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  • Good but don’t like waiting for coins

    Started reading a book on Facebook. It was very interesting so I downloaded the app. It wasn't too bad at first whenever I saw that you needed coins in order to continue chapters. If you only plan on reading a couple chapters a day then the coins that you can earn daily should do. But if you are like me once I start reading I don't want to stop. So I ended up having to buy coins in order to continue reading. I honestly wish I would have known that you needed coins to read chapters I probably never would have started reading it. I think it's an awesome website that new authors can submit their books to but the worst part is that the book I am reading gets new chapters added almost daily and at this point the book is pretty much never ending. Which means that I'm either going to have to spend a lot of money or have a take about a year before I get completely caught up. I wish I could just buy this book but unfortunately it's not possible. I kept telling myself that I was going to just stop reading it but then something off -the-wall would happen and I would continue reading because I wanted to know what happened next. So unfortunately I don't think I'm going to be able to stop reading this book until I see it through because I have so many unanswered questions.
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  • Update. Can’t click X box to get out of videos on iPhone

    Update, the problem was fixed rather quickly, though no one bothered to let me know.
    Now I’d like to understand how to track the credits. I don’t understand how they are used? I’ve had days where I read every day & can read about 4 chapters, then other days I can just read 2. I collect all the free tokens I can each day but I don’t see a place where I can check how many I have, or when the expire as well as knowing how many you need to read a certain chapter. That would be super helpful. Thanks!

    I’m enjoying this app from my iPhone (13), but I can’t collect points for watching ads because when they are done, the X to get out of them seems to appear behind my clock & battery icons on my iPhone & I cannot tap the X at all. I’ve called Apple & asked if I can move these icons & they cannot be moved. I was informed by Apple this was a coding error so I am hopeful you can fix this so that iPhone users can watch & earn points for ads. By the way, I can watch the ad, but when I can’t exit by pushing the X I have to close the entire app, restart & have received no credit for the ad(s) I have just sat through. Considering you have the same ads over & over it I’d soooooo annoying. Thanks for any help to fix this.
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  • Review for bonus points

    While the application is good and runs smoothly, the points for each chapter are beyond ridiculous. Each chapter are around 35 “coins” “bonus points”, these bonus points can be gotten from daily tasks. Other apps don’t seem to charge as much for their chapters as this one does. Most others charge between 5-9 points to open chapters up.
    It is quite hard to obtain at any rate than reading a chapter once every two days. Not sure if these costs for each chapter are set by the author or the application creator, either way it’s quite annoying when having to wait to read to get enough bonus points for a chapter. Of course you can always purchase coins to open chapters but this gets quite expensive. The app does have quite a few “deals” for extra coins to help but it never seems enough to read too many chapters at a time.
    Another part of the chapters you should know is that on books that are not complete you might have to wait for unknown timelines for the author to upload more chapters.
    I give this application 5 stars because it says in the daily task that if I don’t it won’t give me the 30 points, it deserves a 4 star for working properly but only a 3 star because of the problems discussed above.
    Thanks for reading.
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  • ⭐️📚📖⭐️

    Overall this app is a great app. I never was much of individual to read a book on my phone, always preferred hard copies, this app has changed my opinion. After I discovered the many titles and genre of the books, I was amazed how this changed my life, I no longer had to have shelves of books taking up space in my house and can still enjoy a good session of reading everyday. Also, it gives writers the opportunity to pursue their dreams, get their novels out and make some cash for doing so. However, with pros there are a some cons, it gets expensive after a while when you have to pay for every chapter of a book, even though you can get free coins to unlock chapters, these free bonus coins aren’t enough. Would be better to have once a month charge, then pay per chapter. The other downfall is a few of the books clearly have not been proofread and tend to have typos, misspellings, and the grammar is that of a ten year old, the writer forgot what s/he mentioned or the plot of the book in the beginning of the book and writes something completely different later. Readers notice this stuff! But I still give the app five stars because it has changed my opinion and style of reading a good book if you can overlook the errors of the writers.
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  • Some Good Books On Here

    I found this app from reading a story on Facebook. There are some really good books that I’m reading on here, but I’m sure I’ll eventually have to uninstall the app and not finish the books because you have to pay to get lots of bonuses to read a book. There are also free bonuses that you can do everyday, but that still only makes you capable of reading about 2 chapters a day, which is extremely frustrating. I think they should have it so that you just have to watch an ad to get to the next chapter, so that the authors still make money and/or having a subscription service where you have the option of paying monthly to be “ad-free” because the way it is now is not is just not smart. Also they should provide free proofreading for the authors, some of the books have potential, but the grammatical errors are so bad it’s difficult to even finish the chapter, there have been several books that I’ve stopped reading due to this issue. This app could be a great app if they made those few changes!
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  • My Star Rating Was Forced

    I absolutely love the novels, especially the one I’m reading now (His Eyes Opened). It is absolutely addictive, and so was a previous novel I started reading.

