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inkcurlsandknives · 4 months

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ARC unboxing for SAINTS OF STORM AND SORROW! I can't tell you what a dream come true it is to see the story of my heart looking so much like a real book.

If you live in the UK you can request physical ARCs via the link in my bio. You can also contact me or Titan Books via social media. eARCs will go up on Netgalley and I will post links when it is available.

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merlina87 · 4 months

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Advance Reader Copies for my next book!

Hi lovely writeblr! My next book is to be released this June. How exciting and crazy that it's my 4th already!

It's a mlm romance with both characters in their 50s navigating reconnecting after 20 years and a bad breakup. It deals with things like neurodivergence, sexuality, coming out...

I'm looking for advance readers to get the word out! The ARCs will be ready in April/early May at the latest but if you're interested you can already sign up here: https://forms.gle/N4BkQTPNoUbDmBfV7

Please help me and share this as widely as you can!! All relevant info below the pics.

Blurb:

1973 – When he signed up for that medical conference in Houston, Bill, hadn’t expected to run into Bobby. Fair to say they didn’t exactly part on good terms last time. Unable to stay away from each other, the two men reconnect, only for Bobby to leave in a hurry at the end of the conference, eager to protect his own heart.

Bill, freshly divorced from his second marriage, knows this is his only chance to get the love of his life back.

After so long, is Bill ready to finally admit his feelings, his sexuality, and to gather his courage to conquer his old lover and friend once more? A second chance romance with flashbacks to young love, addressing the struggles of coming out in an unwelcoming environment and building the life you really want.

Content Warnings

Explicit sexual content

Mentions of homophobia

Mentions of abusive family

Bullying (off page)

Mentions of WWII

This is a standalone novel. It spans out over several decades, from the 1930s to the 1970s and will therefore mention some historical events in those periods, as well as LGBTQ+ rights (or absence thereof).

If you have any questions about specific trigger warnings feel free to message me.

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tychodorian · 3 months

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Hey you! Are you a nerd like me and enjoy reading LitRPG, LGBTQ+ books, and fantasy? Do you want to get your hands on a book before anyone else? I'm looking for ARC readers for my book King of Dust.

All information, including the book's length, deadlines, and content warnings are on the form.

You can fill out this form here to get your hands on the book on February 19th.

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teenageread · 8 months

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Review: The Queen and the Knave

Synopsis:

London, 1866

Móirín Donnelly has spent the last five years working in the shadows for the Dread Penny Society, but spending so much of her life in secret is taking a toll on her soul—and her heart.

When members of the Dread Penny Society begin disappearing, Móirín turns to Detective Constable Fitzgerald Parkington for help. The two have developed a friendly rapport, and Móirín feels like she can trust him, though perhaps not with all of her secrets.

Fitzgerald Parkington has a sixth sense when it comes to hunting down criminals, which is why he’s recently been transferred to the Detective Department at Scotland Yard. But when red tape keeps him from tracking down the criminal mastermind known as “The Tempest,” he must rely on the one woman who has unexpectedly captured his heart—the bold and fiery Irish lass, Móirín Donnelly.

As the Tempest’s deadly reach threatens to overwhelm all of London, Móirín and Fitz are caught in an elaborate game of cat and mouse that leads down back alleys, through dark London buildings, and right to the gates of Kensington Palace. Móirín has one chance to save Fitz and the Dread Penny Society from the Tempest, and she might have to sacrifice her one chance at love to do so.

Plot:

Moirin Donnelly was the Dread Master. A fact she kept hidden from the majority of the DPS, besides Fletcher, and something the Tempest knew about. How? Moirin had no idea, but as the Tempest began snatching up her Dreadfuls, Moirin knew she had to stop her before more members of her family disappeared. Hiding in a safe house with Brogan and Vera, Moirin began assembling her task team of fellow DPS members, who she shared her secret with of being the Dread Master. Where Borgan was initially shocked and hurt that his sister did not tell him about her role in the DPS, he understands it as he too has kept secrets from her and Vera. Part of her task team to take down the Tempest is Detective Constable Fitzgerald Parkington, and where Moirin normally does not trust the cops, there is something about Fitz that makes her believe he is here to help. Fitz became a cop to solve his own injustice of a grandfather who walked out on him, leaving him alone in the world. Looking for his grandfather, there is also something about the DPS and Moirin that draws Fitz in. Maybe it's their mission of keeping the streets of London safe, looking after the children, or maybe it's the light laugh and smile of the leader that sends Fitz’s heart racing. As the unlikely pair work together to take down the wrongness of London, they end up finding love with the hope that the Tempest will not take it away.

