Grimdark Fantasy discussion

Looking for ARC readers for:
The Bad Apothecary. Read for free in exchange for reviews (and feedback if you want). The book is currently not published.

The book:
The Bad Apothecary is an adult grimdark fantasy novel with cultivation, corruption, and a heroine bound to it all. It's intimate, grotesque and full of power plays.

🔥 Injured and infected after a strange attack, Diwu is forced to trade her freedom to a ruthless organization in exchange for survival. But the infection won’t be cured… only endured

Her new masters send her, and man whose fate is entangled with hers, to investigate her attacker and the name he used: The Bad Apothecary.

What they discover?
A legacy that isn't what it seems.
Enemies that should have destroyed each other a long time ago.
Corrupted techniques leaving bodies in the streets.
And something is awakening.

Diwu finds herself at the center of it all. And she may never walk away from it.

Yes:
⚔️ Grimdark fantasy
🌌 Cultivation magic
🔥 Underdog female MC
⚙️ Magi-tech & modern social structures
🩸 Slow burn, character-driven arcs
🌏 Intricate worldbuilding
🕸️ Power plays, coercion & moral ambiguity
💀 Earned magic with consequences
🧠 Inspired by Asian cultures, Gödel, Jung & physics

No:
❌ LitRPG / power fantasy
❌ Non-human races
❌ Overpowered MC
❌ Sandboxing MC while they power up
❌ Romantasy
❌ Easy answers
❌ Spoon-feeding readers
❌ Trope-autopilot

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