The Freezer Bunny Club - A Reading Circle

I really like it. I’ve read stories where narration tires me but in yours I’m always excited for the next word. I like how every sentence has purpose -- it keeps me engaged throughout. I also think it fits the structure of your story as you’ve many characters to portray and your writing count is on the smaller side. It’s great because you get to convey and portray all your characters’ personalities in such a succinct way that it’s easy for me to digest them even when you have so many characters! I think its great and if I ever try to feature a huge amount of characters I’ll be taking a leaflet from your book :blush:

You're so kind! I decided to go for a simpler writing style with this story purely at random, but I'm glad it doesn't take you out of the story but manages to engage you. In the future, I might try and experiment with different writing styles but it seems to work okay for this story.

I’m loving the realism and detail in your story. I can imagine any one of those characters as a real life person. Their character changes, their storylines, their challenges are all really a slice of life. I also love the themes in your story. Family(Luna), ambition (Max & Hugo), intrapersonal(Sofia & Hugo), Body positivity (Jacqueline), Self-discovery(Neal & Alyson) and Love. Of course there are a lot more and these themes and characters overlap with each other so I’m really not doing your story any justice here. I also not only love your chosen themes, your portrayal of them is absolutely lovely. Your story has the right shade of bright and dark, growth and setbacks. It’s such a shame I’ve caught up completely because I love reading them all at once. And the reason is (see question 3)

It's so good to hear that the characters and themes come across as realistic. I wasn't sure if I was doing it right, but so far it seems I'm doing something right! I updated once a day at first, but decided to cut back to once every two days. I do have enough content to keep going every day but I also don't want to overwhelm any (potential) readers with my constant updates. It's a precarious balance.

Yes. The reason I can picture any one of these characters in my community/ as my neighbour is because their thoughts and actions are really what you’d expect from people in such circumstance. Some parts of your writing explores their experience with such depth that I am left wondering if perhaps you’ve been through their struggles and hence able to portray it so well. Especially some of the solutions/reprieve/progression that follows are filled with such wisdom and experience. The only relationships I’m not too sure about are the supporting cast because they’re not featured as much. But that’s how stories are. It’s impossible to focus on everyone. If no one plays support then there is no main. :joy:

Wow, such a compliment. Thank you. I do draw from my own experiences in terms of feelings and how someone would react. Most of the events in the story I have never experienced much first hand. Sofia's storyline is somewhat based on something I experienced with an ex-boyfriend when I was a teenager, but it obviously wasn't as serious as Hugo's and Sofia's situation.

I do have some plans for Neal at least. Juliana I'm not so sure about yet. But Neal has a big future coming up!

Your blog is lovely. I love how the colors compliment each other and sets the mood for the story. Even though you’ve put a TW that seems pretty dark, the colors portray your story for it truly is: It’s an uplifting story about the struggles of life, but the characters will tackle them and no one is left struggling on their own (unless they choose to). That’s how your colors speak to me as a reader/browser. I also love how simple, clear and easy to follow everything is. Your cast page is so in depth I love it! I’m a fan of star signs and I love how you even put starsign traits on there for my reference. <3

Good to hear! I like it when people use trigger warnings. I don't have many triggers myself and can consider them spoilery at times, but I do think they're so important if it means I can prevent someone from reading something harmful. I also like assigning my sims star signs and see how well they fit with them as a person. Luna and Hugo are twins and have the same star sign, but I feel like the traits work out differently for both of them.