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Gamble

TITLE.
MY FAVORITE TYPES OF TITLES ARE THE ONES WITH TWO OR LESS WORDS BECAUSE THEY'RE USUALLY MYSTERIOUS (KIND OF - CONSIDERING SOMETIMES LONGER TITLES CAN BLOW YOUR MIND TOO) BUT THE WORD "GAMBLE" CAN BE USED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS. I THINK THE WAY YOU USED GAMBLE IS NICE AND THE TITLE FITS WITH THE DESCRIPTION.

DESCRIPTION/FOREWORD.
FOR THE DESCRIPTION ONE PART SOUNDS KINDA WEIRD TO ME, I DON'T KNOW WHY THOUGH. THE "TWO PERSONS FROM TWO DIFFERENT FAMILY BACKGROUNDS AND UPBRINGINGS CRASH AND EMERGE AS ONE WORLD." I CAN SEE WHY YOU WOULD PUT THE WORD "UPBRINGINGS" IN BUT IT DOES KIND OF SOUND OFF. 
MAYBE DOING "TWO PEOPLE FROM TWO DIFFERENT FAMILY BACKGROUNDS CRASH AND EMERGE AS ONE." WOULD BE BETTER BECAUSE IT SOUNDS MORE PROPER AND FLOWS BETTER? BUT BESIDES THAT SMALL THING, THE DESCRIPTION IS VERY GOOD. I THINK IT'S NOT BAD.

PLOT.
TO ADD MORE DRAMA, I WOULD HAVE MADE HER SAY NO TO HIS PROPOSAL. I GET THE NOT WANTING TO EMBARRASS HIM THING BUT REALLY, SHE COULD HAVE SAID SHE WASN'T READY. RUSHING INTO MARRIAGE IS USUALLY BAD WHICH IS WHY I LIKE HOW SHE ASKED FOR A MONTH AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.

ALSO, THE FIVE YEAR LATER THING WAS VERY UNEXPECTED AND IT KIND OF LEAVES A GAP THERE. LIKE WHAT HAPPENED DURING THOSE FIVE YEARS? THE READERS WILL NEVER KNOW.

THE FACT THAT THIS IS BASED OFF A REAL EVENT THOUGH IS WOW. SEEMS KIND OF STRANGE BECAUSE THATS A RARE CASE WHERE IT ENDS UP HAPPY. THOUGH, EVERY CULTURE IS DIFFERENT AND THAT USUALLY DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE WHERE I'M FROM. PRETTY SURE WE ARE KNOWN FOR GETTING DRUNK IN VEGAS AND MARRYING STRANGERS (HAHAH JK,) BUT REALLY, THAT'S DEFINITELY AN UNEXPECTED TWIST.

WRITING STYLE/FLOW.
JUST LIKE THE LAST STORY, THERE ARE SOME MINOR MISTAKES WHICH IS OKAY. LIKE "CHAE-YEON FEELS HER TONGUE GOES NUMB." 
IT WOULD BE: "CHAEYEON FEELS HER TONGUE GO NUMB." GOES IS INCORRECT, SMALL MISTAKE. BUT THERE ARE OTHER MISTAKES TOO BUT THEY AREN'T BAD. JUST A LIL AWKWARD BUT THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO LEARN! 

ANOTHER ONE I THOUGHT I SHOULD POINT OUT WAS: "CLAPS LIKE THUNDERS AND WHISTLES COULD BE HEARD FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE BALLROOM AFTER WATCHING HER REACTION ON SCREEN AND THE EMCEE ON STAGE TOO WOO EVERYONE TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF ADRENALINE RUSH." 
IT'S A RUN-ON SENTENCE REALLY AND THERE'S A FEW WEIRD THINGS. I'LL MARK CHANGES IN WHITE FOR THIS ONE. 
"CLAPS LIKE THUNDER COULD BE HEARD FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE BALLROOM AFTER WATCHING HER REACTION ON THESCREEN WHILE THE MC ON STAGE WOOS EVERYONE TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF ADRENALINE RUSH." 
I REMOVED SOME THINGS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T REALLY HELP AND MADE THE SENTENCE SOUNDS MORE AWKWARD. I ALSO CHANGED SOME WORDINGS AND THE "EMCEE" IS WEIRD. THEY'RE USUALLY SPELLED AS "MC'S". ALSO THE TOO YOU USED IS WRONG. IT WOULD BE TO. 

ANOTHER SENTENCE IS  "DOES MOMMY YOU DOING GREAT LIKE ALWAYS?" I THINK YOU FORGOT A WORD.

ALSO USING KOREAN CAN LEAD TO MISTAKES. THE KOREAN WORD HELLO IN ROMANIZATION WOULD TECHNICALLY BE "ANNYEONG" NOT "AHNYEONG". 


CHARACTERIZATION.
YOU DON'T GET MUCH INSIGHT ON THE CHARACTERS HERE. IT MAINLY JUST TALKS ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP AS A WHOLE AND NOT THE TWO SEPERATELY. THE GIRL SEEMED TO KNOW WHAT SHE WANTED THOUGH AND I'M GLAD ABOUT THAT FACT.

PERSONAL ENJOYMENT + NOTES
THIS KINDA STORY AGAIN ISN'T MY CUP OF TEA BUT I THINK IT WAS LOVELY CONSIDERING THEY DID END UP HAPPY TOGETHER (SAME GOES TO THE REAL THING IT'S BASED OFF OF), I'M TRYING NOT TO BE SO LAZY ON THESE REVIEWS.(VIDEO GAMES NEEDA STOP DISTRACTING ME!!!) I'LL GET THE OTHER REVIEWS DONE ASAP!! 

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Cherrychinq
#1
Chapter 1: This story felt so real from the beginning and once i found out it was inspired from a real life experience of your friend makes me trully understand the message that fairytales can come true but only if we are willing to gamble and bet our all into achieving them. Now i have to say that i like how clean cut you wrote this straight to tge point that everything flows smoothly i really wish to write like this straight to the point so really really enjoy reading this story. Thank you