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The review group is the most successful group for peer reviews on goodreads. It hosts non-reciprocal reading/review rounds of ten authors with a variety of themes and genres, as well as ‘general� rounds where any book is permitted, from non-fiction, to horror. When a round has ‘now forming� in the title, there are places available, you can sign up. If it doesn’t, it’s full � look for another round or check back another time.

The Amazon rules state that authors/publishers are not allowed to specifically supply published books in return for reviews on Amazon. To comply with this rule, we don’t insist members review on Amazon, but we do insist that every participant in the round has the capacity to leave a review on their local Amazon store, so we all start with the same options.

The founding principle of the group is honest, non-reciprocal reviews, so please help maintain the integrity of the group by letting me know as you sign up if you have been reviewed by, or have reviewed another author in the group and do check back as the group fills to report any clashes. Usually places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.

This is an '18+' round
Books that may contain explicit material. Including but by no means limited to horror and erotica. Books in other genres may be submitted. All authors must be comfortable with reading explicit material.


Now for the boring stuff, but please read it, it saves a lot of time if everyone is on the same wavelength.
Before signing up below with your Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author and Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ book link in the thread below, please ensure that:

1. You have enough time to read and review 4 books within the 12 weeks of time allowed.

2. Your book is currently available for sale on Amazon (not pre-order) and it complies with the individual round theme, if there is one.

3. Your book is fit to be reviewed.
If it is not, due to editing or other issues, you risk poor reviews. This is your problem, not that of the reviewers or the groups. For a small fee, the group admin will look at the first few pages of your book to advise. The number one error new authors make is not having their book beta read and edited, by non-family members.

4. You can submit reviews to Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ and Amazon.
Amazon allows only those people who have spent $50 in the last year to leave reviews in each of their stores. If you are unsure about your Amazon reviewer status, try posting a ‘test� review before signing up. If you are unable to post reviews on Amazon, please do not sign up.

5. You can provide (and accept) at least PDF files.
You are not expected or required to buy the books you are allocated to review, but as this will give a ‘Verified Purchase� review on Amazon, it is welcomed when you choose to do so. Many authors have books available via KU and others might provide smashwords coupons. Most authors can provide mobi and/or epub files directly by email. Please note: International Copyright laws apply. You cannot sell, or give away material you have received without the author’s express permission.

6. You have completed your reading if you are currently in another review round in this group. You can be involved in the ‘one for one� list whilst you are in a round.

7. You have an author profile set up before you join.

8. Your Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ profile allows people to message you, i.e. your profile is not set to private.

9. You declare any relationship you have with another member in the round.
Amazon will not allow reviews from the same household on the same book or if you are an editor, relative or close friend of another member.

10. You agree that your reviews will be unbiased and honest, whatever the star rating, and you will try to avoid ‘spoilers�. i.e. giving away the finale of a book.

11. You will not ask a fellow author to change a review of your book because you don’t agree with it.
If you think you have a legitimate concern, talk to the mod of your round, NOT the other author. Personal attacks, or pressurising other members WILL NOT BE TOLERATED and will result in you being blacklisted.

Please note:
We all want reviews, its why we joined the group. It is bad taste to expect other people to review your book and then not do the same for other people in the group. People that DNF and/or don’t post reviews will find it difficult to get into a subsequent group.

It is not necessary to leave any kind of disclaimer in your review, but ultimately, it is up to individuals. Reviews that state you received a copy �in return� for a review will probably be removed/not allowed by amazon.com. ‘I received a free copy from the author without an obligation to review� would be more acceptable if you feel the need to add a disclaimer.

Your Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ details and the rounds you participate in may be recorded by the admin mod on a database. We do not retain details of email addresses etc.

Allocation is entirely random and there will NOT be any rearranging of the listing to accommodate personal preference. The ONLY circumstance in which you may duck out of giving a review is if YOU provide a stand-in reviewer.

The only way this group can function is if we trust each other to behave honourably. And it IS perfectly possible to give a fair-minded review of a text that does not coincide with our normal choice of reading matter. If you need a few hints/tips, please see this thread:
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I will do my best to fit everyone into the group they request, but occasionally, particularly in the case of our more prolific good standing members, I may have to decline a member request to fit the maximum number of people into a particular round. I will always endeavour to start another round as soon as possible with that member in mind.

