#ARC reader

[duckprintspress]

Become an Advance Reader for Duck Prints Press!

Reviews are essential for showing prospective readers that we’re publishing awesome books that they want to buy and read. We’re looking to recruit an active group of people who post reviews of our work, and to do that we need your help! We’re offering Advance Reader Copies (ARCs) of one of our projects: A Truth Universally Acknowledged, our most recent anthology, featuring 21 short stories and 20 full-page color artworks inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, but made deliciously queer!

How it works: You see this post. You think, oh, I love reading! I love leaving reviews! I want to join the Duck Prints Press Reviewer Program! Then, you go and read the rules for our Reviewer Program. And, if everything there sounds like something you can do, you fill out the form, and – we’ll be in touch! Even better: this program isn’t only for A Truth Universally Acknowledged, and isn’t only for “advance” titles. Our reviewers are encouraged to claim titles that are currently released, too, to help build up a robust collection of reviews of Duck Prints Press titles!

Requirements:

You must be over 18 years old.

You must be prepared to post reviews on Goodreads and/or Storygraph.

You must also post the review on the appropriate listing on the Duck Prints Press webstore (for advance titles, you’ll have to wait ’til we list them there).

Upon acceptance to the program, you must join the Duck Prints Press Book Lover’s Server.

Reviews must be at least 100 words long must and engage with the actual content of the work being reviewed.

Reviews must be left within 6 months of claiming a title, or you will be removed from the program (you’re welcome to rejoin later!).

What isn’t Required:

That the reviews be positive. Reviews are for readers. We require that reviews be honest to your own experience of the work, not that they be glowing.

That you post the reviews to social media. Doing so is definitely a bonus, but you don’t have to.

That you associate yourself publicly with the review-leaving (beyond using a valid Goodreads and/or Storygraph account). As in, you don’t have to say, “I, (your name here), reviewed this book” or link your book website accounts with your existing social media presence or anything like that, nor do we request any demographic information beyond confirmation of your age.

That you purchase anything. Absolutely no purchase necessary!

What You Get:

An e-book copy (ePub and/or PDF) of the work you’re reviewing. We do not provide physical ARCs.

After you post your first review, you’ll get a coupon for 10% off a purchase from the Duck Prints Press webstore!

For every ten reviews you post, you can claim a freebie sticker from among our sticker offerings, if you want. (You’ll have to provide a snail mail address to get this, of course.)

A community of fun book-lovers to hang out with! (You can get that even without joining the ARC program, though – our Book Lover’s Discord is open to everyone.)

We’re accepting applicants for claiming A Truth Universally Acknowledged ARCs through February 21st 2025. On the 23rd, we’ll randomly select 25 of applicants to receive ARC copies of A Truth Universally Acknowledged. Everyone else will still be entirely welcome in the program and invited to start with a different, back-catalog book or story to review.

So… those are the basics. Interested? Go read the full rules, then apply to be a Duck Prints Press ARC reader TODAY!

[cherchezlafatfemme]

I GET TO BE AN ARC READER FOR THE FIRST PROTECTOR OF THE SMALL GRAPHIC NOVEL I AM LOSING MY SHIT

[erinsstillreading]

booktok refugee

hi guys :)

my secret dream has always been to have a blog. ive always been better in words than talking, so it's kind of the ideal situation.

i grew up on tumblr when i was younger, but had nothing to say. now that i'm older, i do, yet i find i have no one to tell. i found that community in booktok, but quickly lost it due to the ban.

so here i am starting all over, trying not to lose the desire to find community.

my name is erin, and i've read fantasy books my whole life. a recent favorite of mine that shook up my world was Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang.

if you have similar taste in books, or even if you don't, maybe we can be friends :)

[physalian]

ARC Reviewers Wanted! | Tell Me How Long - a modern merfolk mystery

Alrighty! I think I did this correctly? I think?? Looking for some ARC reviewers. And readers in general of course. First try at using Booksprout on recommendation.

Summary:

Finley McCann is an aspiring marine biologist, spending her days watching the ocean she loves die before her feet as the world spins on unmoved to stop it. Three years after a chance meeting with a survivor of a species thought extinct for centuries, Finley stumbles on an opportunity to save a Mer, and shock the world into acting before it’s too late. Tell Me How Long is a twist on the modern merfolk myth, and what it takes to survive under the threat of humanity in the open ocean.

