[2052] Mad Magnolia (Romance/Southern Gothic)

My critique is here: Inventory Error (2697)

Thanks in advance for letting me share the first chapter of my current WIP! My main questions are around your overall impression while reading.

1. How is the pacing?

2. Do you get a general sense of who the characters are?

3. Which parts bored you? Confused you? Which parts were effective or strong?

4. If you were in a book store and picked up this novel to inspect, would you continue reading after the first paragraph/page? What about after finishing chapter 1?

I'm here for the brutal honesty under the cover of anonymity.

Mad Magnolia - Chapter 1