Sorry, Pastelnudes! Rs suck. At least they got back to you quickly!*
*I assume they did as I know last week you where query and opening chapters shopping. If it was a UK agent for YA, I know some pretty much auto reject atm.
If you are happier with your project where it is now, then that gives you a calibration of sorts. At least I felt that way. Now, I wouldn't query as soon as I did last time, even though I forced myself to polish-polish-polish before querying I think I still jumped the gun in the end.
I always found a teeny bit of comfort that by the time the R came in, my project was more polished than it had been. I hope you have some comfort there too.
Thanks, Patty. Yes, that's true. I can see that the opening chapters - and key elements of the story - were far too complicated. And I'm working hard on the tone. They found the tone hard to place, both age and genre-wise (ie were reminded of MG like Lemony Snicket, or YA fantasy novels like Miss Peregrine or adult novels like A Little Life).
To be fair, I did mention two of those books in my query letter.
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