As we near the May 28, 2024 global release date for Song of the Mysteries, advance reviews are starting to appear online. If you find a review out in the wild, feel free to reply to this thread and I’ll update the list. Video reviews welcomed as well.
Reviews are grouped below by their level of spoilers. Of course, you should avoid every review if you want an absolutely pristine first reading experience.
[Mild Spoilers] These reviews share nothing that hasn’t already been revealed in the first 10 volumes.
[Major Spoilers] These reviews may share explicit plot details or present a deep-dive discussion that shouldn’t be read until after you have savored the volume yourself.
[Mild Spoilers] @chibipoe has posted a spoiler-free review on Goodreads. Sharing it here since he’s a part of this forum community.
This link goes directly to the review – be aware that there may be spoilers in other parts of the Goodreads site even though this particular review is spoiler-free.
[Moderate Spoilers] P.L. Stuart has posted a review at Before We Go Blog. The review is mostly spoiler-free, but there are two direct quotations (in bold) from the book as well as abbreviated entries from the Glossary that some people might prefer to avoid.
[Mild Spoilers] A new review from sparkour is up on Reddit (the fantasy subreddit). There are no spoilers, just impressions and general statements about the flow of the book.
The publisher has told me they have Song of the Mysteries on Netgalley to propagate some reads for review - I have no idea where or how to access, or what the application may be to receive an advance peek.
Attention and please note!
If you are reading Song of the Mysteries on release - and you enjoy the story - and you have a moment to leave EVEN A ONE SENTENCE review! Pleasse, do! Amazon in particular has an algorithm that a new book title MUST meet - it used to be fifty reviews - not sure about now - but: this determines their treatment and handling of that title going forward.
IF the review threshold is met, the algorithm picks up that title and it makes for future sales featured by Amazon itself, and recommendations within the platform. Later books in series often slack off on the numbers of reviews.
Athera and Wars of Light and Shadows could benefit tremendously by the visibility! Even if you just pop by to say ‘loved it’ or ‘didn’t’ - this matters!
I would be excited to do more with the Athera universe; I am up for re-contract since my current deal with the publisher ends with Song of the Mysteries, and the future is in play - what I do going forward, and what choices I may have upon landing, wherever that may be.
Thank you to those who have done this - even for older titles it is not too late, as the algorithm does measure responses!
Enjoy the read - I am on pins and needles for your sake as I know what these pages contain!
Up to 101 ratings on Amazon. Please remember to share your experience once you’ve finished, on the vendor site where you purchased the book - this will help it break through the algorithm and appear more broadly to new readers.
Everywhere counts!
On GoodReads, two days ago, the ‘average’ for Curse of the Mistwraith popped up a point…then sank with two lower reviews climbing on. But it was encouraging to see it flick up a point, briefly, says the series is finding the right audience!
I started with Goodreads this afternoon. Some of those reviews are vicious, I’ve popped a 5 star up and I’ll go do one for all of your books that I have read. I’m going to carry on finding pages that will let me for this book first. I’m reading The Gallant this morning, loving it so far. If you ever need more beta-readers I have nothing but time on my hands and I’m a quick reader.
For anyone looking for somewhere to write a review for the book you could go give Storygraph a go. If you have a Goodreads account you can transfer your information over. Here’s a link:
There’s only 20 reviews right now so there’s plenty of chance to improve the score. I took a bit of time to make sure there were plenty of meta tags when they asked so it will link up to other books on similar subjects. I went with fantasy, every version of mage, seafaring, swashbuckling, conflict, war etc.
