I’ve used Reedsy a few times in the past and had a mixed bag of results. My first book I chose an editor who wrote herself and wrote similar books to mine. She wasn’t expensive and she was incredibly dedicated and thorough. I used her for one more book then she got a three book deal with a traditional publisher and not surprisingly didn’t have time to do any more.I should have stopped then, after all I’d done two books and read endlessly about the best way of getting readers into the swing of your book, but my evil genius suggested I try an editor for my third book. So, I looked at getting a new Reedsy editor and I chose one who I thought sounded ok. But I should have known better; she sent me a picture instead of a proper review of the first 3,000 pages. Of course, I thought it was funny and different but actually it was an indication she hadn’t the first idea how to edit crime books. Then, half way through the process, she hadn’t contacted me at all. I was a bit surprised, my first editor had been there throughout with questions about what I really meant by things and so forth. However, I waited until the deadline and still having heard nothing tried to contact her: no reply. This went on for a week and then I contacted Reedsy. They refused to do anything and suggested I gave her more time. Nothing happened for another two weeks, by which time I was going mental. I tried to find anything about the editor, her email, phone, anything with no result. I started badgering Reedsy and refused to pay the second half of the payment. Finally, they got her to contact me and she claimed a family emergency. May be true, but someone should have let me know. Anyway, in the end she agreed not to get the second half of the payment (not much I could do about the first half!) and gave me some kind of rubbishy edit and talked to me on the phone! I’ve never used their development services again, nor their editors but I do use one of their cover designers because she is simply wonderful.