My Perfect Book

   Notice I say *my favorite. Just an FYI.

   A good author is when they can pull you in at the first page. When you're immediately sucked in and focused on the story at the first page, that's when an author's gone from being just good, to great. Of course, every author has a different style, and everyone likes different writing styles.

   For example, I have a friend, she loves (note the underlining) Lisa McMann. I don't like her writing style....at all. She drank the Wake series in, whereas I struggled through it cause it bored me. So I guess it really depends on the person, but not always. Some authors are just great.

   Neil Gaiman for instance. Everyone loves Neil. His book's are always circulating on their Too Read lists.

   Another thing that makes an author great is charachters. They have to be deep, actually have a personality. Even if they're just ditzy, ditzy characters are fun. Ever book needs a ditzy character. They have to have a past, and it has to have an impression on who they are as characters in the present of the book. There also needs to be a reason they're there, characters who have no purpose annoy me.

   Another thing, I love (yes, underlined AND in bold) relatable characters. It really makes a book stick with me, when I can relate to the characters.

   The plot needs to be sorta-fast moving. Slow moving plots BORE ME. Twists are AWESOME, especially when you don't see them coming and they make your mouth drop. The ending has to tie up all lose ends, and leave me reeling. I can't stand it when I have ANY questions at the end and there's no word of a sequel.

   If there's a sequel, it better be at least as good as the prequel, otherwise I won't really want to read the third, cause it's obviously not going to be as good.

   Yeah, a lot of "duuuuuuh" questions, but my full opinion none the less.

   I soooo don't have low expectations.

   Peace.