ADVANCED READERS & REVIEWERS

DARKNESS BLOOMS e-ARC sign-up

Thank you for your interest in joining the ARC team for Darkness Blooms by Sean D Gregory! The first round of eARCS will go out on May 1st 2025 to members of our STREET TEAM. The second round will go out May 26th 2025!

The official release date of Darkness Blooms is June 30, 2025! We request all ARC READERS to complete their read and have their reviews submitted to their platforms of choice by June 29th 2025.

If you signed up for ARC readership of THE GROWING DARKNESS last year and did not write a review, please do before applying to this ARC opportunity to be considered for this ARC readership. Return ARCs must have left a review to be considered for Darkness Blooms.

Minimum requirements:

  • Must have read or be willing to read THE GROWING DARKNESS before May 1, 2025 and leave a review.

  • Must love to read fantasy fiction.

  • Must not charge for reviews.

  • Have at least one social media platform listed in this form and be willing to share a link to your profiles.

  • Must be willing to leave a review on Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, & Storygraph.

  • Must be able to read e-books (all formats are available)

  • Must be 18 years old or older,

  • Must have acknowledged the CONTENT WARNING

  • Must have acknowledged the terms and conditions at the end of this form.

As and ARC Reader, authors rely on ARC Reader to review our books and tell folks about them. Honest reviews are critical to the success of every author and I value your honest feeback. I’m definitely not everyone’s cup of tea. It’s okay if you hate my book.

Please tag me in all reviews of 3-stars or higher! If you do not like The Growing Darkness please do not tag me in your review, though you are obviously free to post your thoughts as you see fit.

Darkness Blooms deals with dark topics and contains themes that may be triggering for some readers. While it is a work of fiction, Darkness Blooms & The Growing Darkness deal with real trauma, depression, anxiety, and suicide. Before submitting your request to be an ARC reader, please read the CONTENT WARNING.

I have no desire to harm anyone’s mental health. The characters are based on people whom I have lost and love and miss dearly: some to their own inner demons.

CONTENT WARNING:

  • Suicide and thoughts of suicide

  • Violence

  • Murder & Death

  • Attempted rape & assault

  • Depression & Anxiety

  • Monsters & Horror

  • Atheism & Polytheism & Monotheism

Blurb:

Twin Royals, Princess Jesma and Prince Jesmir, are home safe thanks to the bravery and loyalty of Shen and his best friend Tamrin. Grateful for the safe return of her grandchildren, the Queen of Teshket invites the heroes to stay the night in her royal mansion.

Still struggling to understand the truth of his father, Shen wanders the halls of the mansion and discovers that the twins kidnapping may be part of a conspiracy whose mastermind sits on the throne…and has an accomplice Shen believed to be dead.

Left with no one to trust but himself and Tamrin, Shen keeps his discovery a secret until he can deal with the threat on his own. A decision that leaves the twins exposed and when Jesmir is once again abducted, the pair of friends vow to rescue the prince and keep the twins safe, even if it means Shen must hide the identity of the kidnapper from the woman he loves.

Desperate and angry, the twins once again escape danger, with Shen’s and Tamrin’s help, and flee their homeland until they can uncover the truth. But every persistent, Shen’s enemies uncover ancient magic and their powers grow at an alarming rate. Shen, once the most dangerous man in the Five Realms, suddenly faces foes more powerful than any he’s faced before.

At every turn, the group of friends uncovers another betrayal.

But nothing prepares them for the greatest betrayal…and Shen is at the center of it all.

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