User blog:Superherofanatic1999/Comparing Across The Void to It Lives Beneath, Perfect Match, and Elementalists

So...we know that Across The Void is probably the least popular thing on the app right now, and rightfully so. It's honestly just boring. We probably only have about 3-5 chapters left and we know nothing about the war, the big bad, anything plot wise. And Zaniah being a villain was predictable after the last chapter. So I'm going to compare it to the other action/adventure/mystery series we have going on right now.

It Lives Beneath: We started with a real zinger of an opening. Two minutes into the first chapter, we walked in on a double murder that was even more traumatic because the victims were our parents. It even shows that our character could have PTSD given that seeing Imogen spill her drink caused us to flashback to the night our parents were killed. Not to mention the chapter ended with Kyle being killed. In the next chapter, Ned confirms that there's something evil in Pine Springs before he's supposedly killed by the cultists. Then the MC doesn't know if they dream't it or if it really happened. We're only three chapters in and we've established our villains: The skeletal monster in the lake, the psychotic cultists, and I'm also throwing Astrid on there because she's definitely hiding something. In Across The Void, we still have NO IDEA who the main villains are.

Perfect Match: There was a lot going on in the last chapter. There was humor, there was action, there was drama. Across The Void can barely deliver any of those things. And it seems like the writers of PM upped the anti in this last chapter by implying that Eros has friends in high places, specifically, the US Government.

The Elementalists: Only one chapter in and we already have an alternate version of the MC, sun magic, and shadow monsters coming after you. In Across The Void, we still have *no idea* who the villain is.

If I'm being 100% honest, the writers of AOV can learn a lot from these three stories.