    However, I don’t like the way they draw us in with the content, allow us to read quite a few chapters, then suddenly start making us pay to read the rest. I get it, that’s the way you make money……….At least if you’re going to make us pay and/or use our bonus rewards, allow us to read quite a few more chapters. I’ve been using 18 bonus points for each chapter, some may have 8 pages of content while others may be 5 or 6 pages. Either way, we shouldn’t have to give y’all 18 “points/tokens” per chapter, especially when we’re allowed to read so much of the original content for free.

    I haven’t received any of my points for adding titles to my library, and in order to receive the 20 reward points for this review, I’m being forced to give a 5 star rating. I’ve already sent several messages to the support team about missing points and other issues, at least 4 - 5 days ago, yet still haven’t received any response. I probably won’t receive my 20 points for this review either, because I’m giving my honest opinion. Oh well………I love the novels, just not the way the app keeps malfunctioning. Thanks.
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  • Rating for bonuses

    I am thoroughly enjoying the app! The stories are extremely intriguing! I only have a few problems with it. I understand the company needs to make money off of the app, but one chapter for 35 bonuses is heart breaking. The app doesn't give the reader a chance to read multiple different stories a day unless they buy bonuses which go quickly. The only free opportunities given are very limited. The number of bonuses able to be won compared to the number needed for one chapter is depressing. I wish they either gave more bonuses with each opportunity or dropped the bonus cost of the chapters. I am also having trouble with some of the free bonus opportunities. I'm not sure if it's just me or if multiple people are having this issue, but my check-in again isn't working. It says that I've already double checked in each day, but it doesn't give me the bonuses. I'm not sure what's going on. But I do really enjoy the stories within the app. I just wish I got to read more for less bonuses.
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  • When his eyes open

    I hate that you have to buy coins that only get you so far into the book, then you buy more coins to get further. So far, I’ve purchased $40+ coins to read this book and I know there’s no way I would have spent more than that buying the book in a store! I personally think you should put a set price on a book and let folks decide if they want to purchase at that price. Otherwise, they will be like me, get interested in a book, then have NO clue how much completing this book is going to cost them. Not many people can afford spending $80+ dollars on a book when they can just choose a different app or go to the store and purchase a book for $20 ~ $30! That being said, the book itself is awesome and caught my attention from the start! The writer has drawn me in, I feel like I know the characters. I’ve sat and laughed at some of the funny parts and have even told my husband about the book! It’s like a movie playing in my head! Each character pictured just right! This is definitely my kind of book! If it hadn’t been, I surely wouldn’t have spent so much on coins thus far! Congrats to the writer, for truly knowing how to captivate her audience!!!
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  • There are great books here.

    I love the books on this app. It has some disappointing aspects though. First most of the titles are not fully completed. Once you read so far into the story the author stops the book and will only release one or two chapters a day, so you constantly have to come back no binged reading. Also the price for points to unlock chapters is outrageous. 20$ at the low end 100$ at the high end and you can’t finish even one book with 100$. You can get bonus points for checking in and readying everyday but it doesn’t equate to much. There is no option to buy a book outright that isn’t completed so you will constantly spend money to refill your points to read. It’s a money pit. Whoever you can’t find these style books anywhere else and I will admit they have some great novels. Proceed with caution if you have the money then go ahead. Prepare yourself for the frustration of only reading a chapter a day once you reach the chapters where the author decides to stop the book and release very little from that point forward.
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  • Adore this app -1 thing

    POV: was scrolling through fb and saw a small bit of a story, so start reading it and it’s really good, but it stops mid chapter 🤦🏼‍♀️
    Typically I don’t click links from random things on fb but I NEEDED to know what happened in the story. I was worried it was clickbate and potentially not on the but I found it and I’m hooked. I love the selection and my favorite so far is “The divorced billionaire heiress”. My only complaint is the coins to read further, there are never enough! I know it’s incentive to buy more but my first purchase didn’t turn out so well. I bought a 3 hr pass to read as much as I wanted, which I loved in my down time because I got to read so much in those hrs but I wasn’t allowed to go back and reread anything if I felt like I missed something in the last chapter because it was locked like I hadn’t read it at all and I ended up losing the chapter I was on because of that. I easily read over 20 chapters but there is no mark to even know where I was. That is my only complaint though, otherwise the app and stories are lovely!
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