For a deeper dive, I essayed about it here.

[soundlessroom]

HEYA!

Calling all bookworms and reviewers!

I’m looking for passionate readers to join my ARC team for Soundweavers (A dark fantasy romance Novel)

Your honest reviews will mean the world to me ♥

You can sign up here

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

Review: Metal From Heaven by August Clarke Rating: 5/5

I received an ARC of this title through Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.

Marney Honeycutt works in the Yann I Chauncey Ichorite Factory but when their sister leads a workers' strike that turns into a massacre, they are suddenly all alone. Touched in the head by the metal they worked from birth, Marney has to get out of the city. They fall in with a gang of thieves who whisk them away to a mansion high in the hills by the sea. But Marney will come back. Because they are going to kill Chauncey and they're going to marry his daughter to do it.

August Clarke has done it again. I was captivated from the very first page by Clarke's signature dizzying, dazzling prose. I was utterly immersed in this rich world that blends fantasy and science fiction absolutely perfectly. I loved the different cultures, I especially loved the way Clarke emulated butch/femme lesbian culture, I loved that trans-ness was just part of the world and Marney never had to fight to be who they were.

The queerness really was my favourite part. It was so nice to finally read a book about a trans stone butch that feels like the trans stone butches I know. Marney felt and talked and behaved like so many of my friends do and that representation is so sorely needed. I have a list of friends a mile long to recommend this book because I know they ache to see themselves and their lives represented in media. I'm very grateful that August Clarke is able to do that with their books.

And the prose! Clarke has such a specific way of writing that just latches into your brain and doesn't let go. It flows so beautifully but has a staccato edge that I can't get enough of. I especially enjoyed how Clarke intermittently used second person to elevate how Marney was telling the story and the reason why they were doing that became so satisfying as the story went on. It was utterly brilliant.

If you are looking for a truly unique speculative fiction story that centres queerness and working class people in a story of revenge, I implore you to pick up Metal From Heaven and allow yourself to be swept away in this enthralling book. It's an absolute masterpiece.

Metal From Heaven releases October 22nd, 2024!

[authoralexharvey]

A Sharper, More Lasting Call for ARC Readers

Do you like dark academia? How about fantasy? How about stories set on a magic college campus? How about tragic tales? Monsters? Mind-melding drugs? Toxic best friends that can't live without each other?

All of this and more is found within my debut novel, which is currently open for ARC Readers!

After their girlfriend’s best friend is wounded in a monster attack, Simone Allard stumbles across a plot much deeper than they anticipated. As they work to find a cure to their own forming illness and find out the truth, one question remains: how was Nadia involved in this?

Nadia DuPont doesn’t know how much time she has or even what is ailing her, but it all gets more complex after meeting Simone on a field trip. As they both work to find a cure to her ailment, all Nadia is certain of is she's on the path to ruin.

Basics

Dual-POV third person present tense

Roughly 71,000 words

For fans of Ninth House, A Deadly Education, and Strixhaven

Content warnings include: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Sexual content (including mild kink), Suicidal ideation, Terminal illness, and Violence

Representation includes: nonbinary main character, black main character, main characters of color, gay main character, sapphic main character, mentions of polyamory, a main character with chronic illness/terminal illness, neurodivergent main character, side characters of color, plus-sized main character, disabled side character, queernormative society

ARC Readers will be accepted and contacted by July 1st

Completion expected by October 10th, 2024 (ASMLP's release date!)

All ARCs are digital at this time, so an email will be required.

This ARC is prior to final edits, so there may be some changes upon publication.

Links

ARC sign up form

Add ASMLP on Goodreads!

ASMLP Tag List (Ask to be added!): @magic-is-something-we-create , @wildswrites , @chishiio , @broodparasitism , @writeblrsupport , @original-writing , @artcoffeecats , @asterhaze , @linaket , @ryns-ramblings , @stesierra

[desertmousy]

Howdy ✦ A lot of you know me from my Dune fanfic but I'm here to tell you about the original space opera I've been working on since March 2024. Well, I finished it late last year [!!!!] and it's coming out this spring and I'm offering advanced reader copies to people interested in reading and reviewing an achillean science fiction romance [summary and trope list under the cut] ↴

⟡ you can get on the list for an early copy here ⟡

Two centuries ago, House Henly of Aurethia and House Volkov of Griea penned an engagement, promising a ​u​nion between rival houses and their respective homeworlds.

