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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.

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Work on it.

2/5

Mediocre
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3/5

Good
Worth reading.

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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Readers new to Mike Murphey's series would do best to read the first four novels first, but the worldbuilding and clever time travel mechanics in...

IR Approved
April 17, 2024

THE ENGINEER’S MECHANIC

By L. K. Wintur
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

A promising beginning to a new series, L.K. Wintur's THE ENGINEER'S MECHANIC is an action-packed adventure set up in a well-crafted future world with engaging...

IR Approved
April 17, 2024

MARRIAGE AND HANGING

By Genevieve Morrissey
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Genevieve Morrissey’s MARRIAGE AND HANGING is a splendid historical novel that will captivate fans of mystery as it explores questions of trust in marriage, religion,...

Rating:
2.5 / 5.0

While J.A. Simmons's JORDAN FROST AND THE AWAKENING (Book 1 of the Shadows) has the bones of a compelling YA read, a combination of lax...

IR Approved
April 15, 2024

BRINGER OF LIGHT

By M Thomas Apple
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

In BRINGER OF LIGHT, author M. Thomas Apple crafts a believably complex interplanetary future complete with twisting politics, well-drawn characters, and resource management woes.

IR Approved
April 15, 2024

THE BARGAIN SHOPPER

By WC Latour
Rating:
4.4 / 5.0

An endlessly entertaining life story of its intellectual, misanthropic main character, W.C. Latour's THE BARGAIN SHOPPER is a literary novel whose political and social commentary...

April 15, 2024

THE SHADOWS OF AGENT J

By Daniel Lowell Placiszewski-Plazek
Rating:
2.2 / 5.0

THE SHADOWS OF AGENT J is an opaque and mysterious series of disparate vignettes. It starts with an interesting premise, but lacks focus to make...

IR Approved
April 12, 2024

SARA SARQUE & THE DEMON EXECUTIONER

By D C Mallery
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

SARA SARQUE & THE DEMON EXECUTIONER is a high-quality anthology of tales to spook and shock the reader. D.C. Mallery’s gallery of grotesques showcases his...

April 12, 2024

EMBRACING BEWILDERMENT

By Cory Mortensen
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

EMBRACING BEWILDERMENT is a good travel book in that it highlights key features, customs, and brief histories of each country author Cory Mortensen visits.

IR Approved
April 12, 2024

GETTING ALONG WITH RUSTY

By Lasell Jaretzki Bartlett
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Lasell Jaretzki Bartlett’s GETTING ALONG WITH RUSTY: Horses, Healing, and Therapeutic Riding is both an inspirational memoir chronicling a journey of healing and an informative...

April 10, 2024

THE WREN’S SONG

By David Hudson
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

David Hudson's THE WREN’S SONG's beautiful portraits of the varied life forms in—and atop—old-growth forests render it worth the read.

IR Approved
Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

A rich, intricate story of interplanetary politics, Stella Atrium's TRIBAL LOGIC is the fourth in a series and should be read that way. This is...

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