And revealing that his actual reason for being at Kirenwood is surveilling Talia Ashworth, an unknowing descendant of House Zayren, gives the whole college romance setup this much colder, more dangerous structure running underneath it, especially with that closing line about 2,740 years of careful silence beginning to crack. I do manga style character and scene commissions and I'd honestly love to draw one of these moments, maybe Kael standing still under the oak tree while the whole quad moves around him, or that charged first exchange between him and Sayla in the dark at the mixer. Stories that build slow burn romance on top of a much older, more dangerous secret are exactly my favorite thing to illustrate. No pressure at all, just wanted to say I loved the story either way. Discord: emmamaxwell0713 Instagram: mirabellebrushes

Hii! Just finished reading My Husband Is A Mafia Boss Season 3 and I genuinely can't stop thinking about it. Mikazuki's opening at her real parents' grave, admitting she grew up angry believing they sold her, only to spend years investigating and finding out that wasn't even true, is such a heavy way to open a season. And the reveal that she still can't get closure because everyone who knew the truth has already died gives her character this quiet, permanent ache underneath all her teasing later on. What really stuck with me was the contrast between Mikazuki and Bullet's dynamic and the Roswell family's grief. All that playful "Mr. Roswell" teasing on the surface, while back at the mansion there's still an empty chair, plate, and a room full of unopened gifts for a son they haven't seen in twenty five years and aren't even allowed to talk about. That's such a devastating detail, an entire family stuck mourning someone who's actually alive and about to walk back into their lives. The dinner scene where Aemie stares blankly at that empty chair hit especially hard. I do manga style character and scene commissions and I'd honestly love to draw one of these moments, maybe Mikazuki and Bullet in the car heading toward the Philippines with that mix of tension and nerves, or that quiet, heavy family dinner table with the empty chair. Stories built around long lost family reunions with this much buried grief and slow burn reveal are exactly my favorite thing to illustrate. No pressure at all, just wanted to say I loved the story either way. Discord: emmamaxwell0713 Instagram: mirabellebrushes

Hii! Just finished reading Unnoticed, Until 'YOU' and I genuinely can't stop thinking about it. That opening line about Phoebe remembering what it felt like to stand under the spotlight before fading into background noise is such a strong hook, and the small detail of her sketch slipping unnoticed out of her bag in the crowded hallway, only for Dev to quietly pick it up and study it, is such a gentle, cinematic way to introduce him without a single word of dialogue. What really got me was the marathon arc, Phoebe forcing herself through fifteen kilometers despite her father's death from a heart attack during a paid race, Maya's betrayal caught on camera, and then that gut wrenching twist where the CCTV footage reveals it was actually Dev who signed her up in the first place. After everything he'd done for her, the umbrella, the hair tie, rushing her to the hospital, that reveal completely upends how you're supposed to feel about him, and Phoebe's reaction, sinking to her knees in the café, hits so much harder because of how much trust had quietly built up to that point. I do manga style character and scene commissions and I'd honestly love to draw one of these moments, maybe that rainy scene with Dev holding the umbrella over Phoebe as he returns her drawing, or the haunted house moment with her clinging to him mid scare. Stories that build slow burn romance with a real gut punch twist underneath are exactly my favorite thing to illustrate. No pressure at all, just wanted to say I loved the story either way. Discord: emmamaxwell0713 Instagram: mirabellebrushes

Hii! Just finished reading My Dear Ghostie and I genuinely can't stop thinking about it. That opening letter to Sid immediately sets such a gentle, wistful tone, the rainy night at Sylvester Park, the secret snap taken during the classical concert where he fell asleep on her shoulder, the paintbrush he encouraged her to pick back up. It reads like a love letter to someone who changed her whole outlook, and it's such a quiet, warm way to open before the story even tells you what any of it means yet. Then chapter two completely resets the tone, and it hits even harder because of it. Hana's chaotic, lovable morning with her mom threatening no allowance and her sister Shizu bickering with her, all that ordinary sibling noise, makes the gut punch in the principal's office land so much harder. The detail of her recognizing her mother's panda handbag in the CCTV footage before she even fully processes what's happening, and then her sister's cracked golden watch being the thing that finally breaks her denial, that's such a devastating, specific way to handle grief instead of just stating it outright. I do manga style character and scene commissions and I'd honestly love to draw one of these moments, maybe Hana painting on that canvas in the park with the memory of Sid layered softly behind her, or that quiet, heavy moment in the principal's office right before the truth is spoken. Stories that pair genuine slice of life warmth with this kind of emotional weight are exactly my favorite thing to illustrate. No pressure at all, just wanted to say I loved the story either way. Discord: emmamaxwell0713 Instagram: mirabellebrushes

