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Good story, atrocious proofreading.

Typos, missed words and subject-verb agreement errors are a pet peeve when reading. Some examples are, “How can she not here this?” Should be hear. “He crossed him arms...” Should be his. “Each woman had their own...” Should be her. “I tried to knob on the door.” Should be the. More than twenty of these stood out. If this does not bother you, Three Little Lies by Melissa Wolff is a good story.

A YA suspense, the plot opens in Virginia in the summer, and the story is told through the POV of the protagonist, Amber, a troubled fifteen-year-old. Her best friend, Madison, disappeared, Amber suffered a horrendous accident and her family situation is bad. Forced to live with her half-sister, Rebecca, Amber meets Ethan Hunter the son of the Mayor. Wolff was able to create a realistic character in Amber and to develop her personality to engage the reader. For the most part, all of the characters were unique. However, there is a conflict with Amber’s future brother-in-law, Jacob, which wasn’t developed and had no resolution.

The pacing of the novel was good, disclosing revelations at a steady rate. One issue was Madison’s first diary entry. It revealed to the reader what Amber’s best friend had been up to prior to her disappearance. This may have been intentional, but the protagonist’s understanding of the event didn’t resonate until later in the story.

Melissa Wolff has an impressive grasp of teenagers and stayed true to her characters. Keeping in mind the impulsiveness of the age, most of the happenstances were believable. The plot is imaginative and the writing is good. A qualified proofreader would help this author shine.
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LEFraser | 2 andre anmeldelser | Feb 2, 2015 |
Clearly not my cup of tea, you very well might feel differently. Whatever my thoughts venture for yourself.

Love the surprise twist, very well done. Amber is a 15/16 year old, snarky, angry, defiant and a bastard child (authors words, not mine), a little more character development to further explain why she is the way she is would be nice, as it stands the reader bears the burden of why with an awful lot of assuming.

Her reaction to the horrid discovery is absolutely implausible, she would be freaked out as anyone would be stumbling upon what she did. The auspicious narrative needs heavy editing. The numerous grammatical errors deter from the reading experience. The plot is good, would be great if Amber wasn’t 16 years old but older. She vacillates from being a immature brat to acting half human, her personality is annoying, difficult to like the girl.

Weighty subject matter was address but sloughed off casually. A big no no in my book. If you introduce touchy topics you should resolve them properly otherwise edit/omit please.

With a more mature and developed protagonist in combination with the somewhat promising plot, this novella could pass muster to an average audience. Solid strong editing would vastly improve the entire undertaking. Clean up the heavy topics with clear resolution, messy as is. A fast pace read, in need of fine tuning.
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melinda_hence | 2 andre anmeldelser | Jan 5, 2015 |
I received a copy of this book from story cartel in exchange for an honest review. All opinions which follow are entirely my own.

This book starts off seeming like your typical "teens try to find missing friend" story, and with the exception of a few weird occurrences here and there, it stays that way through most of the book. When the final twist hits, though, it REALLY hits. I'm still in shock over it, and can't stop sitting here shaking my head.

Very well written, and a total page turner.… (mere)
 
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TeresaKander | 2 andre anmeldelser | Aug 13, 2014 |
Chastity is 17 year’s old, bright, overweight and an outcast in her high school. Her best friend Kevin is gay and like her is an outcast but at least they have each other and appreciate each other not for what others see but for who they are as people. Then there is Chastity’s sister Hope who wants to change her last name because she doesn’t want people to connect them and one of Chastity’s childhood friends, Lauren, one of “The Princesses” won’t even step in to stop the verbal abuse Chastity suffers everyday at school. It is that constant verbal abuse and lack of support that has Chastity writing what most would consider as a suicide note. Just writing the note makes Chastity feel better but not enough to want to stay at school.

Jullian is the school’s class president, handsome and a friend from when they were little children but even his friendship doesn’t make Chastity feel comfortable at school so she leaves the building and finds herself at an old abandoned house where she goes inside to get out of the rain and wait out the school day. Little does she know that going into that house will change her life forever. Inside the house is Xavier, a boy who used to live there and is hiding out from an abusive foster father until he is old enough to be considered an adult.

Xavier writes poetry on the walls of the house, is mysterious and since he does not go to Chastity’s high school has no preconceived notions about her. They strike up a friendship that evolves into so much more. Chastity and Xavier begin to spend a great deal of time together. While they get to know each other they share their deepest feelings and form a relationship different from any relationship Chastity has ever experienced before. Chastity begins to grow confident, happy, and views herself the way Xavier sees her.

What Chastity can’t see is how her changing is effecting everyone around her, from her sister, her parents, Lauren, Kevin and most especially Jullian. Her evolution both physical and emotional has a rippling effect that causes many waves in her life, some positive, some not so positive but all that make her who she is meant to be.

Sharpie Messages is a story that has so much going on that you will be able to see yourself in one of the characters and therefore you will quickly find yourself immersed in the story. You will fall in love with the characters in this book and be pulling for them to overcome what obstacles that fall in their path and you just want some of them to wake up to the world around them so that they can move forward with their lives. This is Melissa Wolff’s first book and an intriguing introduction to a new author. There is some resolution to the story but I can’t wait to read the sequel “Fated” to see how it really all turns out.
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