Amy
Still impressionable. Still character-driven.

Amy has been passionate about reading as long as she can remember. The Hobbit and Little Women were the first books to really speak to her (then) impressionable soul. Since those early reading days her tastes have evolved and grown (though she’d still go ‘there and back again’ for an adventure, or sit by Beth’s bedside any day). 

These days her Goodreads TBR is packed with more books than one person could ever read. It includes everything from Elie Wiesel to Neil Gaiman, and Sabaa Tahir to Diana Gabaldon. With few notable exceptions (looking at you, westerns and horror!) she’ll read just about anything. 

If you’re looking for an advance reader for your new book, she loves well written, character-driven stories, particularly if they’re part of a series with a strong character arc.

Aubrie
Multiplying reading joy.

One of Aubrie’s first memories of reading is  her first grade teacher placing her in the remedial reading group dubbed the “reading bus”.  Riding the reading bus came with a host of taunts (because kids can be jerks), which did not endear reading to Aubrie’s heart.

Over the years, reading has become more a compulsion than a hobby.  The more Aubrie reads, the more she wants to read. Perhaps this avid reading is an attempt to prove those little naysayers, and her first grade teacher, wrong.

Although her enthusiasm for books cannot be contained by a single genre, Aubrie especially loves page-turning thrillers with unreliable narrators, memoirs of self-discovery, and sci-fi novels that evoke philosophical questions about the nature of reality.

She can often be found reading with her son, because reading joy shared is reading joy multiplied. She takes great pride in raising an avid reader and lover of libraries and bookstores. Cuddling up with her kid and a book makes her heart happy.

Jaelithe
Named for a book character.

When you're named after a character from an SFF novel, you almost have to become a writer or librarian. Jae is a copywriter by trade, novelist by night, and prolific reader in every spare minute.

She believes strongly that you shouldn't 'judge a book by its cover' (though a beautiful cover helps!), nor should you espouse opinions about something until you've actually read or seen it. She also doesn't love star ratings because she believes the complexity that goes into a decision whether to like or not like something is deep and personal, and too many great stories miss finding their niche because people give too much creedence to whether it's got the requisite number of stars.

Genre-wise, she's willing to at least try to read *almost* anything, though her preference is fantasy and sci fi, particularly YA. In fact, she thinks lots of stories would be even better with a dragon.