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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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April 28, 2021

THE VOW THAT TWISTED FATE

By Katherine D. Graham
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

With a refreshing new take on the witches and gnomes and days of future past genre, Katherine D. Graham's THE VOW THAT TWISTED FATE provides...

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April 26, 2021

CHLOE AFLOAT

By Geraldine Burrows
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

CHLOE AFLOAT  is a spectacular and page-turning contemporary young adult novel with a fierce main character that meshes well with the author’s witty writing style...

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Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

ELLIE'S EMOTIONAL DRAGONS: Ellie's First Day of School is a cute and colorful book that offers children a creative way to handle their emotions, both...

IR Approved
April 23, 2021

THE BEST IS YET TO COME

By Tara R. Alemany
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

THE BEST IS YET TO COME by Tara R. Alemany is a gloriously earnest, inspiring and hopeful story about trusting in God's Love, even when...

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April 23, 2021

THE COLORLESS WOMB

By Kimberly Gowdy
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

THE COLORLESS WOMB by Kimberly Gowdy plumbs the depths of the emotional and physical complexities of infertility and how they are unexpectedly intensified by issues...

April 23, 2021

BODIES: A Romantic Bloodbath

By Moses Yuriyvich Mikheyev
Rating:
2.5 / 5.0

While the hundred or so pages of BODIES: A Romantic Bloodbath is quite original--despite some excessive descriptions of sex and violence—the subsequent pages don’t even...

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April 23, 2021

THE IMPORTANCE OF NOW

By Paul Schumacher
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

THE IMPORTANCE OF NOW, a story about overcoming the past and appreciating the present, is a heartwarming tale of redemption and forgiveness that is both...

April 21, 2021

NAIMERA: Absence of Grace

By Michael D. Ganzberger
Rating:
3.9 / 5.0

Author Michael D. Ganzberger combines all the fast-paced, high octane action of a special forces novel with tech-fantasy wonder in his engaging and suspenseful book,...

IR Approved
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

With figurative language masterfully knitted into the prose, TW Neal's memoir OPEN ROAD invites readers to engage in the writer’s personal journey and become enveloped...

IR Approved
April 21, 2021

MERMAID OF VENICE

By Jincey Lumpkin
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

MERMAID OF VENICE is an electrifying series starter that immerses readers in a world filled with glamor, sex, murder, and mermaids.

April 19, 2021

BETWEEN A AND Z

By A.E.M. Nason
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

A. E. M. Nason’s sentimental young adult romance novel BETWEEN A AND Z is an international love story with characters that are fully developed and...

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April 19, 2021

ARAYA

By E. Detorres
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

E. Detorres builds an immersive and fantastical world in ARAYA, thrilling readers while also demonstrating the fragile nature of the human mind, the importance of...

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