Thoughts:

Sarah Eden wows us with this final DPS novel, as we take the point of view of the Dread Master herself and the final fight against The Tempest. Taken from the point of view of both Moirin and Fitz, we got to see the two of them solve their own mysteries, fall in love, and fight the Tempest, all within this fast pace novel. After introducing us to Moirin pretty early on in the series, and revealing her role as the Dread Master at the end of the previous novel, having this story taken from her perspective really adds to the finality of the series. As seen before Moirin is an extremely strong female lead, who is capable of fighting her own battles, and who has that femininity edge of wanting to keep everyone safe and happy. Having seen from her point of view you really got to see how strong Moirin is, her sense of justice, and her kindness not only towards her brother and his wife, but the other DPS members who she sees as family. Eden really makes this the final novel by bringing back all the previous members and their loved ones. Not only do we get to hear about Borgan and Vera, but Gemma and Baz, Fletcher and Elizabeth, Hollis and Ana - everyone is here! This allows Eden not only to tell the Moirin and Fitz love story but also to wrap up other characters whose endings were a bit vague. The other perception this novel takes from is Fitz, and it made the story whole as we saw him fall in love first, whereas Moirin was a bit more unsure. With an interesting plot within the novel itself, Eden also does a fantastic job wrapping up the series leaving us with the farm and fuzzy feelings for the DPS society, knowing that all is well, for all DPS members and their loved ones.

Read more reviews: Goodreads

Buy the book: Amazon

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deliriousdisquisitions · 2 years

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Hey! I just made an official blog for my book reviews! Do take a look. 💙

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book-waas · 2 years

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My Mechanical Romance

Title: My Mechanical Romance Author: Alexene Farol Follmuth Date Finished: June 4, 2022 Goodreads Links: [Book] [Review]

Star Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Thank you NetGalley and Holiday House for providing this ARC to me in exchange for an honest review.]

Review:

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Bel is a new transfer student whose coming off a bad year, and is kind of looking for a place to belong. While all her classmates at this new school have high plans for college and their life, Bel finds herself blank when she thinks about her future — especially when she's asked directly about it.

Teo Luna was raised with very specific expectations as the son of a tech whiz, and those expectations as his father's son seem to have followed him into high school as well, where they're all waiting for Teo to be that stand-up guy, available for everything, a master of all trades, involved in every extracurricular under the sun.

Bel and Teo are thrown together when a teacher spots Bel's innate talent for design, and leads her straight to the robotics team that Teo captains. Bel doesn't have a lick of expectation of being accepted onto the team, but Teo spots her sketching out a better, near-flawless design for the audition problem, and he's sold.

They get off to a rough start, obviously.

To Bel, Teo is nothing but a rich, stuck-up boy who doesn't know how to take criticism and feedback, and just wants everyone to agree to everything he says. To Teo, Bel is infuriating because she's standoffish, and doesn't play as a team — and she's a threat to his life plan because he'd never counted on someone like her in his life.

They're both right and wrong, obviously.

The best part of this book was undoubtedly that these kids were allowed to be kids, and make stupid decisions, and get in trouble with their parents. Bel and Teo come from very different backgrounds but a lot of the flaws they have are similar, and they manage to strike a balance between themselves.

Bel's relationship with her family was a cornerstone of this, and while I do wish there had been a little bit more resolution on that front, it wasn't necessary for the purpose of the story so I don't think the book was lacking anything. Teo came off as someone who comes from privilege, and a lot of his flaws came from the fact that his privilege is rooted with his dad's expectations of him. I like that the author didn't shy away from those two co-existing statements.

