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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
August 9, 2024

NINTH LIFE

By Jane Teresa Anderson
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Jane Teresa Anderson’s NINTH LIFE fully commits to a quirky premise with a surprisingly rich payoff.

May 15, 2024

AMY UNBOUND

By Martin Sneider
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

Martin Sneider's AMY UNBOUND offers a portrait of a powerful family and proves difficult to put down. 

May 13, 2024

THE PACT

By Lisa Darcy
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

THE PACT by Lisa Darcy is overall a drama-packed, intriguing story of two characters discovering their own identities.

IR Approved
April 26, 2024

NOSTALGIA

By Cori H. Spenzich
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Author Cori H. Spenzich writes with style and dry humor as he pinballs his characters around a world that is part dream, part harsh reality....

IR Approved
March 20, 2024

RETURN TO THE LION’S DEN

By Gregory Treakle
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

G.S. Treakle's RETURN TO THE LION'S DEN is a powerful debut novel that will resonate with anyone who has struggled to make peace with a...

IR Approved
November 22, 2023

TOO FAST

By Erik E Morales
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

In TOO FAST, Erik E. Morales offers a harrowing, heartfelt portrait of lives touched by abuse, neglect, and hope.

IR Approved
October 16, 2023

THE PENNY MANSIONS

By Steven Mayfield
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Full of heart, humor, and suspense, Steven Mayfield's THE PENNY MANSIONS is a beautiful and multifaceted piece of fiction that is expertly rendered at every...

April 24, 2023

LEGACY OF A PRINCESS

By B. Kinde
Rating:
2.5 / 5.0

In LEGACY OF A PRINCESS, B. Kinde weaves a sci-fi-tinged narrative of a princess in peril that, were its real-world inspirations not so thinly veiled,...

February 8, 2023

THE FREEMAN

By J.C. Harach
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Author J.C. Harach artfully turns a seemingly simplistic plot into a provocative and potentially controversial story in THE FREEMAN.

IR Approved
December 14, 2022

WHEN WE LOST TOUCH

By Susan Kraus
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

WHEN WE LOST TOUCH by Susan Kraus is arguably her most ambitious novel as the author depicts the devastating effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic...

Rating:
2.8 / 5.0

Too broadly absurd to offend progressives and too simplistic to provide a meaningful critique of the left, Dan Chabot's EMMA'S ARMY (How Millions of Angry,...

IR Approved
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

A.I. Fabler's THE SEED OF CORRUPTION is a heady stew of influences, from the travel literature of John Le Carré and Graham Greene to the...

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