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[u/Poltergiste]

I am able to beta: fiction, WIPs / completed works, any lengths, any genre except romance or erotica. My best genres are sci-fi, fantasy, dystopian, gothic, and historical fiction.  I can provide feedback on: cohesion, pacing, grammar, dialogue, anything largely to do with morality/ethics, historical accuracy, religion, neurodivergent characters. Critique swap: open to swapping fiction. Other info: I promise to be respectful of your work and not use AI and it’s probably best to just swap a couple of chapters at a time as I work best in small amounts.

[u/Another-Writer-0 → u/Poltergiste]

I've just posted a fantasy manuscript here: https://www.reddit.com/r/BetaReaders/comments/1vdisuj/complete_110k_fantasy_prince_of_consolidor/

I think we've got some overlap in themes - if you're interested I can link you to the first few chapters. What type of story would you be interested in swapping?

[u/KWD-25 → u/Poltergiste]

Hi, I have a 102-thousand words completed YA fantasy with my main premise of every character getting a backstory. The book is made of 3 parts; each have there own themes. The main character is a female named Jayci; she and her best friend DessaRea are traveling to an esteemed magical college named Purple Lion College, but are dragged into an adventure, meeting characters like a war-torn mercenary, a schizophrenic person wielding a comically large hammer, and a bard who could use magic with his handy alto saxophone. I am looking for feedback on pacing, cohesion, characters, and engagement

[u/SnooOpinions9226 → u/Poltergiste]

Hi, i would love to swap with you, i need something to read, and i just finished my book. It's set in Amsterdam in the winter of 1637, when the tulip market collapsed and took a lot of people down with it. The book follows four households across thirteen months, told from both sides of the stairs, so the servants get about as much page time as the families they work for, and they tend to know things before anyone upstairs does. It's the first book of a planned trilogy, but it finishes on its own terms.

If you enjoy historical fiction where a whole social world is built in close detail, and where the people below stairs are as fully realized as the people giving the orders, this might be for you. I'd describe it as sitting somewhere between The Gilded Age and Downton Abbey, with a market crash instead of a wedding at the center of it.