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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
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Excellent!
Must-read.

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September 6, 2024

VEILPIERCER

By Bruce Berls
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

With both dry absurdism and great humanity, Bruce Berls’s VEILPIERCER successfully turns 21st-century concerns about technology and society into a rollicking vision of their looming...

September 6, 2024

TOMMY ROCKET AND THE GOOBER PATROL

By Thomas Kuhn
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Thomas Kuhn’s TOMMY ROCKET AND THE GOOBER PATROL overall maintains the light, adventurous tone of American childhood stories.

IR Approved
September 4, 2024

JOURNEY OF SEVEN CIRCLES

By Russell Pike
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

A remarkably imaginative flight, Russell Pike's JOURNEY OF SEVEN CIRCLES bristles with energy and verve in its fantastical story of duty and self-sacrifice.

IR Approved
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.

IR Approved
September 2, 2024

SPLENDID LITTLE SCHEMES

By Robin Strong
Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

An absorbing, suspenseful feminist novel, Robin Strong’s SPLENDID LITTLE SCHEMES boasts believable, relatable multi-level marketing business women who amp up the drama with their façades.

IR Approved
September 2, 2024

OLAF AND ESSEX

By Patti Calkosz
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

A tender, layered fable set in a world where a baby’s laughter is magic and trees give advice, OLAF AND ESSEX by Patti Calkosz is...

September 2, 2024

CHOICE OR CHANCE

By Abby Reilly
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Though the prose style is uneven and the perspectives are tough to stomach, Abby Reilly’s CHOICE OR CHANCE still has enough to offer a dedicated...

Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

BLINDSIGHTED: A Journey of Identity, Faith, and Healing is a carefully constructed family history that pivots on a shock DNA revelation. Author Rich Christiansen skillfully...

August 30, 2024

THE SUN-GREETERS

By Jen Ghastin
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

THE SUN-GREETERS, Jen Ghastin’s tale of young adults struggling against apathy, conformity, and their own betrayals, is earnest and occasionally beautiful.

August 30, 2024

WHERE THE SEABIRD SOARS

By Rebecca Babcock
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

While it may alienate some readers, Rebecca Babcock’s WHERE THE SEABIRD SOARS will appeal to many readers of standard romance.

IR Approved
August 28, 2024

DEADLY RIVALRIES

By Ken Tentarelli
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Florence during the Italian Renaissance is at the heart of Ken Tentarelli's engaging murder mystery, DEADLY RIVALRIES. Well-sketched depictions of the behaviors, objects, and people...

IR Approved
August 28, 2024

THE VELVET HAMMER: Judge Belvin Perry, Jr.’s Capital Murder Cases and Memoir

By Chief Judge Belvin Perry + Amy Mitchell
Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

Part true-crime case study, part long-odds memoir, Judge Belvin Perry, Jr. and Amy Mitchell’s THE VELVET HAMMER: Judge Belvin Perry, Jr.'s Capital Murder Cases and...

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