Hello Marvel99, I saw your review request on the Newbie Request page and the Dragon Tamer title caught my eye. Please keep in mind that I'm fairly new to this site myself. I'm not a professional reviewer or proofreader; others who are more experienced my review your work differently.
You have given the basis of an interesting tale. I've made a mental note to myself, if I see a review request for anything that says, Chapter Two, I should go read Chapter One first! This whole review process is as much a learning process for the reviewer as for the author!
Never-the-less, I read here an interesting piece of fantasy/action fiction. May I gently suggest, to help ease the visual eyestrain, you give your readers a little white space between paragraphs? One thing one of my reviewers showed me was how to revise a sentence (or paragraph) to highlight an important part.
For instance:
"Wait! What about the madness? I need to know what to look for." I halted him with a hand on his crest, my fingers working through the small holes to hold him back. In all the years he had taught me, he had never told me what the madness was, or how it manifested in tamers.”
Perhaps this might be a bit stronger by keeping like ideas together.
"Wait!” With a hand on his crest, my fingers worked through the small holes to hold him back, “What about the madness? I need to know what to look for." In all the years he had taught me, he had never told me what the madness was, or how it manifested in tamers.
Does it seem that the call to Wait! together with the action of holding him back, and continuing with the question, makes a stronger impression? I may be wrong but it seems stronger to me. Also, you may want to be mindful of word usage, i.e.,"...but thinner then[than]the jacket..."
Again, these are my thoughts only! Ultimately it is up to you to decide whether they make sense to you, or should be ignored.
Be well, take care, and keep writing!
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