I'm excited; the Secret Agent over at MissSnarksFirstVictim commented on my first 250 words. Pasted word-for-word, here it is:
Good beginning. You give us just enough but have restrained from explaining everything right off the bat. I like Alex, she's tough but fallible. Maybe rethink your genre--it is technically contemporary but can also be described as espionage, suspense, thriller, depending on the story. It's hard to tell without seeing the query. But it sounds very Ally Carter's Heist Society.I'm hooked enough to keep reading.
I knew the YA Contemporary was a bit iffy, but I've always heard that if a genre's wrong, as long as the agent likes the writing, they'll overlook mistakes like that. The agent likes my MC, which is exciting, and the fact that s/he compared the feel of my story to that of Ally Carter's Heist Society is fun since I'm an Ally Carter fan; my ego is taking it as a huge compliment, Lol.
And, last but not least, the agent is "hooked enough to keep reading." Guess who's doing lots more revisions now just in case s/he requests more stuff!
