ARC Application

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Thank you for your interest in The Sinuous Bargain of a Cowardly Prince (October 21 2025)! You clicked here because you’re interested in receiving an advanced digital copy of the book before publication. Please review the below rules, and note that by filling out this application, you agree to keep all book content confidential, especially spoilers, until the book is published. You also agree that this work has been copyrighted and therefore illegal to reproduce in any format without express permission from me, Kayliani Shi. There will be a section below where you will check these rules and sign.

Rules:

You must be active on social media (and share bookish content regularly)
You must be willing to share a review you’ve posted as a part of this application
Follower count does not matter.
You are not allowed to share the ARC file with anyone or pirate it. The ARC you receive is traceable.
Have fun reading!

ARC Application

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Thank you for submitting your application! You will receive an email soon if you have been accepted.

Name (first and last)

Link to your bookish social media account:

Preferred reading format(required)

EPUB PDF

Please share a link to a review you’ve posted on a retailer/review site (i.e., Goodreads, Amazon, B&N)

Please link your social media account AND a review you’ve shared on that account:

Have you reviewed an ARC before? If yes, where from? (i.e., Netgalley, Bookfunnel, Booksprout, BookSirens)

What are your favorite tropes in books? What are tropes you absolutely won’t read (if any)?

Why are you interested in reading TSB?

This is an edited ARC, but it may contain errors that were not caught in proofreading

This book is a no spice fantasy, with a romantic subplot.

Reviews are expected to be honest, and received by October 21, 2025 (Readers may include the following in their review: “I received an advanced reader copy from the author and was not required to leave a positive review.”)

Any sharing or pirating of this ARC is strictly prohibited

Tagging the author in any reviews, positive or negative, may result in getting blacklisted from receiving future ARCs

Please sign your full name below, acknowledging the above: