IndieReader’s reviewers are tough, but fair
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.
* IndieReader receives compensation for most of the books it reviews, along with copies of those books.
Irv Segal’s mystery novel SECRETS OF THE RABBI’S MAFIA has an interesting premise, a likable protagonist and a fascinating setting. Unfortunately, it is also marred...
Jeff Shaw's LEANN AND THE CLEAN MAN, a dark crime, blood-splattered revenge thriller set in the seedier side of Singapore, shows off the author's skill...
As icy and forbidding as the frozen streets on which it plays out, Djordje Bajic's DEATH IN PINK is a very well written slice of...
With intriguing concepts and well-rounded protagonists, J. Luke Bennecke’s WATERBORNE is a high-octane page-turning thriller, elevated by fascinating scientific detail and an empathetic hero.
Katherine Burlake crafts a compelling premise and strong action sequences in THE HUNT FOR RAUBGOLD, and though readers might be left unsatisfied with the narrative...
With THE RAVEN'S CRY, Kim Herdman Shapiro tells a deeply immersive, evocative tale against an enticing backdrop of characters and plot threads that will leave...
Corey Lynn Fayman's GILLESPIE FIELD GROOVE is an absorbing mystery that thrills when its skilled author stays faithful to the detective genre’s charms and lets...
THE MAENAD'S GOD is never the same book twice: flowing from intrigue to mysticism, romance to mythology, Karen Michalson weaves an epic and constantly surprising...
Daniel Burke's VIBRATIONS IN THE FIELD is a surprising, scintillating, and hard-hitting blend of intrigue, spirituality, and quantum physics that makes for a truly compelling...
For readers who tear through crime thrillers and love sinking their teeth into stories of deranged, violent, pathetic killers and the damaged men and women...
Author Alretha Thomas makes every word, character, and scene count in THE GIRL IN THE BLUE BLAZER, a very well-written suspenseful story with twists and...
Jeff Dodson's SCULPTING THE MISTS works as an engaging political thriller, with two well developed leads and their skillfully crafted relationship enough to pull the...