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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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December 6, 2021

DESCENT OF RAVENS

By AC Andrews
Rating:
4.9 / 5.0

AC Andrews’ DESCENT OF RAVENS (BEL’S WAR #1) is a near-perfect fantasy featuring superb world-building and excellent storytelling that will be compelling for any audience...

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December 6, 2021

TARGET: The Girl

By Dorian Box
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Dorian Box does an exceptional job of telling an entrancing story filled with conflict and action, while also shining a light on some of our...

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December 6, 2021

HOW GOD THINKS

By David Vancelette
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

David Vancelette's HOW GOD THINKS is a fascinating and original attempt to do what no theologian has ever accomplished: to get inside the mind of...

December 3, 2021

SADIE AND CHARLEY FINDING THEIR WAY

By Bonnie Griesemer
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

In SADIE AND CHARLEY FINDING THEIR WAY, author Bonnie Griesemer offers a gentle and brief story of an unlikely friendship between human and animal, poetically...

December 3, 2021

VINEGAR HILL BLUES

By Wayne Clark
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

VINEGAR HILL BLUES veers between engaging, active prose and somewhat meandering and unnecessary detail as it follows the exploits of one Bobby Stazilovsky, an aspiring...

Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Possibly the most deadpan satire ever, C.D. Hill-Lavalle's HOW TO CONTROL AN ENTIRE PLANET…in 5 Easy Steps, makes not one bit of sense, yet is...

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December 1, 2021

BUTTERFLY AWAKENS

By Margaret E Nocero
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

From the depths of despair to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain, BUTTERFLY AWAKENS is the rare example of an engaging memoir...

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December 1, 2021

PASSAGE ON A BRIDGE

By William Cheevers
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

PASSAGE ON A BRIDGE is a fictionalized memoir of the Depression years, a history of the men who traveled America by freight train, and a...

IR Approved
November 29, 2021

ABSOLUTION

By Henry Hack
Rating:
4.3 / 5.0

Be it the premise, characters, or setting, there’s little in Henry Hack’s ABSOLUTION that won’t immediately feel familiar, but the author’s air tight plotting and...

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November 29, 2021

DAUGHTER OF CAREFUL-ISH

By Honey Parker
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

DAUGHTER OF CAREFUL-ISH by Honey Parker smartly captures the clipped, urgent, maddening and often misguided dynamics that arise as young adults navigate a pandemic and...

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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Danni Maynard's YOU CAN DO ANYTHING is wonderfully illustrated, positive and inspiring children’s book with a central message of optimism, equality and dreaming big.

IR Approved
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Alan Corcoran’s MARATHON MAN is an inspirational, well-structured and well-edited memoir written with an admirable level of openness and honesty in which the author astutely...

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