I loved watching Bel and Teo's relationship develop through the book, through their common ground, and while I don't understand a lick of whatever was explained here besides the basic physics, I love that both of them got a change to feed off and balance each other's goals and help support each other — even if they hit a few major roadblocks along the way!

I also think that because these are high schoolers, some of the plot choices make sense. They are inevitably going to mess up in ways that are embarrassing because at that age, you don't know what you're doing, so you do stupid things, learn a lesson and then hopefully not do it again.

It wouldn't be a true review of this book if I didn't talk about the very real element of women in STEM that the author put in there. We have side characters who, in my opinion, are representative of the two extremes of approaching the misogyny — Neelam, who will push harder to try to get a spot to the point of bitterness, and Lora, who might just defer to the norm in a bid for honey instead of vinegar.

As a STEM major myself (particularly a woman of color!), I've been through the exact dilemma that Bel and the other girls were going through. Never being seen, always watching it be "a boy's world," watching teachers shower praise and accolades on the male students and never anyone else, etc etc. These are things that were familiar to me in high school and college, and are still familiar now, and I loved that we could get the representation for that. Because when I was in school, no one ever talked about it. You were expected to keep your head down, because if praise didn't turn your way, wrath and blame certainly did.

This book isn't as serious as that, but it's just as serious as you'd expect a book about 17 and 18 year old high schoolers to be. They're learning lessons as the book goes on, while falling in love with each other, and I think that was done fantastically.

Honestly, I just love the way the characters were crafted. I swung back and forth on a lot of them before realizing that was the point! They're finding things out about themselves, and somewhere, it dragged up all my stuff from high school, too, about being the overachieving student trying to score a spot to go to medical school.

(Also let's be real, I love seeing nerds being celebrated because I, too, am a nerd.)

This book was a great read, and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes the academic-rivals-to-lovers trope, dual POV, a snarky girl just trying to find her way, a spread-too-thin boy trying to do it all, and to anyone who’s ever felt like they don't belong!

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livdearly · 2 years

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nerdynatreads · 2 years

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book review || A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers

Happy release day to this book! Thanks to Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of A Dreadful Splendor in exchange for an honest review.

Right out of the gate, love the atmosphere of this book, the author really reinforces the setting with tone, word choice, characters’ clothing, locations, everything. Then, once we really are into the meat of the mystery, that entire atmosphere gets a creepy, unsettling feeling as the lines between real and paranormal start to blur. It’s infectious and well done. I can certainly see why this is blurbed as a gothic murder mystery.

I really enjoy Genevieve, from our initial introduction to her as a reluctant, fake spiritualist to the secrets we slowly uncover about her. She’s a gray main character you still route for. Once we finally learn of her background, oof, the emotion was definitely there and further reinforced by Genevieve’s predicament at the time.

As for the mystery, well, it started to pick up, but the pacing is still very slow overall. Once we finally start getting “answers,” I, unfortunately, was not surprised once. There was a single reveal that took me off guard, but it hasn’t played as big a role as I thought it would in the story. The seance, though, that whole scene and reveal did make my jaw drop, but I must admit, I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not. The twist was shocking, that’s for sure, but I can’t decide if it made sense, nor if it was handled well. There was a certain element I did still guess, however, which made the most shocking aspect even harder to swallow as plausible.

The romance is definitely slow burn, but Gareth’s feelings about Genevieve seem to change really quickly. I like the banter between them, but I still would like more. I also just don’t think he has much depth, in comparison to Genevieve. Perhaps because we are seeing only from her perspective? In the end, they were cute, but really not the focus. I was gonna be mad salty if we didn’t see them kiss though.

Pacing, overall, is very slow. You push through a lot of character-building and background in the beginning of the book, but I did enjoy that. By the middle, you start getting into the juicer bits, but still, slow-moving until the final climax. The stakes were definitely there at the end and I’ll admit, I started turning pages faster.

4 / 5 stars

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thefooljinglescloser · 4 months

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Open to beta reading/ARC reviewing

I'm on holidays! I officially have oodles of time and I'm ignoring my enormous TBR pile, so if you have a book coming out soon and you need beta readers or want to generate some reviews before release, get in touch!