It is permissible to review an author more than once if a different book is available.
If you need anything clarified please ask, either by goodreads personal message to me or on the thread below, before signing up. It’s a pain to have to keep rearranging the list because people haven’t read the above.

Your group moderator will be:
E.M. Swift-Hook


1. E.M. Swift-Hook
2. Rebecca Winkler
3. Thomas A. Burns Jr.
4. Tia Lee
5. Grace Owens
6. D. Wallace Peach
7. Robinette Waterson
8. Kathleen Rowland
9. D.M. Wolfenden
10. Sam Fury

Book Links
1. Trust a Few
2. Sophie Coming Home
3. Trafficked!
4. Stormy Kind of Love
5. 30 Days
6. The Bone Wall
7. Steam Geared: Victorian Steampunk Erotica
8. Bittersweet Alliance
9. UNDEAD
10. Vortex Control Self Defense Bundle: Hand to Hand Combat, Knife Defense, and Stick Fighting

I'd like to put my book Trafficked! in for another round.

Hi, I would really appreciate if you add my book
Wishing for a Parallel World - A Supernatural Romance



Author Profile: /author/show...

Would love to read and review...

Kind Regards
Arriah

I'm putting Trust a Few in here too :)

Welcome Thomas - please add in the GR link for your book in future not the Zon one. I managed to find it as I have included it a few times before :)

Arriah - you are already signed up for another round.

Hello E.M.
If possible, I would like to add my new release, Bittersweet Alliance, a romantic suspense. I have plenty of time to complete reviews and look forward to participating.
Kathleen Rowland
Bittersweet Alliance

Hi,

I would like to add my non-fiction book.

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And I have already read Trust a Few.

Thanks.
Sam.

I would like to add my new release please

Welcome Kathleen, Sam and D.M.

A gentle reminder to all accepted into the round to be sure to check back and leave a note if you spot a clash. Thanks :)

Hello,

I would love to add my book:
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Author Profile:
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Thank you!

Welcome aboard, Grace!

I have already been reviewed by Sam Fury and E.M Swift-Hook

Yes, I have reviewed Thomas before, but not this book.

Thomas A. wrote: "I have already been reviewed by Sam Fury and E.M Swift-Hook"

Sam wrote: "Yes, I have reviewed Thomas before, but not this book."


Thanks for the info!

Please add me to this reading/review round. I am able to review on Amazon. At this time, I have no conflicts.
Thanks so much.
Rebecca Winkler

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THE ENGLANDS Book Two: SOPHIE Coming Home
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Welcome to the round, Rebecca. You do have a conflict though, I've reviewed you before. ;)

Rebecca has reviewed my book Revenge!

Thanks for that Thomas.

Rebecca, please check to see if you have any other clashes, other than those two.

Hello, I'd like to add my book, "Steam Geared:Victorian Steampunk Erotica" to this review round.

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I don't have any conflicts at the moment. I have reviewed Rebecca's Book 1 of "The Englands", but not Book 2.

Thanks!

Welcome to the round Robinette!

I can fill slot number 6 without any conflicts. My book is The Bone Wall, a sci-fi fantasy that makes me a little squeamish (I put a trigger warning on it - but then I'm old).

I'm posting my round 4 review on Group 225 as soon as Amazon acknowledges it. So I'm done there.

Here's the info:
The Bone Wall: /book/show/2...
Author page: /author/show...

Welcome to the round D. Apologies for being late to say so having already added you to the list, I have no idea what happened to my post welcoming you, but clearly it failed to appear.

No problem. I'd noticed the addition to the list. :-) Looking forward to the reads.

I just finished my last round in Historical today. Do you still have one more space open? The only conflict I have is with you E.M. you have reviewed another book of mine.

Tia and C.A. - I can't add either of you to the round with the info you have provided so far.
So, to be fair, whoever gets back on here first with the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ link to the book they would like to include in this round can have that final spot.

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I'd like to add Stormy Kind of Love: /book/show/4...

Welcome Tia!

C.A. - sorry not to be able to include you, but you could look at the General and maybe also, if it meets the requirements, the In This World rounds for your book.

So now we move onto the next step.

I need everyone in the round to check that you have no negative clashes - that means you need to check you have never previously reviewed the four people 'above' you on the list (it wraps around so 10 is 'above' 1) or ever been reviewed by the four below.