Elio Henly has been preparing for marriage his entire life. As the Henly heir, and future steward of Aurethia, he will inherit great power, including control of a lucrative trade route and ownership of the most precious substance in the greater universe — Avara. The mysterious blue crystal native to Aurethia is the sole treatment for parsec sickness, an epidemic ravaging space travelers within the Greater Universe. But when he meets Cael Volkov, the charming heir of the outfitted military planet, Griea, everything he thought he knew about his homeworld, his family, and his heart is turned upside down.

Cael Volkov has been raised to conquer. Champion in the Griean Tupinaire, commander of the Royal Reserve, and son to the mighty Legatus, Cael knows his mission is simple: gain the Aurethian heir’s trust, learn everything he can about the forest moon, and prepare to take it by force. But the longer he spends with Elio Henly — the quiet, brilliant Aurethian prince — the more he questions everything he was taught and begins to push back against the duty seeded in him by a lust for vengeance.

➵ if you like Captive Prince but want it in space

➵ if you like the swordfighting in Dune but want more romantic tension

➵ if you like Endor and Hoth but want more Padme and Anakin

➵ if you like romantasy but want more science fiction

➵ if you like arranged marriage but want it to be queer

I would not have written this 155k fever dream of a book without the Dune fandom [especially my feydpaul brethren; this book is a feydpaul ripoff]. You'll will always have my sword [and my heart] ✹

p.s. artwork by akito [@/akkito_ on ig]

[shallansolem]

ARC Review: Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

5/5 stars

Wow, this book is amazing. I don't even know how to start my review because there are so many important topics covered in Bury Your Gays. This book is jam packed with horror and action and queerness. I didn't want it to end. What a perfect thriller.

The author did an incredible job handling queer trauma and I literally had to stop and breathe a few times because it all hit so close to home. Growing up queer is hard and while the author didn't shy away from that, the author made sure we knew that there's joy in queerness, too. I also greatly enjoyed the discourse surrounding capitalism and AI and how queer identities are discussed.

Bury Your Gays is incredibly well written and a breath of fresh air amongst horror books (and this is coming from a huge horror fan). I'm already thinking about rereading it in the near future because so much happened. Truly, the queer horror book of my dreams. I wish I could thank the author for writing it. I have never preordered a physical copy so quickly.

PS. The ace representation in this book is 🤌🏽.

This book comes out on July 9th, 2024.

[boldlyvoid]

Hotch girlies if you want to ARC read my hotch inspired book, you can sign up to do so here! If you’re picked, all I ask is you leave a review on Amazon or goodreads on or before February 28th to help me share and promote it!

[tfauthor]

Here is my book trailer for my 140k M/M dystopian superheroXvillain romance, "Trying to Kill the Sun" ARC requests are open and will go out late July! The book will be released September 14th!

ARC submission: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1n_-51Nwdccsxipa_PCOinwScuXT4OcvOlORxXl7wSAo/edit?chromeless=1

[ashthehermit]

OK lads - I'm trying to find some ARC (advance reader copies) for my self-published book WINTER'S CHOSEN. If you've not been an ARC reader before, you can sign up for an advanced copy of the book, and leave a review at your leisure.

Check out the blurb here - but Winter's Chosen is a standalone fantasy book about Ifry, whose employer wants to build a ski resort in an area filled with eldritch monsters. There's some tragic queer romance in there, if you're into that sort of thing. Sign up at this link!

[Blurb - alt text:

Ifry is the long suffering clerk to the wealthy and demanding Thomas Townsend.  When the latter takes Ifry to the mountains to build a ski resort, they have their work cut out for them.  The mountain town is overrun with carnivorous monsters and Ifry is woefully unprepared, but he finds help in Jos Nothernine, the reserved but charming local hunter.

Yet the town is plagued by more than just monsters: it is home to Solyon, the god of summer himself.  Each year, Solyon chooses a townsperson to defeat a sacrifice chosen by Lady Winter.  If the chosen fails, winter will continue endlessly, meaning disaster for the world at large.

