u/AleHouseOwner

I’m looking for beta readers for my literary relationship novella, Are You Happy? — a nostalgic, emotionally reflective story about first love, ambition, memory, and the versions of ourselves we leave behind.

Set against the backdrop of early-2000s DIY music culture, touring bands, diners at 2 a.m., burned CDs, long drives across New England, and the fragile intensity of young adulthood, the novel follows Matt and Julie through a four-year relationship that shapes the rest of their lives long after it ends.

Told through an intimate first-person voice, the story moves between youth and adulthood, exploring regret, emotional avoidance, growing older, and what it means to carry someone with you for decades. It’s written in a cinematic, memoir-like style and will likely appeal to readers who enjoy emotionally driven literary fiction and relationship-centered stories like 500 Days of Summer, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, or the music-and-memory atmosphere of Death Cab for Cutie.

I’m looking for beta readers for my literary relationship novella, Are You Happy? — a nostalgic, emotionally reflective story about first love, ambition, memory, and the versions of ourselves we leave behind.

Set against the backdrop of early-2000s DIY music culture, touring bands, diners at 2 a.m., burned CDs, long drives across New England, and the fragile intensity of young adulthood, the novel follows Matt and Julie through a four-year relationship that shapes the rest of their lives long after it ends.

Told through an intimate first-person voice, the story moves between youth and adulthood, exploring regret, emotional avoidance, growing older, and what it means to carry someone with you for decades. It’s written in a cinematic, memoir-like style and will likely appeal to readers who enjoy emotionally driven literary fiction and relationship-centered stories like 500 Days of Summer, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Please DM me for a copy.