A Darker Shade of Sorcery (The Realmers #1) by William Collins - Starting May 15th 2016

[Sarah Elizabeth]

The lonely and grieving Evan Umbra is the newest Venator to enter Veneseron, the school for demon hunters.

A Venator is a wizard, a spy and a demon hunter rolled into one. They’re taught how to wield their sorcery and enchanted weaponry by orcs, elfpires and aliens alike.
Their missions range from battling monsters and saving countless lives in the multiple worlds, to the more peculiar, like wrangling killer unicorns and calming down drunken yetis.
In their free time Venators enjoy goblin soap-opera’s and underwater bubble travel, but they also understand that every new mission they’re given could be their last.
Whilst learning how to manipulate the elements, summon magical creatures and shoot Spellzookas, Evan meets a girl who makes him feel nauseous; but in a good way.

He makes the first friends he’s ever had in the carefree Jed and the reckless Brooke. Whilst Jed gets on the wrong side of a rival Venator, Brooke finds herself falling for the enigmatic demon hunter who brought her to Veneseron, not knowing he isn't quite human. But it soon becomes apparent that Evan is more than just a Venator. Everyone wants to kill or capture him, from demons to Dark-Venators and even people he’s supposed to be able to trust.

Evan reckons he probably won’t survive his first year at Veneseron.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Title: A Darker Shade of Sorcery
Author: William Collins
Formats available: PDF/mobi/epub/
Start date: May 15th



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Please Note:
*This buddy read will be a read-to-review opportunity.
*The author will provide participants with a free ebook of the book, and in return you agree to:

-read the book
-join the buddy read
-write an honest review
-NOT SHARE THIS EBOOK - it is for your review purposes only.

Amazon links -
UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Darker-Shade-...
US - http://www.amazon.com/Darker-Shade-So...-

Participants:
Sarah - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
TJ - already got
1. Abbie - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. Sharon - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Jolly - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. Emma
5. Melissa - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. Charlotte - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7. Agrima - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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[Sharon]

I'll join this one.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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[Jolly]

Sounds fun! I'll join this one too!

[T.J.]

If I have time, I'll join you. I already have a copy.

[Jolly]

Souns fun! Would like to join too!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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[Emma]

Hi, I'd like to join :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Added ☺

[Melissa]

I'd like to join

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Added ☺

[Charlotte]

Yes please Sarah. Mobi charlotte.fairlady@hotmail.co.uk

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Added ☺ For kindle format could you download the book through netgalley? https://s2.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

[William]

Hey Sarah, I believe it comes off of Netgalley before May 15th. But I can give away the novel in any format type, PDF, Mobi, epub etc.

I can also give away more than 10 copies if more than 10 sign up. :)

Thank you.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Okay, thanks for the update Will ☺

[maria.g]

can i too have a mobi copy of the book?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 1 (view spoiler)[ I hate bullies. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Struggling to get into this one at the moment. Hopefully that changes soon.

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 1 [spoilers removed]"

Snap.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Abbie wrote: "Struggling to get into this one at the moment. Hopefully that changes soon."

I'm finding it difficult too.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 4 (view spoiler)[ if she faints at seeing a dragon I think she might as well go home now. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ there is no point lugging around a sword that you're not allowed to use.

I so wouldn't be going in there! such a bad idea! (hide spoiler)]

[Charlotte]

Hi Sarah, Have the copies been sent out yet? As I haven't received one as of yet.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Yes, copies have gone out. Was it mobi format you needed?

[Jolly]

4%

Nice action-packed scenes!

[Jolly]

10%


Reminded me of TMI and Percy Jackson book series. Weird.

[Sharon]

Chapter 1: (view spoiler)[ I don't like Ollie. He is a bully. (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

Chapter 15: (view spoiler)[ There is nothing really extraordinary happening in the story. I hope it gets better. (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

Chapter 19: (view spoiler)[ I really like the relationship between Evan and Cera. I kind of ship them. They are cute. (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

Ending Thoughts: (view spoiler)[ This was interesting. I did get bored at some points of the book. I thought that there were similarities to The Mortal Instruments and Percy Jackson series. I really like Evan and I thought Evan and Cera were really cute. However, the plot was not as creative as I thought it would have been. Therefore, I give this book a 3/5 rating. (hide spoiler)]

[Jolly]

At 24.3%

Now it has the Harry Potter vibe.

[Charlotte]

Sarah wrote: "Yes, copies have gone out. Was it mobi format you needed?"

Yes please, Sarah. :) to charlotte.fairlady@hotmail.co.uk

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Charlotte, I've got you down as not having written a review for , so I won't be able to send this out until you've written that.

[Charlotte]

Sarah wrote: "Charlotte, I've got you down as not having written a review for , so I won't be able to send this out until you've written that."

Okay, I only read a certain amount of this book. As I just no matter what couldn't get into it. Do you still want a review on it? I hadn't left one as I didn't feel negative reviews are overly helpful?

[Charlotte]

Charlotte wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Charlotte, I've got you down as not having written a review for , so I won't be able to send this out until you've written that..."

This-Evening what I'll do is write a short review, explaining how I felt if that's okay. :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Thanks, you'll need to write a review if you want to get other R2R books from us ☺

[Jolly]

Done reading this one yesterday.

(view spoiler)[So I enjoyed the book during the first part. However, things went too overwhelming. New characters were being introduced. There's always new happennings every now and then. It was tiring. But yeah, still a good book. (hide spoiler)]

Full review tonight.

[Jolly]

Here's my review:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Thank you ☺

[Melissa]

Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Charlotte]

I'm ready for this one Sarah. :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Melissa wrote: "Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Thank you ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Charlotte wrote: "I'm ready for this one Sarah. :)"

I don't have a copy of this, so I'll have to let the author know ☺

[Charlotte]

Sarah wrote: "Charlotte wrote: "I'm ready for this one Sarah. :)"

I don't have a copy of this, so I'll have to let the author know ☺"

Okay Sarah. :)

[Charlotte]

Here is my review.

Goodreads. ; https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RPZUN...

Also amazon.com...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Thank you ☺

[maria.g]

I'm so sorry I didn't read it before now honestly i forgot t being in my library. I have started the book only now I'm now keeping track of all the characters before I get confused.

[maria.g]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

my review