A sacrifice must be made, and this year Jos has been chosen to kill someone, lest summer never return.]

[turnthepagepub]

Turn the Page Publishing is looking for ARC readers and reviewers!

We're building our ARC readers list, and we only have two requirements:

Must love romance, and

Must post reviews to all the major retail and review sites (Amazon, BookBub, Goodreads, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, etc.)

So if you love reading romance and sharing your thoughts with fellow readers, email us at info@TurnThePagePub.com with "I'm a Reviewer!" in the subject line. Include a little bit about yourself, plus your preferred romance subgenres (contemporary, historical, paranormal, etc.), and any triggers you'd prefer to avoid.

We can't wait to hear from you! ₊˚⊹♡

[rinzydings]

Hey hey!

Do you like fantasy, intricately twined stories, and magic? My friend over at Bisset House Press is looking for ARC readers! If you have the time and like the premise (pasted below), please don't hesitate to sign up! I'm posting on tumblr for them because they currently don't have one haha.

Two teenagers on the secretive Island of Faodail have finally joined the ranks of their predecessors: they’ve begun to have dreams of their past life. This is a natural cycle on the Isle that Katiyana has been waiting for ever since she turned sixteen the previous April. Having been raised in the Coven, she knows exactly what’s happening. Vincent, however, does not. He was raised outside of the circle of magic users, and is bewildered by every new piece of information these sequential dreams drop on him. As the month passes, they slowly put together that they’re dreaming of each other. With the help of their mutual friends, and Coven members who have already been through the process, the teens work through revelations both comforting and terrifying. Everything does happen for a reason, especially on Faodail, they just never expected it to be like this. Coven Chronicles: Magickal is an introduction to the Island of Faodail, through the lens of someone steeped in its history and magic, and someone learning everything for the first time. This dual-POV story will lead you through each dream and everything surrounding it, unfolding the past Katiyana and Vincent shared together, and the future they could build with each other.

>> ARC sign up form here!! <<

Sign ups are open July 22nd (now!) - August 2nd!

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The second slide is three smaller videos stacked and overlaying a lavender field as a background. The first video on the top is one of a small, purple crystal ball surrounded by beads and candles. It reads: "Magical Realism." The second video is a group of pre-teens/teenagers of various heights and hairstyles, smiling and laughing at the camera. It reads: "Found Family." The third video is the back/side shot of a girl sitting in the foreground, brunette waves obscuring her face as she writes in a notebook. The backdrop is green and blue, heavily blurred, implying a lake view. The text reads: "Info Through Dreams."

The third slide is of a set of hands holding a tablet featuring the cover concept of the book (which is pale pink, featuring a side profile silhouette of a woman within a floral border around her head and another around the edge of the cover itself.) Sparkles flash on and off screen around the tablet and hands for emphasis. The text at the top of the slide reads: Join our ARC team!" and the text at the bottom reads: "Coven Chronicles: Magickal. ARC Signups July 22 - Aug 2." End ID]

[maggiekwest]

Pre-Release Readers Wanted!!

Greetings dear readers!! I’m looking for ARC readers for my upcoming book, Son of Lightning.

The bonus is, I’m giving you the first two books in the series for free ;)

What is an ARC reader?

ARCS (Advance Reader Copies) are unpublished copies of a book that go out to a select group of readers to read and review before the book launches to the public.

This is a super important step in the successful launch of a book, because it allows authors to gather early reviews and spread the word about their upcoming release!

Son of Lightning is book 3 in the Descendants of Robin Hood trilogy.

In order to review it, you probably want to read the first two in the series first. But, you don’t have to! In the ARC (advance reader copy) application, I’ve included the option to just receive a synopsis of each book.

So, you can choose whether you’d like to download the other books as ebooks, or just download a synopsis!

Click Here for the ARC Application!

But what’s the series about?

Eight hundred years ago, a powerful sorcerer laid a trap for Robin Hood. But the curse backfired, releasing a burst of pure magic. Robin Hood’s descendants carry this magic as elemental powers.