When enough people have posted that they don't have any such clashes, I can set the next phase running :)

EM you reviewed me a while back (different book), but I have no conflict with anyone else.

No clashes for me!

Looks like I'm good - no negative clashes.

No clashes for me.

I have not reviewed the people above me on the list, but Rebecca Winkler has already reviewed Trafficked! and I I have also been reviewed by Sam Fury and E.M Swift-Hook (not Trafficked!). I have never been reviewed by the four people below me on the list.

Thomas A. wrote: "I have not reviewed the people above me on the list, but Rebecca Winkler has already reviewed Trafficked!"

Just to check here, Thomas, Rebecca has reviewed 2 of your three books, so you still have a book she can review?

And Rebecca, please check in and confirm your clashes.

Rebecca has reviewed Trafficked! so I need a different 4th reviewer for this round.

I'd be happy to review "Trafficked!"

I think my only conflict is that I have reviewed "Trust a Few".

Thomas A. wrote: "Rebecca has reviewed Trafficked! so I need a different 4th reviewer for this round."

I'm sorry Thomas but it can't always be that the exact book you put up that gets reviewed by all your reviewers.
We often have people in these rounds needing to offer alternative books. For example, I have Sam reviewing a different book from Trust A Few in this round as he has already reviewed that.
I can't move Rebecca as I have already reviewed her before and she and I have both reviewed you before, so this is the only possible way to make us all fit, especially around other clashes. And since there is still one of your books in the series she has yet to read, I can't see the problem.
Let me know if there is one, please.

Can I have Trafficked! reviewed by 3 reviewers and let Rebecca review Stripper!?

Thomas A. wrote: "Can I have Trafficked! reviewed by 3 reviewers and let Rebecca review Stripper!?"

Exactly that thing :) It is often the case in these rounds where one reviewer has read the book concerned another is offered to that one reviewer instead.
Apologies if I was not clear before.

All right, we're squared away, then.

Thomas A. wrote: "All right, we're squared away, then."

:)

No Clashes for me :)

E.M. wrote: "Welcome to the round, Rebecca. You do have a conflict though, I've reviewed you before. ;)"

Hello E.M., You have reviewed me, but it was a different book, THE ENGLANDS Book 1: SOPHIE Lost and Found.

I have listed in this round Book 2: SOPHIE Coming Home. :)

Thomas A. wrote: "All right, we're squared away, then."

I'll be happy to review STRIPPER. :)

No clashes here

My book is on free promotion on Amazon at the moment for those reading UNDEAD

Okies, looks like we should be able to rock and roll!

START DATE: 17-July-19

END DATE: 09-Oct-19

Round 1 � post your review by 07 -Aug-19
Round 2 � post your review by 28-Aug-19
Round 3 � post your review by 18-Sept-19
Round 4 � post your review by 09-Oct-19

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

222-01__E.M. Swift-Hook
Sam Fury for round 1
D.M. Wolfenden for round 2
Kathleen Rowland for round 3
Robinette Waterson for round 4

222-02__Rebecca Winkler
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 1
Sam Fury for round 2
D.M. Wolfenden for round 3
Kathleen Rowland for round 4

222-03__Thomas A. Burns Jr.
Rebecca Winkler for round 1
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 2
Sam Fury for round 3
D.M. Wolfenden for round 4

222-04__ Tia Lee
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 1
Rebecca Winkler for round 2
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 3
Sam Fury for round 4

222-05__ Grace Owens
Tia Lee for round 1
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 2
Rebecca Winkler for round 3
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 4

222-06__ D. Wallace Peach
Grace Owens for round 1
Tia Lee for round 2
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 3
Rebecca Winkler for round 4

222-07__ Robinette Waterson
D. Wallace Peach for round 1
Grace Owens for round 2
Tia Lee for round 3
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 4

222-08__ Kathleen Rowland
Robinette Waterson for round 1
D. Wallace Peach for round 2
Grace Owens for round 3
Tia Lee for round 4

222-09__ D.M. Wolfenden
Kathleen Rowland for round 1
Robinette Waterson for round 2
D. Wallace Peach for round 3
Grace Owens for round 4

222-10__ Sam Fury
D.M. Wolfenden for round 1
Kathleen Rowland for round 2
Robinette Waterson for round 3
D. Wallace Peach for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

