Synopsis
Benji has recently been accepted into one of the three prestigious Academies of Adventurers and Elites. He's nervous about it all but eager to make friends. A new school life of training and magic awaits him, but he can feel the stares. Heck, he can practically hear the question on everyone's mind: 'What's that mark on his face?'
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!!!UPDATES!!!
[RESTRUCTURING CHAPTERS {19-34}]
Super busy with my job, school, and well life so once again please bear with the slow updates. I've started the process of correcting some things and adding the arc I skipped. I'm a more confident writer now so please look forward to the new content! The chapters being work shopped are [18-34] so kindly ignore those please ;p. A new cover will mark the completion of this process.
[It has begun]
Saturday is the day I try to post, but I may drop a chapter a day or two later.
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Oh and count on me not dropping this story it's my very first after all so I'll write it to its end >;)
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Credits
Thank you Lapiz for the amazing cover art! Please go check them out if you like what you see. Their name is blacklapiz on Fiverr. They have an Instagram too so give that a follow @blacklapizuu
Thank you Baxtli for the wonderful sketch used for my christmas thank you. Go check them out on Fiverr. Their name is baxtli.
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[Me]
Hello, Dear reader, I'm Oliver Mepo, but you can call me Mepo. As you already know this is my story "MarKed". I aspired to be a writer for some time now, and yet I never had a work of mine seen by actual readers. So I decided to comb through my library of ideas, and put one out there. Call this my punch to the sky. Hoping this works at least a little. Heck if this blows up I might become a full-blown writer. So please let me know what you think. Tips on how to improve or polish my writing are appreciated more than you may know. I'm a newbie, but I do hope you'll stick around to see how "MarKed" unfolds.
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Writing quality, character design and story development is engaging. Looking forward to reading more about the training and missions that take place at the academy. Recommend!
The prologue was quite confusing but it did manage to rope my interest in. The first few chapters I read really set this novel apart from more of this genre. After a certain time, everyone gets bored of the same tropes and plots, what makes any work special is the attention to detail that is given, and both during character interactions and worldbuilding, author has paid great attention to detail. I especially like the pacing because the plot and the story is moving at a pretty good pace while also using just the right amount of exposition to rope a readers interest. Good luck to the author, will be following this from now on.
I mean as complete and total constructive criticism, not a hate review. So with that in mind I will get into my points. I have read the first handful chapters and there is a lack of world building. These first few chapters throw a lot of terms which get no explanation, such as "an elite", or one of the very first terms used in the prologue . There is no explanation to the its almost power system. Just that certain magical affinities are rare. Places and names that should have significance aren't totally explained, or delved in to. In my experience, I have seen this type of issue avoided through stories that revolve around an mc from child hood, which describes the journey of learning they went through and depicts all majorly important details. Or by doing information chapters ( some authors do this as looking into a diary or notes page) that summarises everything. Or you could go into detail every time a new term is used, by taking it as a recount or an assessment. E.g. "Elites, a title given to those who... they hold such an such amount of importance and wealth..." ect. another issue is the forced development between kate. The way you are describing them in these first few chapters, the blushing the character actions ect makes them seem like they have a history. Like they have already built a connection, not people who up until recently were strangers. No matter how attractive you think someone is, you wouldnt act like you're in a one sided relationship after knowing them for a few hours. E.g. you wouldn't give a lap pillow to someone you just met, and proceed to stroke their hair as they sleep. I hope this didnt offend you, I was just pointing out my own issues with story, and I hope this helps in the future
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Marked is one of the hidden gems you rarely get the chance to read, but once you do, you realise how much of beast it is. The story is filled with lovely and likeable characters. The prologue was a bit hard for me to get a hold of, but after that I just lost myself in the story. The world building is impressive. The author has put a lot of thought into opening the world to the reader and planning interactions of characters with the world and other characters. Most of the interactions feel natural, though there were some which felt a little out of place, but that's just me nitpicking. The story has still a long way to go but for now, it's definitely worth a read. All the best! Keep Writing!
Marked is a slow burn of a story with nice sprinkles of action often enough to keep you entertained. There are hints to a larger world we haven't yet been shown, but the world so far and the build so far are enough for me to say Marked is heading toward some interesting horizons. I'd like more updates, but aside from that you've got a nice little story here author. Keep it up.
Writing this review after reading chapter 25, So minor spoiler warning. One of the better stories on the platform but I do have a few critiques. The Author has done a really good job at hooking me to the book by establishing a mystery, and although some have criticized for lack ‘exposition’ per say, I really like the limited 1st person perspective of Benji. Besides that, the magic system seem unique and interesting. The world building is quite good as well (this is one of the most important parts). Sociatal systems have been established that Benji will likely be a part of in the future. Benji’s parent and the details of these system add to that mystery of something bigger However, up until now, plot wise, things have been somewhat slow. Benji’s establishment in the school has been interesting but so far also reads like a slice of life, mainly focusing on Benji and Kate’s relationship, while sidelining a ‘main’ plot. I feel this could be done better. I would also enjoy to see the use of other perspectives, giving you other option for world building, plot devices, and character development. Also possibly fixing some issues exposition issues others have mentioned. Overall, its been a pleasent read so far. The story and world building making me want to read nothing but more. I hope the Author continues to update and write. Looking forward to future work.
Marked has its balance, dialogue and monologue put pretty nice. That's what makes stories fun to read. As of its pacing, it could be slow to some people but to me it's already stable, I didn't trip nor yawn. Recommended. Keep on writing, story must be told
Great start and promising plot! I like the pacing and how this story is narrated! Keep it up author![img=update][img=recommend]
this book is clearly well written and took its pace to explain little bit at a time. the development is slow pace and the sentences ran smooth. the only thing I'll probably comment are dialogues cause its jumbled witht the others. it gets confusing sometimes on who was talking or acting out cause they're in the same paragraph. i suggest break the paragraph per charcter [img=recommend] overall its a nice read. keep updating and writting [img=recommend]