《Book reviews *Requests Closed*》'First time' by GoldesttMaknae
Advertisement
I think I should start by sincerely apologizing, because you waited for more than a year for this, which is… far too long of a time. My system of keeping track of my review requests failed me sometimes (as did life, but that's something else), and this request seems to have gotten lost in the chaos for too long. But better late than never, and here we are!
We've got ourselves another BTS fanfic here. We follow Raemin, our main character, in her turbulent school life filled with Jimin, Taehyung, and a whole lot of drama. While I think it's supposed to be Raemin/Jimin endgame, the chapters I've read mainly focused on Raemin/Taehyung, and that means we got ourselves a nice little love triangle.
Or, like… a love pentragram. Because there's been a whole lot of cheating and sleeping around so far.
I'm gonna go ahead and call the plot… mildly weak. It seems to hinge mostly on school drama, which is quite over the top in many instances (the amount of hostility the main character must deal with and the amount of dudes interested in her are, frankly, kind of ridiculous), and that simply doesn't make for the richest experience. Not that it matters, because this is a fanfic, and in a fanfic you can get away with little to no decent plot whatsoever, but… let's say this story just became more of the same at every turn. More cheating, more drama, more betrayals… it's a lot.
The main character, Raemin, also doesn't convince me much. She's got a sharp tongue working for her (like approximately every Wattpad protagonist), but other than that, I don't even know what her interests are. She doesn't seem to have much of a life outside of school, Taehyung, and Jimin. I could even remove school from that list if I wanted to, because she doesn't seem to get assignments of homework anyway. Other than that, I think Taehyung is the only 'character' that didn't feel one-dimensional.
Advertisement
Let's also talk about supporting characters for a second. Why is nearly every person at Raemin's school either a hostile slutty bitch or a fuckboy? And no matter the gender, they are all horny on main, like, all the time. And while horny teenagers are definitely a thing, there's a lot more going on in a high school than dramatic gossip and sex-obsession. Like… actual teaching. And weird conversations about Percy Jackson and atomic bombs (don't ask). Try to make this school and the people in it feel more like actual teenagers in an actual school. Will improve your setting and plot by a mile.
The GPS is decent. Few misspellings and grammar mistakes, but the punctuation could use work. There were often missing periods in dialogue, that sort of stuff. Not too annoying, but it may be an idea to do some more editing.
That said, this was a pretty humourous read, despite its over-the-top-ness and and occasional stealing of jokes from the internet. If you're a fan of BTS and are looking for an entertaining read, this could very well be your thing!
Rating: 5. Entertaining, but needs a lot of work in quite some aspects.
Advertisement
- In Serial10 Chapters
A Dungeon Tested
Its a hard life balancing all the things a successful dungeon should be doing. Will our newest addition to the dungeon race even survive let alone make it to the top where dungeons such as the megafauna roam? Or will our main character suffer in the dust till some inauspicious and ignoble death at the end of some F-rankers sword? Note this is me having some fun while I wait for new releases of dungeon stories. Feel free to comment on that basis. I will be keeping the first few chapters slow so as to give me plenty to build upon later. I have tentatively given this the gore tag for now. With that in mind "Let the games begin".
8 211 - In Serial8 Chapters
Oublivant
Oublivants: a category of dungeons characterised by the antithesis of life, necrosis. "Dungons as a whole tend towards the lethal side when it comes to exploring them; however, an oublivant actively seeks out destruction on a grand scale. No greater example of their deep hatred for life exists than the very first discovery of an oublivant. It was a massive dungeon spanning miles in all directions. It continuously expanded along the surface, so fast you could see it, and left nothing but a scorched, withered wasteland in its wake. Wherever the oublivant resides, nothing but the undead exist, as all living life has been eradicated. Why it is, exactly, the oublivant seem so against life so as to break the passive rule dungeons have is unknown. What is known, however, is that they're a threat that, upon discovery, is to be immediately eliminated." - Archomagus Addiom Onero, Court of VascilNote: This is my first story on royal road. It'd be nice if you were nice... nicely.
8 183 - In Serial6 Chapters
A Cockroach's guide to magic
A genius rune carver is forced to transport his soul into the body of a cockroach, in an attempt to slow his rare illness. However, he is able to pull a dying soul into his original body in the hopes that they can help him cure his disease. His possessor, however, is an incompetent prince, who has not left his palace for the last 8 years and is clueless about the state of the outside world. They soon find themselves stuck in a situation bigger than both of them. Will they be able to handle their personal problems, as well as the problems their nation faces.
8 109 - In Serial10 Chapters
WileSideQuest
It follows Alice's ten first struggles, before she joins Samsy in the main story
8 197 - In Serial10 Chapters
The Catastrophes
The world's heroes have fallen. Now it's time for the world's rejects to step up as a new villain rises to power. Rated YA
8 164 - In Serial149 Chapters
Exsanguinate
Have you ever of heard of vampires? What about werewolves? Orcs, Elves, Goblins, and so on? What if I told you they all lived among us, we just can't see them. We aren't all so different really. Sure, we all have different kinds of food, art, music, and even magic; but we all bleed when we get hurt. Exsanguinate is an anthology series made up of different stories from different parts of the world. Orcs locked in a blood feud, demons killing for power, amnesiac vampires, drug addicted werewolves. One thing connects all of these stories, all of us, blood. We all bleed. Pick a book, and dive in. Book 1 - Jason has been excommunicated and is lost in Detroit with no skills other than killing vampires, werewolves and everything that goes bump in the night. Kaiden has recently been freed from a vampire's blood bank and is looking for a hero. Unfortunately, a group of Orcs has plans that include making sure they're both dead before Christmas. Santa can't help them, but maybe they can help each other Book 2 - Sierra is a woman on a mission to revive her dead husband through Voodoo, dark magic or anything that gets results. Rythe is a journalist and a Dark Elf that can no longer use magic because of his drug addiction, he's searching for a serial killer that nobody else seems to believe in. The two cross paths in a blood stained alleyway and head towards confrontation but something sinister lurks just out of sight. Book 3 - We've got an amnesiac vampire who can only seem to remember the love of his life and his nerdy pastimes, and all the trouble she brought him. Thieving no good Wererats, sociopathic vampires, cults, gangs, torture and a whole list of things he may have been better off forgetting. Join him as he attempts to retrace his steps and figure out how ended up staked in a burning building with no memory and no girlfriend, which might be for the best.
8 75

