Looking for ARCs - new to ARC reading

[Tsze]

Hi all!

I am new to ARC reading - just finished my third ARC and am keeping an eye out for more. I’m currently working full time so I may take up to a month to complete the book (depending on the topic, length etc.)

I enjoy cosy mysteries, thrillers, fantasy, historical fiction, general fiction and Japanese mysteries (think Circe, Leigh Bardugo, Sayaka Murata, Lessons in Chemistry, Blood Over Bright Haven, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Olive and The Tattoo Murder Case).

I do also love books such as The Miracles of the Namiya General Store, Crying in H Mart and A Man Called Ove but if your stories are tear jerkers like those, a warning would be nice so that I know not to read those in the office 😂

I enjoy physical books but ebooks are also welcomed so if you’re looking for someone to provide some feedback or reviews, do let me know!

[Parker]

Hi!
I'm a debut romance author. My book is coming out Aug. 30 2025.

For the month of July I would like to give my book away for free. I would appreciate an honest review, but even that is optional.

If you are interested here is a download link. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vq8s...

The book is 'The Governor's Daughter : A Contemporary Romance about Truth, Freedom, Beauty and Love' by Parker Williamson

Camilla Reyes was raised with all the qualities the United States expects from a Pacific territory: beauty, wealth, and obedience. But when she publicly champions independence for her homeland of Hangua, defying her father—the island's powerful governor—the colony erupts in chaos. To contain the fallout, Camilla is forced into an arranged marriage.

Desperate to escape, Camilla strikes a deal with the last man she'd ever trust: Senator Julian Oz, the sharp-tongued politician who humiliated her on live television. Experienced and ruthlessly disciplined, Julian sees opportunity in Camilla as dangerous attraction ignites between them—under his tutelage, they go from enemies to lovers. To survive, she must become the perfect partner to a man who’s either using her… or falling for her.

This puts her on a collision course with Mari Cruz—Camilla’s best friend. From friend to lover, now lover to enemy, they shared one kiss too many before Camilla’s engagement to Julian shattered everything. As tensions escalate between the United States and China, the two women who once shared everything now face each other on opposite sides of Hangua's most divisive fight: statehood or independence—a battle that will determine their island's fate.

On Hangua, politics is legacy, love is currency, and betrayal is the price of freedom.

For fans of Enemies to Lovers, Arranged Marriages, Fake Engagements, Sapphic Love, Political Romance and Love Triangles.

[Garima]

Hi

Would you like to ARC read my upcoming novel Framing The Author, releasing on 14th July. Please fill the form so I can sedn the e copy.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jJrA...

Gary B

[Antonio]

Tsze wrote: "Hi all!

I am new to ARC reading - just finished my third ARC and am keeping an eye out for more. I’m currently working full time so I may take up to a month to complete the book (depending on the ..."

Hello, I published the first volume of the series inspired by a real character, Raimondello Orsini del Balzo, set in the Italian Middle Ages. It's a historical adventure novel. I would need honest reviews to help it grow. Would you help me?

https://booksprout.co/reviewer/review...

[Suede]

Tsze wrote: "Hi all!

I am new to ARC reading - just finished my third ARC and am keeping an eye out for more. I’m currently working full time so I may take up to a month to complete the book (depending on the ..."
Hi, if you're into old-school whodunits/murder mysteries, my new novel, Malaria, came out in May. I'd highly appreciate if you were open to reading and reviewing it.
Hope you enjoy the ride.
SuedeMalaria

[Graeme]

Tsze wrote: "Hi all!

I am new to ARC reading - just finished my third ARC and am keeping an eye out for more. I’m currently working full time so I may take up to a month to complete the book (depending on the ..."

Greetings Tsze :-). You mention Fantasy. You mention historical. Well, to paraphrase Meatloaf, two out of three? I hope it isn't bad :-).
My Publisher has a new Canadiana set coming out - one book for each Province, each by a Canadian author from that Province. This set is Canadiana Paranormal, with every book based on possibly strange events that acftually happened in that Province. My Evil Publisher(tm) decided I was doing New Brunswick. TWICE BORN is paranormal/ Fantasy, and set in the 1850s. Might you be interested? Here's the ARC email I'm sending out:

ARC (Advance Review Copy) - TWICE BORN - Author, Graeme Smith, Publisher, BOOKS WE LOVE, release date October 2025

*****

There should have been thunder. There should have been lightning tearing the skies and the very heavens weeping. There should have been portents and comets and demons of fire riding skeletal horses of ice-white bone—but if there had been, this would have been a movie. Probably with very artistic lens flare. So there wasn’t. There was a cottage. And a future I was going to make damn sure never happened.
Once upon a time...