I LOVE books. I especially love books with a focus on characters and relationships. I read a lot of sci fi/fantasy/spec fic, but I also read general fiction, literary fiction and romance. I find weird books so much fun.

I review honestly and thoughtfully, but I round up and I always find positives in what I'm reading. You can check out my Goodreads page here.

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tychodorian · 2 months

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Hey YOU! Yes you! Wanna download a huge bundle of ebook ARCS that are science fiction and LitRPG themed? My book is included in a really cool bundle by Book Sirens, so you should totally jump on it while it's available! If you download any of these books and leave reviews, not only will you be helping authors out, but you'll also get to read a very cool indie book in the process.

Get ahold of their February batch here.

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teenageread · 4 months

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Review: The Atlas of Us

Synopsis:

Atlas James has lost her way.

In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she’s working on a community service program rehabbing trails in the Western Sierras. The only plus is that the days are so exhausting that Atlas might just be tired enough to forget that this was one of her dad’s favorite places in the world. Before cancer stole him from her life, that is.

Using real names is forbidden on the trail. So Atlas becomes Maps, and with her team—Books, Sugar, Junior, and King—she heads into the wilderness. As she sheds the lies she’s built up as walls to protect herself, she realizes that four strangers might know her better than anyone has before. And with the end of the trail racing to meet them, Maps is left counting down the days until she returns to her old life—without her new family, and without King, who’s become more than just a friend.

Plot:

Atlas James is the screw-up. No college plans as she did not even graduate high school, has no ambition to move forward in her life and has truly lost her way. Just like she lost her dad. Dying from cancer, Atlas feels lost, holding on to her father’s bucket list activity, where he wanted to hike the Western Sierra Trail with her; she joins this camp for others trying to get away. Run by her father’s best friend, this summer camp divides youth into groups where they are tasked with hiking and maintaining trails in the western USA, and learn about citizenship. At this camp, your past does not matter which is why everyone is given a nickname to be used throughout their time. So Atlas, now known as Maps, finds herself in the blue team along with Junior, Sugar, and their trail leader Books and King. Given the Western Sierras, Maps finds herself and her team struggling their way through the woods where they are given a task, and even if they struggle, no one else is allowed to help. King is headstrong, unwilling to bend any rules in case it affects his chance of doing his internship in Alaska, yet seems to develop a soft spot for Maps. Where Maps was willing to lie to everyone about her past, something about lying to King feels wrong. As the blue team finds themselves deeper on the trail, their relationship deepens as Maps begins to dread going back to her life as Atlas, the girl who is known for being a screw-up because her dad died.

Thoughts:

Kristin Dwyer writes a compelling story about grief and how to navigate its significant loss. The story is told from the first person point of view of Atlas, who for the majority of the novel goes by Maps, her nickname at the camp. Maps is a fantastic narrator as Dwyer takes us through her grief, anger, and sadness, as Maps tries to find her way on the trail her father loved. Where her father is not mentioned as much as he could have been, every time she is brought up Dwyer really tugs on your heartstrings, making you understand Maps and why they feel so lost. With quick and easy writing to follow, Dwyer spends the majority of the novel at the camp but also spends time afterward on Maps going back into Atlas and how she must continue on with her life. This after-bit really wraps up the story nicely and gives the novel an inspiring and decent ending with no need for more questions. Where Dwyer lacks in this novel is romance, as there is no chemistry between Maps and King. The entire time it just felt like a friendship that Maps was building, similar to her relationship with the other members of the blue team, but then Dwyer would add in about how cute King is, Maps staring at his body too intently, or dreaming of kissing him. It just felt out of place for this novel that was supposed to be about Maps' grief. Yes, these two things can coexist, but that is one of the most awkward sex-ish scenes I have ever read, and I would prefer if Dwyer had deleted that chapter entirely. Sure it's nice to see Maps get close to King, and develop a relationship, but I felt for this novel it could have been more of a found family vibe like Maps had with the other blue team members, and not romantically as the chemistry was not there. Overall a decent read about overcoming grief, finding your way after being lost for so long, and developing friendships that will last for eternity.