Anonymous #1 10w

It’s more like you wouldn’t understand why he is in the places that he is and why he really needs her help unless you’re getting his perspective. But while I feel like I have a good grasp on her motivations and how she came to be that way all of his motives still feel very surface level.

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Anonymous #1 10w

Okay YES!! Also her ocasional issues sound a lot like OP’s. For “A Murder To Remember”, absolutely fantastic btw, I think I watched an interview where she admitted she had no idea what to do with Tom 75% of the way through writing the book. She basically just started writing his POV around Amelia’s and made them different by throwing in information that only one of them could know to make them feel like more equal characters and it flowed from there.

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Anonymous izzy_the_hamster 10w

I’ll look into it! Thanks for the suggestion! I would really like to get a nice solid rough draft finished before the end of the year so 🤞🏻

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Anonymous OP 10w

Just an example from the book which should make sense even if you haven’t read it (basic plot: girl visits cool historical house, meets the guy living there, they witness a murder and are stranded there trying to find the culprit and stay alive) She realized the guy who lived there, Tom, would have great knowledge about the property (hiding spots, things like that) And Amelia would work a lot better as the out-of-her-depth tourist but way more in-touch emotionally, and more general knowledge.

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Anonymous OP 10w

It’s also just a fun read if you like rom-com as a secondary theme to a more serious plot. She’s great at doing realistic, grounded, slow-burn relationships that feel incredibly realistic set in fanciful or dramatized settings (like a murder/investigation or a novelist who’s spy plots are a bit 𝙩𝙤𝙤 close to actual spy events so she gets hunted for it) making the world feel more real by using other literary/world references and deep characters.

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