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I'm gonna be honest here. The story is really interesting. While attracting the readers, it provides an enjoyable read. However, there are some things that were annoying. I'm going to give a review now: ─Writing Quality 5/5 Word Usage: Let me give you a piece of advice here: DON'T try to use different words and phrases UNTIL you've thoroughly understood the usage of that word/phrase in a real sentence. Using synonyms is fine to not have repetitive words; however, if you've not still come to understand where, when, or how to use it, it would be better to not use it at all and go for the same word you know how to use. Word Repetition: Some words get used too much in every paragraph. For example, I got annoyed hearing "her" every few seconds while reading. I checked until chapter 12 and there were like +600 times that you used "her", which means 50 per chapter. That's a lot. I understand it's hard to write while giving attention to such stuff, but why not use more creative sentences? I, as an author, understand that one can get affected by the atmosphere itself and use the same sentence form all over again. If you go and check out an official and professional book, you'd understand that they keep the repetitive sentences and words at a minimum. And even if you have to use them, putting some different, creative sentences between them would lessen the effects, which it might have on the readers. Grammar: I noticed some problems here and there, but it's almost perfect. Writing Style: It's great. I never felt bored reading, so keep things up as how they are. Punctuation: I found you using it right in sometimes and wrong in some other times. I guess you need to edit your work before publishing? That would help a lot since some wrong punctuational problems would make the readers confused. If you're a native speaker, then maybe you should take a look at your work before publishing? If not, it's fine. Putting minimal errors aside, I think I should give something between 4 and 5 stars, so I will go and round it up to 5! :P ─Stability of Updates 5/5 25 chapters in 8 days? Sounds beyond perfect! Keep releasing chapters at this rate and you can get to the TOP! 21 per week, or 3 per day, is ideal in WN! ─Story Development 5/5 We have to talk about it when there are +100 chapters, but things look to be fine until chapter 24. I like how things progress forward. One can keep reading until the end. However, what most of the writers find difficult is continuing this process when we're going forward in the story. While the background gets more immense and huge, it gets harder to move the reader along with the events. ─Character Design 5/5 You have your style and I like it. I can get a good connection with the characters. Their appearance, behavior, and objectives are realistic and understandable ─World Background 5/5 It's set well. There are some flaws but maybe it's because there are not many chapters yet? Anyways, not gonna spoil things here so I'm going to end my review now. Overall, it's a good read and I'd place it at the top compared with the other novels of the same genre. (Let's be honest, there are many ****ty novels out there in WN that don't deserve their spot) Keep up the good work and don't drop it. Oh, I was going to forget! Lemme advise you a bit: 1- Release one of your chapters at 00:00 time in China (To get those **). Release the others during the time that your novel has been read more than the other times. You can also consider the location of the majority of your readers and release the chapters according to that information. 2- Split the chapters with too many words into more chapters with fewer words. 3- Always be in contact with your readers through the "Author's Thought". It can motivate them to give comments, keep on reading, and enjoy the story to a greater degree.

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The Changeling: A Quest For Time

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Haha, thanks for such a detailed review. There have been some faults with my writing as you have said, but I'm still in a learning process. I try to minimise repetitive words, but unconsciously I tend to use them a lot. Most of the writing techniques I use at this point are the bits and scraps I picked up as a reader, so there can be many faults in them. Also, I have a bad habit of mixing up British and American English. I'm trying to stick to one of them, but it's still a long process for me. haha.

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There's no problem with picking up those techniques from the other novels. It's actually a recommended way to become a better writer. To write better one should read more. Anyways, have fun writing! I could notice the errors getting less while proceeding in the story.

Overlord_Venus:Haha, thanks for such a detailed review. There have been some faults with my writing as you have said, but I'm still in a learning process. I try to minimise repetitive words, but unconsciously I tend to use them a lot. Most of the writing techniques I use at this point are the bits and scraps I picked up as a reader, so there can be many faults in them. Also, I have a bad habit of mixing up British and American English. I'm trying to stick to one of them, but it's still a long process for me. haha.