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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
March 26, 2021

ALMOST DAMNED

By Christopher Leibig
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

Christopher Leibig's ALMOST DAMNED is an engaging and page-turning theological legal thriller that will appeal to fans of The Da Vinci Code and courtroom dramas...

March 24, 2021

SEARCHING FOR SARAH

By Phillip Vega
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

The language utilized to portray journal entries of one departed main character doesn't always ring true in Phillip Vega's SEARCHING FOR SARAH, but the core...

IR Approved
March 24, 2021

IF WE WERE ELECTRIC

By Patrick Earl Ryan
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

A richly textured collection of short stories, IF WE WERE ELECTRIC by Patrick Earl Ryan is full of strangely marvelous ne'er-do-wells and heartbroken lost souls,...

March 24, 2021

THE MENDED MIRROR

By Karen Celeste Hilfman
Rating:
3.2 / 5.0

Informative and interactive resources are included in Karen Celeste Hilfman's THE MENDED MIRROR, along with the author's personal exploration of attempting to make peace with...

IR Approved
March 24, 2021

THE GODMA’S DAUGHTERS

By Isabella Ides
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Honoring the wisdom of a long ago people whose descendants remain, Isabella Ides' THE GODMA'S DAUGHTERS embraces a sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet contemporary present--while dipping...

IR Approved
March 22, 2021

STEALING THE HOLY GRAIL

By S.M. Perlow
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

S.M. Perlow's STEALING THE HOLY GRAIL has a cinematic narrative and an original take on the plot of the classic King Arthur is driven by...

IR Approved
March 22, 2021

NIMUE: Freeing Merlin

By Ayn Cates Sullivan
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Though it falters slightly in the shift of character perspectives, NIMUE: Freeing Merlin is well written and researched and successfully flips the Arthurian tradition on...

Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

A cute, charmingly-illustrated little tale of a griffin awakening from winter hibernation, GRIFFIN IN THE SPRING will bring a little springtime cheer to its young...

IR Approved
March 19, 2021

ENEMY COMBATANT

By David Winner
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

By turns fleshy, spiritual, meandering, and sure-footed, ENEMY COMBATANT remains consistently entertaining, if never quite enlightening.

March 19, 2021

CREDENTIALS

By Rand McGreal
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

CREDENTIALS, Rand McGreal’s ambitious effort to embed thoughtful macroeconomic monetary policy into digestible, suspense fiction is energetic and well-intentioned in its economics though sometimes uneven...

IR Approved
March 19, 2021

OLDOGS

By Kip Cassino
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

OLDOGS is a thoroughly enjoyable and capable thriller written in a reassuringly traditional style with some nicely realized characters and competent plotting.

Rating:
2.5 / 5.0

MARRIAGE AFTER DIVORCE MAY NOT BE ADULTERY: Even If It Feels Like the Death of You, You Part by Simon William is the kind of...

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