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Beta readers/swap for portal fantasy, 100k words

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Hello! I am once again looking for betas for my portal fantasy novel, Colossi (working title). It is finished at 100k words. Here's a blurb:
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Nature-mage Madyna protects her island nation from the leviathans dwelling off its shores. Having studied the creatures since childhood, Madyna’s expertise and her magic allow her people to co-exist with them inside the barrier that protects them from the outside world… and the outside world from them. But when that barrier fractures, a vessel encroaches into Madyna’s home: an unsuspecting cruise ship bound for Hawaii.

The leviathans attack the vessel on sight. Madyna’s swift intervention saves only a fraction of the passengers. The beasts were her responsibility, and so are their victims. Now she has hundreds of survivors to protect, with incoming rescue ships certain to suffer the same fate.
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Right now, I'm looking for general commentary and polish, with some specific attention paid to the characterization/engagement of a secondary point of view character whose development and arc have recently been overhauled. I am open to swapping for a finished work of similar length or less. I prefer SF/F, but I'm open to many genres, though I am not the best fit for romance or middle grade stories.

If you are interested in reading or doing a swap, feel free to post here, or PM me! :)
 
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I'm looking for betas on this project again! :D
I've updated all relevant details in the first post. If you're interested or would like to know more, feel free to comment or PM me.
 

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I would be willing to do a swap, however it's not really a beta read I'm requesting. I have a YA supernatural story due to publish at the end of August, and what I need most are advance reviewers--people to read the book ahead of time and submit an Amazon review once it's up. The story's about 97K words, so it's about as long as yours.
 

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I would be willing to do a swap, however it's not really a beta read I'm requesting. I have a YA supernatural story due to publish at the end of August, and what I need most are advance reviewers--people to read the book ahead of time and submit an Amazon review once it's up. The story's about 97K words, so it's about as long as yours.

PM sent!

Still looking, and open to more readers/swaps.
 

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I am once again looking for readers, so I'm giving this thread a bump. :D
 

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Hey! I'm also looking for a CP. I posted mine up a while ago and found myself a really great CP but now that I've gone through all her edits I'd like an extra pair or two of eyes to go over my revised version.

Mine is MG Sci-Fi/Fantasy (don't really know which to define it as at the moment) and is meant to be a little more on the funny side. My word count is 81k but I'm not concerned with your word count. It's fine for me. Am PMing you just to make sure you see it.
 

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Hi Fiender! :) Would you also be interested in a swap of the first 10,000 ish words? I'm not sure I have enough time to commit to a whole manuscript right now, but let me know if you'd find swapping beginnings helpful. I'd be looking for input on my YA dragonrider fantasy. Thanks!
 

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I wouldn't mind doing a swap, but I'm really only looking for full beta reads. :(
 

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I wouldn't mind doing a swap, but I'm really only looking for full beta reads. :(

No problem! In a few months if you're still looking and I have more time for a full swap, I'll shoot you a message. I already just have two fulls on my plate that I need to finish!
 

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No problem! In a few months if you're still looking and I have more time for a full swap, I'll shoot you a message. I already just have two fulls on my plate that I need to finish!

Sounds good to me! ^_^
 

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Now that I've finished a round of revisions, I'm gonna open this back up. I'm still mostly looking to comments on polish and adjustments, as well as feedback on the secondary POV character's arc which I have recently revised. :)
 
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