Heya Noth,
Shady back with another review for you, as promised! I'm excited to see what comes of this spooky voice and what it means for Layla and Abaddon. Let's jump right on in...
"ỳ̨̺͚̐ͮ͂́ͩ͋ͣ͜o̴̸̤̦͚̐́͛ų̥̲͙̲͊͑ͣ́͛ ̴͍̦̟̬̥͔̳͊ͥ̿͆̍́w̸̷̙̪͖̪ͭ̉͗̅̌͢ͅá̵̶̡̩̫͈̼ͧ̋̿̔ͅn̺̻̳ͮͦ̍͘͠t͉̣̺ͪ̒̓̂̉͆͑ͭ ̫͍͖̰ͥͣ̾̓̿m̯̼̮̰ͧ͢ͅȩ̸͍ͭͬ̒͌̆ͫͯͨ͞ ̆̂ͨ̔͒͐̆ͪ̚҉̜͉ṯ͖̥̘͐ͯ͌̓̈́͟ö̵́̑͠͏̲̳͙͈ ̧̲͎ͣ̊̒ͦ̀s̴̴̛̗ͥͯ̚h̶̗͖ͨͦ̉̂̐̎ͤ̎ͪ̀ô͔̩̼̍w̆̂̑͏̨͚̠̗͎͙ ̰̖̤̻̬̿͗̈͒ͨ̿̌́͜m̙̭͕̖̲̠̭͎͖ͯͨ̃͆̇ͭ́́̚͘y̑ͩ͂͢͏̢̥͈̥̞͓̥̜̱̪s̸̡͍̘̮̳̯̩̔̋ͣ͒̅ͪ͑ͬe̙̺̙̜ͣl͚̤̖̠͒̂͑̿̓ͪ͗ͥf̶̠̩͇̩̲̟͍̦̜̽͗ͤ͗ ̈́͗̌͂̅͏̵͏̯̭̥į̣͖͍̱̼̳ͪ̒̓͐̅̎̐͢ ̛̰͍̝̝̖ͮ̊̈́̐͛͑ͪ̃͢p̵͕͓̜̳̗͚ͧͭͥṙ̵̤̤̳̙̫͕̲ͫ͆ͪ́ḛ̲͕̤̄̓̾ͭ͆ͬ͌̑s̟̭̗͙͎̪͌̽ͦ͗͂̔̕u̖̰͈̝̼͇̺̮͗m̙̥̹͈̤͎̋̅ͦ̐͞ȩ̷̡̦̜̞̝̜͕͉ͣ͋.͕͈̟̼̟̋̏̆͠.̛̮͕̳͔̩̗͆̔̇ͪ̑̆̐͞?̽̐̇͞҉̻̪̞͙̳̝̙͖ ͉̊í̉͑ͣ̅̄͊̚͏͎̜͕̤̜́f̴̝̻̞̾ͧ̅ͫͮ͆ ̵̗͕̰͈̪̯̔ͨ̄s̛̻͉̼̼̖͈͔̫̾͗ͨͅo͍̮̭̰̤͉̬̾ͦ.̶̜̜̫͍͆̏̓ͥ͆͡.̡͉͓̤̱̗̣̳̬̈́̄̀l̢͖̝͕͕̄͒̓̏̏ͤ̐͑e͓͓͇͔̩̭̎͒͛͒̽̀ͮ͢t̪͓̞͖͈̗͉͂̐̈́s͌ͧ͏̦̙̤̼̳̣ ̼͐̇̓ͯ̆ͧt̢͕̼̯̖͎̹͓͈̖ͮ̔̏̂̓͗ͪ̍̀a̛̲̹̱̹͚̙ͨ̾̋ͨ̽̎̕͟ͅk̛̏̇ͤͯ͋͢҉͙̦̳̥̰̜̟e̴̵͉̠͒͞ͅ ̨͕͇̽ͤͭ̊͌ͧ̍̂́͞t̰͉̝̗͛̏̌̓̆h̷̙̞̝̩͕̜̗̽ͣ̾̓ͨ͜͝ȋ̧̀͑ͬ̌͊̈́̚҉̟̗̺̫͉̬̟̞͉s͛̂̉̔̋̚͏͕̀ ̙̞̗̟̣͍̒ͬ̿̽͂́́s͔̠ͯ̍̆̇͐̔̀o̵̘̤̻͚̜̪̬͋ͫͨ͒͝m̍͗͒͐ͤ҉̱̠ͅę͇̮͙͙̮͈͙͈ͪ̋̂̚̕w̳̝͙̟̉ͧ̆ͧ̃͟ĥ̼̻ͣͥͥͬͪͦ͠e̷̶̷͎͖͗̉̋̀ͪr̬̥̩͓̣͔͙̜ͭ̿̉ͣ̓͆̕͝͠e̴̠̞ͣͭ̽͛̾ ͚̦͇͕̬̰͓̦͗͌̅ͥͯ̿̅͟e̅̿̉ͩ͏̭̱̣̦͈̕͟l͇͍̞̑͊͆̑ͨ̊͐s̷̨̞ͥͪ̿̽̑̌͟ͅe̟͖͖̤̲ͧ́ͩ̓ͧ́͠.̫̞̦̹̥͔ͫ͑͊ͧ̂̋ͅ.̵̵̷͍̦͓̫̘͗̏.̨̬͔̮̌ͨ̓̔͆̄s̨̰͔̞͎̝͇̖̓̂ͫͩ̍̄͜h̯̩̠͌ͩ͗͋͌͜͞ã̧̩̦͔͍̣̤͖͔̝̄̅̓͒͢l̵͉̘̘̳̭͓̲̼̎ͫͮ͒ͣ̐ͦl͙͖̱͔̠̺̙ͫ̾̌ ̛̞̠̬̹͓̙͐̊ͣ͊͌͊w̴̛̟̩̪͎̙͉͉͆̍̓ę͉͕̱̬͇̤̩̓̒͌̇ͪ̇͡.̸̰̅͋̀ͅ.̡̈ͬ̐͐ͫ̀̚҉̺͕̝̼?͕̲̥ͤ̎͒ͭͥ͋ͯͣ̉"
Okay, so I know I complimented this text early on because it was really cool the first few times you introduced it, but I think that's because it was such short chunks of text. This was actually really hard to decipher. I eventually got it, but I suggest laying off slightly -- or at least finding a way to make this text less cluttered so that it's still clear to see what it says without having to work as hard as I did to read this.
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Okay! Overall, I stand by what I said in the last review, where switching back and forth between POVs is confusing. BUT! I do really like hearing from Abaddon -- so I'd be interested in potentially seeing entire chapters from his POV. Especially since your chapters are already so short, I don't think it'd be terribly difficult to work entire chapters from each of their perspectives, especially if you tweak the POV a bit more.
But this was really interesting! I enjoyed reading these chapters and seeing the development with Layla and Abaddon. You definitely have an interesting premise set up and I would love to see more of their interactions and how they relate to one another.
Keep writing and let me know if you have any questions!
~Shady
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