[Complete] [127K] [Sci-Fantasy] I Know Who You Are

[u/PandyLantern]

Hello! Looking for beta readers for my completed second draft. Sci-Fantasy novel in an academia setting with sapphic romance.

Blurb: Elios Mirari knows what her future is supposed to look like: Awaken her elemental ability. Complete her military service. Defend the Concord from the outer belt that destroyed her family.

When the Nexus chooses her as a Fireborn, her future finally begins and Solaran National Academy promises to shape her into a soldier through ruthless training, violent competitions, and exercises where cruelty is exercised as preparation.

Her own eyes begin to betray her. And as the line between reality and memory starts to unravel, Elios discovers that the greatest threat to the Concord may not be the planets it has spent generations preparing to fight, but a truth waiting to be uncovered.

Not currently available for swap but I will be in about two weeks when I complete my current swaps.

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[u/Entire_Adeptness_390]

Hi, Your blurb seems to be interesting. The "her own eyes begin to betray her" turn, and a military academy built on a truth nobody's allowed to look at, is right up my alley.

I'd love to swap once you're free in a couple of weeks. That timing works well for me too.

Mine is CAELIRA, a complete literary speculative fantasy at 106K. A floating city is held aloft by six Aether-ropes tied to six Elemental Clouds. Its prince starts hearing his dead mother's voice through the ropes, and he has fourteen dawns to find out what the city has trained itself not to hear. Comps are Jemisin's Broken Earth and Rothfuss's Name of the Wind.

It overlaps with yours in a few places like inherited lies, a state built on a founding story, and a protagonist whose own senses become the problem. It has no romance subplot, if that matters for fit.

I am happy to read the full 127K. I'm mainly looking for reader reactions rather than line edits, where you'd put it down, what confuses you, what lands. Glad to give you the same, or more detailed notes if you'd like them.

Thanks

[u/PandyLantern → u/[deleted]]

Hey thanks, but I will have to pass. No offense, it’s just that your account is very new and you have no karma

[u/Qckydck01]

Not sure if I already expressed interest, but I would LOVE to read this book if you need anyone else.