Early Echoes: Beta Reader Reviews
Threnavar - Book I: Threads of Fate
These early impressions come from readers who were among the first to step into the Underworld—and come back changed. Each review is a thread stitched with awe, anguish, and maybe a few tear-stained pages.
Scroll down to read what the first readers are already saying.
“It made me less afraid of dying.”
— Nsika, Independent Manuscript Consultant
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This isn't a "dark romance" - this is psychological horror wrapped in myth.
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Extraordinary emotional resonance and mythological elegance
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A Perfect Emotional Crescendo.
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This is mythopoetic tragedy done right.
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A spiritual fantasy, that reclaims death as a part of healing.
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Bobbington - chef's kiss.
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Emotionally authentic, narratively immersive and devastatingly good.
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This book hurts. In all the right ways.
“Everything is morally grey. The sky is grey. The gods are grey. My soul? Also grey now. Thanks, Naeri.”
— Eleni, emotionally devastated beta reader
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“A Spellbinding Debut of Heart, Power, and Poetic Fire”
Threnavar – Threads of Fate is a hauntingly beautiful and emotionally resonant fantasy that explores the delicate threads between life, death, love, and autonomy. With lyrical prose and devastating emotional depth, Naeri Mort delivers a story that is both ethereal and unflinchingly human.
At the heart of the novel is Mei, a soul torn between grief and purpose, navigating the aftermath of trauma while finding strength in her new identity as a reaper. Her journey—at once personal and cosmic—unfolds in a mythological world of gods, monsters, and ancient pacts, yet never loses sight of the most important battleground: the heart.
What makes Threnavar stand out is its profound emotional intelligence. Mort handles themes of consent, healing, power, and forgiveness with rare sensitivity. The relationship between Mei and Alex is a breathtaking slow burn—raw, messy, and ultimately redemptive. Every interaction pulses with tension and vulnerability, anchored in consent and growth rather than tropes.
The worldbuilding is immersive, the magic system mysterious but coherent, and the lore rich with quiet revelations. Mort’s gift for sensory detail brings gardens of the dead, divine courts, and fractured memories to life in vivid, cinematic strokes.
Perfect for readers who crave fantasy that doesn’t shy away from emotional complexity, Threnavar – Threads of Fate is a story that lingers long after the final page. It is about more than reaping souls—it’s about reclaiming your own.
A spellbinding debut full of heart, power, and poetic fire.
Peter B., Independent Manuscript Consultant
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“A literary achievement in mythic skin.”
When a book becomes a spiritual experience, it's usually because someone had the courage to weave themselves into words. That’s what Mort has done with Threnavar – Threads of Fate. What appears at first as a dark mythological fantasy quickly becomes a meditation on loss, love, and the quiet resistance of healing.
Threnavar is not a book you read. It is a book you experience — one that touches, shakes, and stays. Mort’s use of language is flawless, poetic without being overdone, and emotionally raw without ever becoming manipulative. Her characters breathe, suffer, and fight for dignity in a world where even the divine is fallible.
The worldbuilding is extraordinary: immersive, symbolic, and emotionally coherent. The Underworld of Threnavar is painted not in gloom, but in memory and stars. And Mei is one of the most human characters I’ve ever encountered in fantasy — flawed, brave, and achingly real.
This book does not offer comfort through easy answers, but through companionship in grief. It is a thread spun from silence, stars, and the language of pain. A literary achievement in mythic skin.
Aaron D. – Beta Reader
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“I Am Once Again Asking Naeri Mort to Pay My Therapy Bills”
This book. THIS. BOOK.
I became a beta reader for Threnavar – Threads of Fate expecting some dark fantasy vibes and maybe a little reaper romance. I did not expect to get emotionally carpet-bombed by a story that refuses to give you even a single straightforward answer.
Everything is morally grey. The sky is grey. The gods are grey. My soul? Also grey now. Thanks, Naeri.
Let’s break it down:
Alex — Oh Alex. This man is like if a Greek tragedy had a panic attack. I wanted to punch him. I wanted to hold him. I’m still in therapy. My therapist is also confused.
Aelion —He’s a monster with a bleeding heart and a backstory so tragic it rewired my nervous system. I fear him. I love him. I would follow him into Tartarus but I’d cry about it the whole way.
Mei — Oh my GOD. Her strength isn’t flashy; it’s the kind that quietly shatters empires. I wanted to crawl into the book and scream YOU DESERVE SO MUCH BETTER. But also, she kinda makes peace with her grief and that broke me more than any dramatic plot twist ever could.
Also, why does every line feel like it was handcrafted by a celestial being in the middle of an emotional crisis? The prose is beautiful. Unforgivably beautiful. I cried at a paragraph about a river. A river. Am I okay? No. Do I want more? Absolutely.
In summary:
I laughed, I cried, I yelled “WHAT THE F*CK” at least twelve times. This book has ruined me and I am sending Naeri Mort an invoice for emotional damages. 10/10 would be spiritually gutted again.
— Eleni, emotionally devastated beta reader
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“It made me less afraid of dying.”
Threnavar - threads of fate is a dark mythological fantasy story that reveals both the real world and the Underworld with equal realism, as the characters, their interactions and events came across as equally authentic, blurring the line between reality and the spiritual.
It showed the underworld in a new, positive light, as against the popular notion of it as a dark, grim place where only devils dare thread. It made me less afraid of dying.
— Nsika, Independent Manuscript Consultant
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