The two nations of descendants are on the brink of war. Jack’s North Wind power is about to manifest when the rival nation attacks. Now Jack is on the run from the Sheriff, sorcerers, and a mysterious girl of the shadows as he struggles to contain his chaotic power.

As the war deepens, a villain out of legend rises to crush any opposition and claim his immortal throne. But the Sorcerer Gisborne’s plans run much deeper than first believed, and Dark sorcery spreads like a plague.

Follow Jack’s adventure along with a swing-first-ask-questions-later Fire bender, a Lightning bender with a dark secret, and a talking baby panther who is maybe more than meets the eye.

In Book 3…

There’s two sides to every story.

Jack’s victory over Sorcerer Gisborne is bittersweet as he struggles with the grief of Nick’s death to the all-consuming Sorcerer. Nick, buried in his own mind, struggles desperately to maintain his identity as he is pushed deeper and deeper under Gisborne’s control.

Determined that no one else will die, Jack sets off to rescue Natanian from the monsters who kidnapped him. But what he discovers will set off a chain of events far worse than he could dream. As the Ealdra weave corruption through the world, Jack faces a choice between saving his nation, and saving his friends.

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Sign me up!

If this series sounds like the perfect read for you, or you’ve read the first two books and can’t wait to see how the story concludes, click the button below to fill out the short Google Form. ;)

Google Form Sign Up

I don’t have any restrictions on who can ARC read for me. As long as you love fantasy, or you’re willing to take a chance on a young adult elemental fantasy, go for it!

If you’d like to review the book before it launches, it comes out on June 25th, which is 7 weeks away. 

But, it’s important to know that if it takes you a couple weeks after launch, or a couple months after launch, you’re not going to hurt my feelings! I know life happens, so just get to it when you can.

I hope you dive into this adventure with me, and see you over at the sign up form!

[a-bi-between-pages]

“ARC” Review of “Despite Duty” by Jasmin Joachims

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“But if it causes emotional discomfort, why do you cherish the existence of compassion?”

“It is what makes us, more than anything else, feel closest to those around us. Not feeling like you’re alone in the universe … it matters.”

I didn’t know how much I needed sapphic, sci-fi, space operas in my life, until I started this series! I am HOOKED!

And as someone who loves Star Wars, I honestly don’t know how I haven’t picked up a space opera before this!

As I have always prided myself in reviewing books honestly, I was beyond thrilled to be given the opportunity to read this copy of “Despite Duty” by Jasmin Joachims.

With that being said, I absolutely LOVED this book! I was already introduced to the main character, Elia, from reading the prequel novella, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading more of her adventures. In this story, we get more details about her ship, The Despite, and we meet her crew: N’guyerra and Eighty-Three, Elia’s AI (we met both of them in the novella), as well as Hector and Chen! This rag-tag crew was so diverse and entertaining. For example, Chen is an alien species that doesn’t have vocal cords, so he invented his own version of sign language to communicate with the rest of the crew! As someone who is part of the Deaf community, I really loved that this book included sign language (and in space)!

The story is told from Elia’s point of view and I love her witty inner monologue throughout the book, as well as the banter between her and her crew. I had several moments of laughter throughout the story.

“…I hadn’t counted on fighting actual cows. I would so get an earful from the crew for this. “Fucking cows,” my navigator N’guyerra muttered, then dove behind the boulder I was squatting.”

We follow the crew’s space adventures as they smuggle merchandise to the far reaches of the galaxy. However, unknowingly to the rest of the crew, Elia is an undercover agent working for the queen and is trying to find the person responsible for a terrorist attack. Of course the crew hits some bumps along the way and Elia struggles to keep her secret from them. We also get a hint of possible romance blossoming between Elia and the military commander, Allen Haggerty, despite her consistently trying to catch Elia doing things she shouldn’t be.

“The only way for evil to triumph is for a good person to do nothing.” - Hector

I think Jasmin Joachams has a fantastic writing style. Her words throughout the story were very engaging and easy to follow. She was able to effectively create the world Elia and her crew reside in and I enjoyed all the details she put into the story. I am very much looking forward to reading more of her work!

If you enjoy sapphic science fiction, space adventures, a badass female lead, a rag-tag found family crew, witty banter and beautiful writing, then “Despite Duty” is definitely a book you will enjoy!