Thank you so much for your feedback!! I'm so happy that the chatroom excerpts are working well! I enjoy writing those snippets and it's so fun planning out what those mysterious people in there are going to say.
I've always been worried about the prologue not being a good hook or not properly hinting as to what will come next. So hearing you say that makes me very relieved!
Lol when people say "it's all going to be fine" or "nothing ever happens here", you know they're jinxing themselves!
And thank you for liking that tension point! It was one of my favorite scenes to write!
Yeah, I guess ominous wasn't the word I was looking for! You're right, I wanted readers to feel uneasy and have this underlying tension despite the relatively normal events that were happening. And I'm glad it worked out that way! Thank you so much again!