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Adrian Crow

Hey, book community! I’m Adrian Crow, and I write dark, emotionally charged stories filled with broken heroes, morally gray villains, brutal choices, and worlds you can completely disappear into.

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EARLY READER OPPORTUNITIES

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ARC READERS NEEDED

The Crimson Room

Horror › Dark Fantasy Horror

Detective Rowan Styles has spent years hunting monsters disguised as men, never realizing that real monsters have been living beside her all along. When a string of ritualistic murders leads Rowan to The Crimson Room, an exclusive private club whispered about among the city’s wealthy and powerful, she discovers a hidden society where vampires, werewolves, sirens, and ancient creatures exist beneath their own brutal system of laws. Behind its velvet curtains, the powerful feed freely while those considered lesser are controlled, punished, and sacrificed to preserve the secrecy of their world. As Rowan’s investigation draws her deeper into the club, the killer begins leaving clues meant specifically for her, including references to Wren, the secret identity she uses while pursuing dangerous desires far outside her carefully controlled life. The only person who may understand what is happening is Sebastian Chambers, an elegant and terrifying vampire noble whose restraint makes him every bit as dangerous as his hunger. But Sebastian was present on the night Rowan’s family was murdered, and he has been hiding the truth from her ever since. Beneath The Crimson Room, something older than every monster species is beginning to awaken. Known as The First Hunger, it has been feeding on guilt, fear, shame, and desire for centuries, and Rowan’s blood may be the key to setting it free. To stop the murders and expose the corruption ruling the hidden world, Rowan must confront the truth about her past, reclaim the parts of herself she has been taught to fear, and decide whether Sebastian is her greatest threat or the only creature she can trust. Because Rowan didn’t simply find The Crimson Room. It has been waiting for her.

Application question

- If you plan to give the book three stars or fewer, are you willing to contact the author before posting so they have an opportunity to determine whether the concern involves a correctable error? - Do you agree not to copy, reproduce, upload, sell, share, or distribute the manuscript or download link? - Do you agree not to post major spoilers without a clear spoiler warning? - Do you understand that this ARC is licensed only to you and may not be forwarded to another reader? - Can you complete the book and post your review by 10/31/26?

50 positionsApply by 9/15/2026

Standard reader application

Experience levelWhat do you do for work?

How many books have you ARC/Beta read?How many book reviews have you written?

Social media or reader profiles (optional, up to five)

Five links to prior ARC/Beta reviewsRequired for applicants with prior experience. If you are new, you may leave these blank.

How do you provide useful feedback?Can you finish by the author’s deadline?- If you plan to give the book three stars or fewer, are you willing to contact the author before posting so they have an opportunity to determine whether the concern involves a correctable error? - Do you agree not to copy, reproduce, upload, sell, share, or distribute the manuscript or download link? - Do you agree not to post major spoilers without a clear spoiler warning? - Do you understand that this ARC is licensed only to you and may not be forwarded to another reader? - Can you complete the book and post your review by 10/31/26?

Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreement

By applying, you agree that the unpublished manuscript, files, story details, characters, plot points, author notes, and related materials are confidential. You will not copy, forward, share, upload, distribute, sell, publicly discuss, or reveal spoilers or excerpts without the author’s written permission. You will limit access to yourself and your own secure devices, follow all deadlines and embargoes, and delete or return every copy if access is revoked or the author requests it.

Your confidentiality obligations continue after the reading period until the author publicly releases the information or gives written permission. You may provide honest feedback and are never required to leave a positive review. Afterword Collective records this agreement but is not a party to it and does not provide legal advice.

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BETA READERS NEEDED

The Midnight Hour of Christmas

Children’s Books › Children’s Action & Adventure

Ten-year-old Nat Bell once believed Christmas was the most magical time of the year. It meant burnt cookies, tangled lights, ridiculous matching socks, and scavenger hunts created by her father, Thomas. But when Thomas leaves home on Christmas morning to help a stranded motorist and never returns, everything Nat loved about the holiday becomes a reminder of what it took from her. Over the following year, grief and financial hardship slowly unravel the Bell family. Nat grows angry, pushes away her mother, Melissa, and begins making choices she knows would disappoint her father. Then, on a nearly empty Christmas Eve, Nat wishes Christmas had never existed. At midnight, she awakens aboard the damaged Christmas Miracle, a magical locomotive carrying her toward a North Pole on the verge of collapse. Santa is dying, the reindeer can no longer fly, and the Heartlight that powers Christmas is fading. Alongside a band of unlikely companions, Nat must recover the lost forces of Christmas, repair the Miracle, and uncover what is draining the world’s joy before dawn arrives. Her journey leads into forgotten villages, living forests, dangerous memory halls, and the frozen depths of the Hollow Winter. Along the way, Nat is haunted by brief appearances from her father, who can reach her only when she is in terrible danger. Each encounter forces her to confront the truth she has spent a year trying to escape: forgetting Thomas would not end her pain—it would erase the love that made losing him hurt so much. To save Christmas, Nat must choose between remaining inside one perfect memory and carrying her father’s love forward into an uncertain future. If she succeeds, she may earn something even Christmas magic should not be able to give her: one more morning, one final chance, and the knowledge needed to stop the tragedy before it happens. The Midnight Hour of Christmas is a magical family adventure about grief, courage, memory, and the light we create for one another when the world feels darkest.

Application question

Do you love Christmas? What did you want for Christmas when you were 10 years old?

5 positionsApply by 9/1/2026

Standard reader application

Experience levelWhat do you do for work?

How many books have you ARC/Beta read?How many book reviews have you written?

Social media or reader profiles (optional, up to five)

Five links to prior ARC/Beta reviewsRequired for applicants with prior experience. If you are new, you may leave these blank.

How do you provide useful feedback?Can you finish by the author’s deadline?Do you love Christmas? What did you want for Christmas when you were 10 years old?