Q5: YA Thriller w/rom elements. Multicultural & intense. Strong voice, tightly plotted. Impressed by sample pages. Partial. #10queries

Q4: Futuristic rom thriller. Strong voice & appealing premise. Anti-hero intrigues me. I'd like to see more. Partial #10queries

Q3: noir-style romance thriller. I want to keep reading. Great voice. Partial. #10queries

Q2: YA spec rom. Great premise w/ magic, UF & SFR elements. Bummed that the writing struggles to deliver. Pass. #10queries

Q1: erotic thriller. Plot too familiar. Pages lack polish. No worldbuilding. Flat characters. Pass #10queries.

Q10: Upper MG. I liked the voice in this one. Request. #tenqueries

Q9: Upper MG. The premise wasn't my cup of tea. Pass. #tenqueries

Q8: YA historical. Interesting premise/setting. Sample pages had tension and I got a good sense of the setting. Request. #tenqueries

Q7: Thriller. The first chapter is almost all dialogue, so I never got a good sense of the setting/characters. Pass. #tenqueries

Q6: YA (paranormal). Too much like other books on the market. Pass. #tenqueries

Q5: Mystery/thriller. Sample pages were slow, and I didn't connect with the characters. Pass. #tenqueries

Q4: YA fantasy. Premise sounds interesting. The sample pages didn't show much development, unfortunately. Pass. #tenqueries

Q3: YA fantasy. I was a little confused by the query. Pages didn't really help clarify. Pass. #tenqueries

Q2: MG/YA There is a lot going on in the story and it seems a little jumbled. The voice doesn't match audience. Pass. #tenqueries

Q1: Romance. Didn't really sound like a romance from the query. Not my cup of tea. Pass. #tenqueries

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#10 = contemporary middle grade. Interesting heroine but story feels derivative and writing not strong enough. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#9 = contemporary young adult. Writing (grammar, spelling, sentence structure) are weak. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets

#8 = romance. Self-published and looking for a Big 5 deal (I see this 2-5x per day). I don't rep self pub novels. PASS #10queriesIn10tweets