Indie book reviews

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Our Reviewers won’t judge your book as compared to other self-published titles, but against other books, period. Our ratings are based on the following criteria, although reviewers are able to award partial stars (i.e. a 1.3 or a 4.7), rather than rounding up or down to a whole or half number.

1/5

Really bad 
Work on it.

2/5

Mediocre
1-2 bright spots.

3/5

Good
Worth reading.

4/5

Very Good
1-2 spots that need work

5/5

Excellent!
Must-read.

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IR Approved
December 6, 2024

HERE LYETH

By Johanna Frank
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

With its vividly drawn characters and compelling blend of earthly drama and metaphysical intrigue, HERE LYETH by Johanna Frank is a compulsively readable entry in...

Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Suzanne Giesemann’s THE AWAKENED WAY—Making the Shift to a Divinely Guided Life provides some valuable, easy-to-understand instructions for meditative practice, even if its underlying cosmological...

Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Darryl Sampson’s THE FOOTBALL POET: Poetry of a Life's Journey doesn’t demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of technique, but it is enlivened by a playful diversity...

IR Approved
September 13, 2024

THE HUMMINGBIRD & THE NARWHAL

By Annie Higbee
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Annie Higbee's THE HUMMINGBIRD & THE NARWHAL is a poignant modern fable about celebrating our uniqueness while recognizing our shared humanity. The author's enchanting tale...

Rating:
3.6 / 5.0

Glenn De Gama’s FRAGILE DIAMONDS: Reflections on What Matters Most is a well-designed and concise guide to the author’s personal life experiences. 

IR Approved
Rating:
4.3 / 5.0

In THE CONTENTMENT DIVIDEND, Michael Goddart provides an earnest and thoughtful guide for seekers looking to cultivate inner-peace and self-realization amidst life’s turbulence.

IR Approved
March 27, 2024

YELLOW BUTTERFLIES

By Maryanne J. Kane
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Author Maryanne J. Kane combines humor with the right amount of pathos in YELLOW BUTTERFLIES, a moving meditation on faith, family, and redemption.

Rating:
2.6 / 5.0

While a reader’s propensity to commit to Norman B. Talsoe’s prophetic visions and instructions will be dependent on their own faith, the author’s inclination to...

IR Approved
February 23, 2024

COMPLINE

By Karyn M. Bruce
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

The quiet, contemplative poems of Karyn M. Bruce’s COMPLINE compellingly evoke the living soul’s relationship with death and God in a way that will move...

IR Approved
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Though Steven Joseph's CRANKY SUPERPOWERS seems rather too idiosyncratically arranged to be read as a self-help tome, the book is consistently funny and perhaps best...

IR Approved
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

More than a survivor's tale, WHAT THEY COULDN'T TAKE by Adira James is an enlightening resource in the battle against child sex trafficking and a...

Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Tracy Emerick's CONSUMMATE COACHES: Bill Belichick and Jesus Christ, is a promising but incomplete analysis of how two men–Bill Belichick and Jesus Christ–measured up as...

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