cornerofmadness

As a beta reader up to chapter 11, I have to say it's keeping my interest. Make the sex scenes shorter or only hint at them, but the story itself is moving along. Fill it out more with non-sexual material. Leave some of the sex in if the crutch aspect is what you were going for. As a reader, I had no idea as of yet that the sex was a crutch issue. That could be a problem. But the plot seems to be moving along and the characters are interesting. Maybe put this one aside and come back to it later if you're not up to a re-write.