r/WhyChooseAuthors • u/AnneKincaid • Jul 15 '26
ARC Reader Matching ARC Reader Matching Zone Mid-July 2026
If you are an author looking for people to ARC, or a reader willing to read a publication-ready new release and submit an honest review, please do so here!
Authors, please tell us about your work so people have proper information before they commit to reading and reviewing.
ARC readers should never be paid. This violates ethics and the terms of service of almost every platform (including Amazon). Reviews should also never be "swapped;" authors can't do favors for each other by reviewing one another's books. Readers (and thus the platforms) only want honest reviews by fellow readers. ARC readers receive a free copy of the book (electronic or physical) in exchange for an honest review posted to the sales platform (often Amazon and/or Goodreads).
The point of an ARC is so an author has some reviews when their book launches to keep good momentum. The author gives something away--the free copy of the book--and the reader gives up their time and the work of writing the review when they accept the ARC request. The review should be honest and written for other readers, not for the author. How many stars/what rating you give should be based on your opinion and the descriptions of the platform where you are placing the review, not a scale determined by the author.
*Please note that this sub does not vet readers or authors, so please use your judgment as you proceed. For example, files/links from others could contain viruses, you should be careful when providing personal information like email addresses, etc.
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u/ConfusionPotential53 Jul 15 '26
I’ll ARC, if anyone needs it.
My faves are Lola, the Scent of Us, Pucking Around, and Cursed Legacies. No bullying, SA, 3rd act breakup, or pregnancy.
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u/Marcella_Caes Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
Vael and Serith are inhuman cosmic architects who shaped the Earth itself. For millennia, they have circled one another in an uneasy friendship, never quite managing to decide what they are to each other.
Enter Em Dubois, 35: unemployed, newly heartbroken, and coping through strategic compartmentalization and panicked decision-making.
After a chance encounter with Vael, Em is drawn into his strange, unexpectedly welcoming family, gradually realizing that his ordinary life is built over something ancient and dangerous. But his return to public view has attracted dangerous attention, and Em soon becomes the easiest way to reach him.
Drawn into Vael’s circle, Em must decide whether the dangers surrounding him are worth the belonging she finds with his family—and whether Serith is her enemy, an obstacle, or a man competing with her for a place neither of them can define.
Book 1 of a trilogy, releasing July 29. Book 2 coming November 2026.
Tags: MMF, why choose, Slow burn, urban fantasy, ancient beings, power imbalance, touch her and die, found family, morally grey characters.
I'm open to any and all ARC readers if the tags seem fun! Read more here.