*****

Ahem 🙂. Let me start again (Blush).

So, truly, that thing up there? It's the blurb for my next book - TWICE BORN. And, like many stories, there's a story behind it. Because one day, my Publisher (BOOKS WE LOVE), sent me an email. Every now and again they do a Canadiana series. One book from each Province, each by a Canadian author, each set on a similar theme about or from that Province. Which makes sense - they're a Canadian Publishing House. So in the past, as examples, they've done Canadian Brides, Canadian Historical and others. But this time? This time the series is to be Canadiana Paranormal. A book from each Province, each one based on something that actually happened in that Province. And my Evil Publisher told me I was doing New Brunswick, since New Brunswick is the Province I live in. But it was OK. Because they know I normally take two to three years to write a book, but this was in 2024, and it wasn't coming out until 2026. So, on with the motley, right? Whatever motley might be 🙂.

Yes. About that. Prepare for terrified screaming. Because I say, sure. I'll make it happen. And then? Then I get another email. Because Marketing sort of changed their minds. They want it out in October. October 2025.

Remember that terrified screaming I mentioned? Yes. It was me (blush).

Well, suffice to say, it got done. TWICE BORN will be coming out in October of this year, 2025. But as you may know, it's a very common thing in Publishing to have people (people who aren't related to the author, who weren't part of the book's creation, or close friends of the author) read ARCs (Advance Review/ Reader Copies) of the book, if the agree to post a review (in this case on Amazon) when the book is released. They get the ARC for free, and their only commitment is to post that review. Good or bad, it only has to be their honest opinion. The review generally says something like that at the front, so people know what's happening. Something like:

"I received this book free as an Advance Review Copy in return for a review when the book was released. This is my review..."

And that, of course, brings us to you. To you, and to my thanks for agreeing to receive this ARC, and for providing that review when the book comes out. I'll email you when that happens, but as I said above it is intended to be in October of this year, 2025.

So here we are. TWICE BORN is the title. And, like a lot of Canadian stories, it doesn't start in Canada. It actually starts in Italy, in the mountains of Friuli, on September 19th, 1835. But it also starts on a beach in Nova Scotia, which is in Canada, but isn't New Brunswick, on September 8th, 1863. And it starts in a castle in Ecsed, Hungary, on a date not recorded by history. And it starts in a basement nobody knows about under a very, very tall building at 350 Fifth Avenue, New York. Which might all sound very confusing - but that's how stories can be sometimes.

Ahem. Let's try that again.

There should have been thunder. There should have been lightning tearing the skies and the very heavens weeping. There should have been portents and comets and demons of fire riding skeletal horses of ice-white bone—but if there had been, this would have been a movie. Probably with very artistic lens flare. So there wasn’t. There was a cottage. And a future I was going to make damn sure never happened.
Once upon a time...


Graeme Smith

www.graeme-smith.net

[Kristine]

Tsze wrote: "Hi all!

I am new to ARC reading - just finished my third ARC and am keeping an eye out for more. I’m currently working full time so I may take up to a month to complete the book (depending on the ..."

Hi, are you interested in urban fantasy? My 3rd book is coming out on Sept 10th and I'm looking for ARC readers. I'm sending out the book to ARC readers on Aug 20th. I'm offering to give you the other 2 if you want to get caught up (one at a time).

Here's the blurb
Since Hally’s fated-friend, Nolan, upended her exile mere months ago, they’ve saved the elven realm from a ruthless mage, a deadly curse, and a war with the fae. Now terrorists have struck the elven capital and the royals are being held hostage. It’s Hally and Nolan to the rescue, again.
Despite a family crisis in Paris, they’re forced to drop everything and scramble for an open portal as the network collapses. Every victory has a cost and as secrets surface and sacrifices mount, Hally and Nolan must ask themselves: can they save the realm without losing each other?
*picture on form is not part of the cover. Cover reveal will be August 23th.

Here's the sign up form:
https://forms.gle/FsiKHyoczyxRPFBN6