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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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May 11, 2022

A COLLISION IN QUEBEC

By Michael Hartwig
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

Fans of LGBTQ fiction will likely relish every last moment of Michael Hartwig’s A COLLISION IN QUEBEC, but the story’s themes of cultural identity and...

May 11, 2022

HEART EXPRESSIONS: A Book on Poetry

By Alysha Potente
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Straightforward but not simple, Alysha Potente's poems in her collection, HEART EXPRESSIONS, take everyday situations and imbue them with elegance.

IR Approved
May 9, 2022

DARK SECRET: The Complete Story

By Nyssa Rebecca Corbin
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Nyssa Rebecca Corbin's DARK SECRET: The Complete Story is a grisly but uneven tale of abuse-turned-murder that will satisfy any and all true crime aficionados.

IR Approved
May 9, 2022

BLACK, WHITE, AND GRAY ALL OVER

By Frederick Douglass Reynolds
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

BLACK, WHITE, AND GRAY ALL OVER is a memorandum of the valor and devotion of the law enforcers who lay their lives in the line...

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May 9, 2022

MAXIMISE YOUR CHILD’S PERFORMANCE

By Jennie Segar
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Jennie Segar’s 154-page MAXIMISE YOUR CHILD’S PERFORMANCE is chock-full of practical advice on child-rearing and her approach will help most parents build good relationships with...

May 6, 2022

EASY PROMISES

By Abbe Reilly
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Abby Reilly's EASY PROMISES (the first in her Promises series) is an enjoyable and distracting read: romance, suspense, and betrayal intertwine effortlessly, and fans of...

May 6, 2022

DARKEST ROSE

By Vera Morgana
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

There is a much larger world to be explored in DARKEST ROSE, and while the story itself is resolved, the ending leaves hints as to...

May 6, 2022

THE LEGEND OF CHRIS MOOSE

By Allen Northcutt, author, Christy Morris, illustrator
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

THE LEGEND OF CHRIS MOOSE is an adorable update of a classic fairy tale and introduces a memorable new character to the festive bookshelves.

Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

IR Approved
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Skillfully walking the razor-thin line between biting satire and Beltway pontification, N K von S fully embraces the unconventional with HOW THE Ə GOT PRODUCTED:...

IR Approved
May 4, 2022

SURF THE MILKY WAY

By E R Harris
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

E. R. Harris presents a gang of well-rounded, emotionally complex characters--driven by moral conflicts--in the humorous science fiction novel SURF THE MILKY WAY.

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Rating:
4.9 / 5.0

Elder Orator Chief Fata Ariu Levi's NAVIGATORS FORGING A MATRIARCHAL CULTURE IN POLYNESIA is a refreshingly careful, profoundly integrative history. For anyone interested in reading...

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