Eva Scalzo

Q4: YA Fantasy: Not sure why this is written as YA. It's way over word count for YA Fantasy, but if the author just wrote it as adult, they wouldn't have to change the story, just age up the characters slightly. (Even the voice doesn't read like YA.) Anyway. Pass. #tenqueries

Q3: YA Contemporary: Not sure why this is YA, but it opens with a dream and the character waking up...and yeah. Pass. #tenqueries

Q2: Fantasy: There's a talking baby here, and maybe it's the hours of Boss Baby my kids have subjected me to, but that is really not a good fit for me in my reading. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: YA Mystery: This one feels like it should be fantasy but it's not, which makes the setting is really confusing to me for some reason. Pass. #tenqueries

Q10: Fantasy: This is the kind of epic fantasy that isn’t a good fit for me. Pass. #tenqueries

Q9: Fantasy: There’s a lot going on here but it veered into no instead of yes for me. Pass. #tenqueries

Q8: Science Fiction: This is like BattleBots and I’m just not a good fit for reading a lot of battle scenes. Pass. #tenqueries

Q7: YA Sci-if: This story blends superheroes and fandom and I am interested to see where it goes. Full Request. #tenqueries

Q6: Romantic Suspense: I’m having a hard time with the law enforcement aspects of these types of stories. This isn’t cops but still feels like them. Pass. #tenqueries

Q5: Paranormal Romance: this starts off like a nice contemporary and then take a turn for bonkers that I don’t really feel like following. Pass. #tenqueries

Q4: Romance: This #Latinx dance inspired story is right up my alley. Full Request. #tenqueries

Q3: YA Sci-fi: This is book 2 to a self-published story which is a bit of a nonstarter in the traditional space. Pass. #tenqueries

Q2: Science Fiction: I just don’t find the protagonists compelling in this one. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: Fantasy: There is no hook in this blurb. It sounds like every other fantasy story with a quest element to solve a mystery. Pass. #temqueries

Q10: Fantasy: This historical fantasy is intriguing, the characters are complex and morally gray, and the opening pages leave me interested to see where this is going. Full Request. #tenqueries

Q9: Fantasy: There is a lot of going on in this pitch, and I'm not entirely sure about the conflict, but there's like three too many POVs for me. Pass. #tenqueries

Q8: YA Fantasy: This is the first book in a series, and is actually Middle Grade, which is not a genre I currently represent. Pass. #tenqueries

Q7: YA Fantasy: I do love lesbian pirates, but I already have some on my list and I'm not in a place where I think it makes sense to add more. Pass, regretfully. #tenqueries

Q6: SFF: It's an interesting concept, but there's a lot of time-hopping in addition to multiple POVs and I just don't see this working for me. Pass. #tenqueries

Q5: Sci-Fi: This just doesn't feel like a high-concept hook, it's the plot of every other SF query in my inbox. Pass. #tenqueries