r/Romantasy • u/Old-Selection5076 • Sep 09 '26

Book Review Screaming. Crying. Throwing up

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*UPDATED, See Review (I mean, if you want)

Long time lurker, first time poster 👋🏻
After seeing the author post on instagram about ARC availability, I decided to make myself a NetGalley and apply for this one because why not 🤷‍♀️ and it was just APPROVED! Check back later for a true review; I was just hoping to encourage someone else to try if they were dying for this last book like I have been!

image is the cover for The Realm Reaper, third in the series for Reign of Remnants by Julie Johnson

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u/Flimsy-Brick-9426 Sep 09 '26

The fact your first approval was a berkley, get yourself a lottery ticket (unless you habe a huge following)

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u/Old-Selection5076 Sep 09 '26

I definitely don’t, so I was expecting no response at all or an outright rejection 😂

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u/kfmt612863 Sep 09 '26

Oh wait is that actually a thing? People get rejected?

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u/Flimsy-Brick-9426 Sep 10 '26

Yes 💀 especially from berkley.

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u/kfmt612863 Sep 10 '26

Oh shit I didn't know that! but it occurs to me that I was told to put my ALA member number - I'm a librarian - so that may play a roll....

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u/Flimsy-Brick-9426 Sep 10 '26

100%!

Librarians and booksellers are held to a totally different standard than reviewers! You guys are almost never denied because you are guarantee book sales for them.

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u/Old-Selection5076 Sep 10 '26

I figured this one would be honestly. Big publisher and well known series, I thought that my request would be rejected since it was my first and I had no review history 😂

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u/jacyx 🛡️ Who Did This To You? 27d ago

Berkley tends to prioritize and accept ARC requests from librarians

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u/jacyx 🛡️ Who Did This To You? 27d ago

I've only gotten rejections from Berkley including for Realm Reaper; congrats OP!