@joycewords_23
Genre: Romance
Reviewer: @loveeboat
Summary/ Excerpt:

Sometimes we are embarrassed to admit how badly we want certain things in life, wither it's passion, adventure, or just to wake up and be someone different. Cleo's young and her life is boring and always the same, she deeply desires passions as hot a summer's night, to travel until the world spins, and to get what she feels like she worked hard for in college.

Little did she know her prayers would be answered. While working the summer away in a motel, Cleo's world collided with a young girl name Maya and a boy named Dean. She never imagined she'd be racing down the highways of Mexico, getting into a fights in the middle of a top secret drug operation, or finding a love that is epic and crazy! It's one summer that Cleo never imagined in her wildest dreams.

Read this steamy romance to be taken on a high that will make you rethink your whole life.

Did I mention there would be sex and ice cream?...

Cover: 4/10

I can't quite read your cover. The font for the words in the left corner are extremely small and it just looks blurry. I did not notice the subtitle on the bottom until I looked again. I guess I understand why you used the image you did, of a woman smoking considering your story is called "Good Drugs," but it kind of fell short for me personally. I wish the word "Drugs" was in one straight line and the s wasn't just hanging there randomly. Truly the only thing I can really make out are the words "Joyce Words, 23" and "Good." I think you should make your cover a bit more eye-catching. To me, it's a little dull and fell flat. Honestly, if I was an average reader just scrolling by I would not think twice if I looked at your cover. I'd simply ignore it and go onwards to another book. I think you can keep the image in the background as that does somewhat fit the theme of your story, but fix everything else including the placement of words and the color schemes. Also, make sure the font is large enough for it to be legible.

Description: 4.5/10

I'll have to admit that your description wasn't the best. There are grammatical mistakes such as misspelling and punctuation errors. You kind of tell us everything that's going to happen in your story before we even begin to read so I already had a general idea on the route you were going to take as I read. Certain sentences simply made no sense and I did not understand what you were trying to write about. For instance, "Cleo's young and her life is boring and always the same, she deeply desires passions as hot a summer's night, to travel until the world spins, and to get what she feels like she worked hard for in college." I had to read this sentence multiple times to kind of grasp what you were trying to say. I don't think it's a good thing that I'm already doubting myself before I even begin to read your story. Imagine what an average reader is thinking as they read your summary. It definitely needs some TLC and affection. Firstly, with the grammatical mistakes and secondly with the over detailed summary you gave us about Cleo's life. You want readers to be curious about your story, and telling us exactly what happens leaves little to the imagination.

Content: 8/10

Your actual story is actually really good. It was a drastic change from first seeing your cover and reading your description. I'll admit I went into it having low expectations and came out feeling a whole lot better. You have a lot of potential and I could see that easily the further along I read. You do have a little bit of problems but they weren't completely bad to the point where I was turned off. Personally, I like to read stories with a TON of description. I've always said this in most of my reviews.  I appreciate descriptions the most and the little things the author describes. You use a lot of beautiful words and sentences and at certain times I stopped reading to admirer them. The way you started off the chapter was really nice and your diction was great. Still, however, I want to know what Cleo is seeing, hearing, smelling, and feeling. I want to be in Cleo's shoes and know everything she knows. I want to feel like I am Cleo and that her character is written for me to know. Adding a little more description about her surroundings and emotions in general can go a long way. Also, I do feel like your characters moved a little too fast with one another. It did not feel realistic to me as I read because they just jumped on each other nearly they moment they met. Maybe adding some information about their dynamic beforehand can make your writing a lot more clear and understanding so that readers aren't sitting there flabbergasted at the sudden change of events. Overall, it wasn't a bad read. I actually found it quite enjoyable. I think you can go a long way with this and you have a lot of potential of making it big. Your premise is good and your theme is quite solid. I just know that with a little more info in certain areas you would be amazing .

Next Steps:

1. Fix your cover. Make it more eye-catching and shaped around your romance theme. It is the most important aspect of your book and the first thing readers judge when they see your story so it is important that it is up to par.

2. Fix your description/summary! Give it some love and affection. There are grammatical mistakes that should be fixed right away and other things that I explained in my little paragraph up above. I highly suggest that you correct this as soon as possible. More important than fixing your cover at this point.

3. In your story, you abbreviated certain words instead of spelling them out. For example, you did heart'd instead of just spelling out the word. I think you should spell out the word and not just leave it like this. It seems a bit bad to me and I'm sure other readers may feel that too. There were some other grammatical mistakes but they weren't too bad. Simply just follow what I said in my paragraph above! Overall though it was a good read!