Beta Reader Group discussion

Hello,

I'm looking for a critique swap for my newest WIP, a political sci-fi/sci-fantasy about two people working on opposite sides of a rebellion.

I'm willing to read any genre, though I'm more familiar with sci-fi/fantasy. At this stage, I'm looking for feedback on pacing and the overall feel/enjoyment of the story, and less of a copy edit.

If this interests you, please PM me.

Blurb:

Felix, a scarred street boy from the slums of a Tier-4 world, once believed in the Dominion’s promises, until the day they burned his best friend alive for dreaming too deeply. Now, hunted and alone, he shelters a mysterious dog that may be more than it seems.

Hector Fredrick, a retired Dominion marshal, is dragged back into duty to suppress a rising rebellion and erase all traces of a fallen comrade’s treason. But the trail leads him to the planet of Sahando, and to Felix, whose existence may hold the key to the secrets Hector was sent to destroy.


Thanks,

Victor

Hi Victor! I have an 80k word speculative fiction novel with queer coming of age themes. I am looking for similar feedback on my WIP and would be very interested in swapping with you if you are still looking for someone! My email is kesauthor@gmail.com. Feel free to email me if you are interested!

Hi Victor,

I tried sending you a message but I think your messaging is turned off for non-friends. Your story sounds interesting and I would like to do a swap if you're still in need of one. I am also looking for overall feel and enjoyment of the story, and not copy editing. I'll paste the information and blurb below:

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Word Count: 95k (Completed)
Title: The Shadow of Tarensa
Genre: YA sci-fi
Elements: aliens, alien worlds, adventure, romance

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Norra has dreamt for years of finding someone like her, but her adoptive parents have never allowed her to leave her hometown. Life is hard enough for a teenage girl, and it’s even harder when you have no idea who you are or where you came from. Lacking anything normal like claws or feathers, her gangly limbs and flat face set her apart in any crowd.

Then, on her eighteenth birthday, Norra has a chance to get out into the real world during her rite of passage journey, with hopes of finally fitting in. However, everything changes when she is kidnapped by a warrior race called the R’caesa, who plan on taking her back to their capital city. While Norra is plotting her escape, she meets another one of their prisoners: a mysterious, shrouded man known only as “the Shadow” whose people, as legends say, came from another world. Norra has always wanted to see a human in real life since she has never really believed the stories about their godlike silver skin and flying ships.

Eventually, Norra is able to make an escape, taking the Shadow along with her. But, even after he’s free, why won’t he lift his veil?

(P.S. If it isn't clear in the summary, Norra is a human too.)

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Please let me know if this is something you would be interested in. Thank you!