Hi! I just came across Shadows at Dawn and got hooked immediately by that chilling opening juxtaposition. The prime minister celebrating his son's monstrous "awakening" with fireworks across the city while whispers spread about a sacrificed child, all set against Salem bleeding out alone in a gutter thinking her own father sold her out, creates such a devastating contrast between power and disposability right from page one. That closing line of hers, hoping not to meet her father again in the next life, was such a gut punch way to end a life that clearly never got to matter to anyone. The revival and found family thread that follows hit just as hard though, especially He Li's quiet vow that no one will take her away again, "not even yourself," hinting he already suspects she gave up before ending up in that alley. Storm's overeager, motor mouthed introduction as her long lost twin brother, contrasted with Salem straining to remember a childhood she was taken from at four, built such a tender, complicated reunion. And that panic attack moment where the whole room holds its breath, terrified of triggering her further, showed just how carefully this makeshift family is trying to hold everything together around her. I do manga style commission art, and stories built around this kind of dark, sacrificial power system colliding with a fragile, hard won found family are exactly what I love drawing. I'd love to create art of Salem alone in the rain soaked gutter with her final tear mixing into the blood and grime, or the tense hospital room reunion with He Li's hand steadying hers while Storm and the others hold their breath in the background. Discord: emmamaxwell0713 Instagram: mirabellebrushes

Hi! I just came across Our Lost Happiness, and Sachiko's opening hit with such raw, devastating honesty. That heartbreaking image of finding her little brother Kosei bleeding on the floor after their parents stole his soccer savings, immediately followed by a loan shark cornering and hitting her in the street, painted such a vivid, painful picture of everything she carries alone before she ever meets Akira at all. The bridge rescue was such a gripping, breathless sequence, Sachiko's split-second decision to grab a stranger mid-jump and being pulled into the freezing water with him, only to wake up three days later to find out he'd quietly paid off her entire hospital bill without a word. And the slow-burn tension that followed hit so genuinely, Akira's cold, distant sharpness slowly cracking into that small apology note, then his walls fully collapsing the moment Sachiko blurts out "we aren't even friends," revealing just how much he actually needed her to care. I do manga-style commission art, and stories built around this kind of quiet, aching slow-burn romance, especially when both leads are secretly carrying more pain than they let show, are exactly what I love drawing. I'd love to create art of Sachiko grabbing Akira's hand mid-fall from the bridge as they plunge into the dark water together, or the tender sunset moment of them sitting close by the sea, his gaze finally softening as their eyes meet. Would love to hear your thoughts, and happy to share more of my portfolio if you're interested! Discord: emmamaxwell0713 Instagram: mirabellebrushes

Hi there, I just came across THE PERFECT PLAN (JAYFER), and this story immediately caught my attention. I love how it opens with such a wonderfully awkward, relatable hook. Jay finding out her own ex casually asked her to plan his wedding to his new fiancée because he thought she'd be "cool about it," only for the universe to double down when a smug rival CEO storms into her struggling company demanding a buyout, and turns out to be dating that exact same fiancée's ex. That mix of cringe worthy irony and instant rival chemistry sets such a fun, gossipy tone. The contrast between Jay's fierce, no nonsense business instincts and the increasingly ridiculous fake dating scheme she and Keifer cook up to make their exes jealous gives the story a lot of visual potential. I'd love to create a character illustration or cinematic scene capturing Keifer barging into Jay's office mid negotiation with his signature smug grin, the two of them scheming over a private dinner table as they draft their fake romance backstory, or Keifer's dramatic entrance at the wedding planning meeting leaving David and Freya visibly stunned. There's a great mix of enemies to lovers banter, fake dating trope fun, and the messy comedy of exes colliding to draw from. I do manga style commission art, and stories with sharp witted rivals turned reluctant allies, fake dating romantic comedy tropes, and the chaotic fun of crossed exes are exactly the kind of stories I love bringing to life through illustration. Discord: emmamaxwell0713 Instagram: mirabellebrushes