Looking for Beta Readers

A Literary Crossover Novel

I’m looking for a handful of thoughtful beta readers for a completed literary novel called Fiddler’s Point.

The novel sits somewhere between literary fiction, magical realism, family saga, coming-of-age story, and secret-history weirdness. Think memory, music, road trips, hidden communities, beach towns, mirrors, ferries, fiddles, found families, and the lingering feeling that the world may be stranger and kinder than we’ve been told.

It follows a family during and after a transformative summer in 1968, alongside a parallel narrative set in 1986 involving writers, artists, mysterious networks, and crossings between worlds that may or may not fully obey ordinary reality.

I’m especially looking for a few cold readers—people who have NOT read the earlier companion novel (Margaux & the Vicious Circle). I want to understand whether this book stands fully on its own emotionally and structurally.

At this stage, I’m specifically hoping to hear from engaged readers rather than professional beta-reading or editorial services. I’m less interested in workshop-style critique than in the lived experience of reading the novel:

• what stayed with you

• where you felt pulled in

• where you got lost (in a good or bad way)

• what felt emotionally true

• what lingered afterward

The manuscript is complete, and I’ve created a reflection questionnaire to make feedback easy and low-pressure.

If this sounds like your kind of book, send me a message.