222-01__E.M. Swift-Hook
Rebecca Winkler for round 1
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 2
Tia Lee for round 3
Grace Owens for round 4

222-02__Rebecca Winkler
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 1
Tia Lee for round 2
Grace Owens for round 3
D. Wallace Peach for round 4

222-03__Thomas A. Burns Jr.
Tia Lee for round 1
Grace Owens for round 2
D. Wallace Peach for round 3
Robinette Waterson for round 4

222-04__ Tia Lee
Grace Owens for round 1
D. Wallace Peach for round 2
Robinette Waterson for round 3
Kathleen Rowland for round 4

222-05__ Grace Owens
D. Wallace Peach for round 1
Robinette Waterson for round 2
Kathleen Rowland for round 3
D.M. Wolfenden for round 4

222-06__ D. Wallace Peach
Robinette Waterson for round 1
Kathleen Rowland for round 2
D.M. Wolfenden for round 3
Sam Fury for round 4

222-07__ Robinette Waterson
Kathleen Rowland for round 1
D.M. Wolfenden for round 2
Sam Fury for round 3
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 4

222-08__ Kathleen Rowland
D.M. Wolfenden for round 1
Sam Fury for round 2
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 3
Rebecca Winkler for round 4

222-09__ D.M. Wolfenden
Sam Fury for round 1
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 2
Rebecca Winkler for round 3
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 4

222-10__ Sam Fury
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 1
Rebecca Winkler for round 2
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 3
Tia Lee for round 4


Please remember the commitment you are making to your fellow group members. If you pull out after the start date for any reason it is the other members who will be faced with the problem of finding a replacement, or missing out on reads/reviews, through no fault of their own. Please don’t ask the moderators to chase after replacements as we just don’t have the time.

It is the responsibility of the author to get their book to their readers in a format the reviewer can manage. Everyone must be able to provide and accept PDF. You may buy or borrow the books you are due to read if you wish, and I’m sure the author will appreciate the verified review, but IT IS NOT COMPULSORY. There are no set dates for the start of each round. You can each work at your own pace, within the limits of the round deadlines.

All reviews must be posted to GR. We also encourage members to post on Amazon. When you have posted your reviews, please post the links to each of your reviews, not the book page in this thread.
The mod of each round will record whether members have posted reviews on Amazon and for the good of all, members who persistently fail to post reviews or DNF reviews to Amazon, will find mods less than willing to add them to subsequent groups.

Postings to other sites are by agreement by both author and reviewer.

If I’ve missed something that results in you being asked to review someone who has already reviewed you, please let me know asap.

To exchange book files, my advice is to use PM to give email addresses to each other (save the chance of spammers getting your addies from this open forum). Happy reviewing, everyone :)

Setting up and modding these rounds is a labour of love, with a lot of emphasis on the ‘labour�. If you want to show appreciation for all the hard work we admins put in for the group, you could download one of our books as a ‘thank you�.

Please read this especially if you are new to these review rounds.

Quick 'start-up' summary for anyone new who might be scratching their heads.

You can, of course, choose to buy any or all of the books or read the books on KU, if you are a subscriber and the books are available there. If you can buy it adds weight to your review as it gives the 'Verified Purchase' stamp on Amazon.

However, as not everyone can buy, you should PM the four people who will be reviewing you (the four above you on the original list of names) through their Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author pages. Click on the down arrow beside the 'Follow Author' button under their picture and it opens a menu which will allow you to message them.

Ask what kind of file they would like or say you can only offer PDF, though unless a publisher uploaded it for you, you can always download a .mobi of your own book from Amazon.

Don't forget to ask where to send it so they can give you their email.

The four people who you are reviewing should be in touch with you in a similar way.

Please make sure you have exchanged ALL FOUR books - or have been assured by your reviewers they will buy your book or read it through KU - as soon as possible. Some people read fast and it can be very frustrating to have to wait a long time to get hold of a book you are committed to review.
Don't forget to post the links to your reviews here so you can be signed off for them.

Please post your review to Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, your own Amazon store and any other Amazon stores you might have access to as well.

I shall be modding this round so PM me with any issues please.

All those I am reviewing, please note I have already snagged your books directly from Amazon.

Robinette, I cannot find your profile for your email and need to send you my book, Bittersweet Alliance, for the first round.