u/CheesecakeVirtual489

Hello people,

I've completed the first draft and am currently revising it. I'd love to get some readers who aren't family or friends and can give honest reactions to the story, characters, pacing, and overall emotional impact.

1995 follows Ivy, a teenage girl recovering from an eating disorder as she navigates first love, friendship, family pressures, and a complicated love triangle in a 1995 high school setting.

Would be good to know where the story hooked you or if the characters felt believable and engaging. Any pacing issues or confusing sections and whether you'd want to keep reading after Chapter 7 or 8.

I'm just really looking for honest reader reactions and overall impressions.

If you're interested, please let me know. Thank you.

I’m writing a novel where Book 1 is in close third person (following one main character very closely), and I’m considering switching Book 2 to first person.

The idea is that by Book 2, the protagonist has “found her voice,” so the narration would become more personal, almost like she’s finally owning her story instead of being observed.