Beta Bestie Feedback 🦋

More than a swap: a $25 Basic Read — one of our vetted besties reads your whole book and writes you a structured, honest reader-experience report. Where they got hooked, where they drifted, whether the ending landed, and the three fixes that matter most.

Request a Basic Read — $25 Read real samples first

Every read supports the free Beta Besties community and keeps this site running. 💛

What a Basic Read includes

A full read of your book (up to 80,000 words — longer? just say so in the note)
First impressions + a six-part score card (hook, characters, pacing, heat/heart, ending, genre promise)
What’s working — with the exact moments that prove it
What needs attention — three honest, kind, concrete fixes
A pacing snapshot and a genre & shelf check (is your book on the right shelf for the right readers?)
Delivered in about 24–72 hours as a beautiful private report page, password-protected just for you

It’s reader-experience feedback — not a copyedit, not a review, and never a form letter.

See exactly what you get

Real sample reads — on our own books, because we’d never practice on yours.

Romance · heat 4/5Ninety Days to Marry the Off-Grid Orchardistby Constance Ruth ClarkA chapter read with teeth — gut reaction, lines quoted back, the one fix that matters most, and a scorecard. This is the voice every read aims for.Open the sample report →

Sweet RomanceSweet on the Fire Chiefby Nora BrooksA clean small-town novella — see how we handle gentle books with real honesty.Open the sample report →

Dark RomanceUnbroken Captiveby Ruthie ClarkA heat-5 dark romance — proof your dark book gets a reader fluent in the genre, not a pearl-clutcher.Open the sample report →

Contemporary / Small TownWild Country Heartsby Constance Ruth ClarkA full-length published contemporary — we’re honest even about our own books.Open the sample report →

How it works

Tell us about your book below — takes two minutes.
Complete the $25 payment (that’s step 2 — nothing is charged on this page).
A vetted Beta Bestie who loves your genre reads the whole book.
Your private report page arrives by email in about 24–72 hours.

Request your Basic Read

Your name *

Pen name if different — it’s who the report is addressed to

Email *

Book title *

Genre *

Approximate length * e.g. “62,000 words” or “230 pages” — Basic Read covers up to 80,000 words

Link to your book Google Doc, Word file link, BookFunnel… or leave blank and email it after

Content warnings so we match you with a reader who loves your lane

What do you most want to know? optional — “does the middle sag?”, “is the hero likable?”, “which shelf is this?”

You’re not charged here — payment is step 2, after your request lands.

Just want free swap-style feedback? That’s what the community is for — put your book on the shelf 🦋