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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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September 4, 2024

ARENA GLOW

By Angela Chaidez Vincent
Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

ARENA GLOW is a vivid and inventive debut collection that marks Angela Chaidez Vincent as a poet to follow.

May 13, 2024

INSPIRATIONAL LOVE

By Vernon John Sinnott
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

Vernon John Sinnott navigates love’s many complexities with INSPIRATIONAL LOVE, a collection of heartfelt prose from a self-professed “incurable romantic” that may not work for...

IR Approved
April 21, 2023

IF IT STINGS. . .THAT MEANS IT’S WORKING

By J.A. Carter-Winward
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

J.A. Carter-Winward's visceral and clever collection of narrative poetry, IF IT STINGS, peels back social facades to expose the hurt beneath.

IR Approved
April 10, 2023

FROM YOUR HOSTESS AT THE T&A MUSEUM

By Kathleen Balma
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Poet Kathleen Balma's FROM YOUR HOSTESS AT THE T&A MUSEUM is a wide ranging collection that is both accessible and fun to read but its...

IR Approved
July 8, 2022

STILL, THE SKY

By Tom Pearson
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Cleverly combining a coming-of-age motif with tales from Greek Mythology, Tom Pearson’s STILL, THE SKY is as much a deliberate statement as it is a...

November 8, 2021

PIECES FROM MY HEART

By Shawna Scott
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Shawna Scott's PIECES FROM MY HEART is a volume of raw, heartfelt poetry about emotions, relationships, and finding oneself--marked by a steady, direct, almost choppy...

January 6, 2021

RISE AND FALL OF MY BELOVED

By Utanu Maa
Rating:
3.6 / 5.0

Utanu Maa’s RISE AND FALL OF MY BELOVED is a heart-breaking collection of poems that teaches the reader important lessons in resilience and trauma-recovery in...

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