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Okay, ThornedRose, I really like where this story is going so far. I agree with everything that Kara said, what with the infodumps and not enough showing, and I'm just going to point out a few more errors that I noticed.
There's nothing grammatically wrong with this. I just think that it might be better if, instead of saying 'with an edge of curiosity in her voice,' you should try taking out the 'with' and adding a comma. It would look like: '... Elisabeth asked, an edge of curiosity in her voice.' I just think that this helps with the flow of the story, and also, it also kind of helps with the showing-not-telling thing... I think.
Anywho. Moving right along:
I think you might want to try 'co-warrior-in-training.' I'm just thinking of how when someone is in trainig, they usually have the whole hyphen-between-words thing going.
You might just want to try listing the things at the end; '... there was always food, drink, laughter, dancing, and fun.' You also might want to try using different words... the whole 'laughter-dancing-fun' thing is kind of stereotypical for celebrations.
Where I underlined in the above three quotes, you need a lowercase letter. Also, in that second quote, in the beginning, you were having the King speak as if to the entire crowd, but by the end, you were speaking as if only to the 'chosen ones.' You might want to switch that up a little- for example, ' "You do not know who they are, but in due time, when they receive their powers, they will acquire more strength and power than they ever thought possible." ' Something like that.
In the third quote, you don't need that comma before saying 'is Elisabeth.'
Okay. That was all I noticed.
Anywho, I really liked the idea for your story, although, like Kara, I saw that Elisabeth was going to be crowned from the start. There might be something in her idea to start the story at the bonfire, and then describe everybody's reactions- Elisabeth's shock and reluctance, Dinah's shock and anger.
I can't want to read more of this. Please shoot me a PM when you post more up. Keep writing!
Hey ThornedRose! Kara here. I'm going to review your work to the best of my ability.
Whoops. Infodump there. They sort of tend to sneak in, don't they? You'll want to spare us the info so early in the story. Maybe you can weave it in as you go along. You know, in little bits. Putting them in slowly makes info easier to remember.
Again, infodump. Show, don't tell. Try to make us see that Elisabeth didn't want to be queen. Let us infer it from their actions, their thoughts even.
"...of your selection."
I'm sure that's just a typo, though.
Again, infodump towards the end. Try to show it through conversation this time. Or through Elisabeth's thoughts.
Powers, not power's.
Announcement.
Mmm. I kind of expected this from the beginning. No sense of surprise here. I think you should start at this point. And then you should show the reactions of the people (this will enable you to show that Dinah wants to be queen and Elisabeth didn't).
Also, I believe you might want to give Elisabeth a reason to not want to be queen. It's not believable to just dislike being queen for no particular reason.
OVERALL: Too much telling, not enough showing. Also, try writing in the active voice, not the passive voice. To do this, eliminate all the had, has, was and were from the story. They do your story more harm than good.
On the bright side, you seem to have a good plot going on here. It appears well thought out. ^___^
~Kara
You didn't end the speech. "I am anxious to hear of your selection."
But that's the only error I found ^^
This was great. You know what this reminds me of? "Wicked Lovely" by Melissa Marr. With all the talk of faeries and high court and stuff.
PM me when you post the next part
~EmmaJane~