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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
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Excellent!
Must-read.

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IR Approved
January 5, 2026

FOLLOW YOU DOWN

By Katie Walsh
Rating:
4.1 / 5.0

Readers looking for a humorous romance colored with nostalgia and summer magic will find it all in Katie Walsh’s FOLLOW YOU DOWN.

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Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

Drawing on a lifetime of experience in Canadian and American healthcare, Lawrence Rosenberg's FROM VISION TO VITALITY: Building Transformative Healthcare Organizations offers a myriad of...

January 5, 2026

DRIFTLESS IDENTITY

By Sue Berg
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

In DRIFTLESS IDENTITY, Sue Berg has given readers a charming if somewhat-predictable mystery with likeable detectives and a beautiful setting.

Rating:
3.6 / 5.0

Written by Dr. Spyros Papapetropoulos, MIND ODYSSEY: A Doctor's Guide to Training Your Brain for Purpose, Balance, and Fulfillment is a concise and very well-designed...

January 2, 2026

THE PROMETHEUS PROTOCOL

By Tony Welch
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

Tony Welch’s THE PROMETHEUS PROTOCOL offers a Dan Brown-esque tale of corporate politicking and AI-created disasters in the near future.

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January 2, 2026

RESONANCE

By Kip Koelsch
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Short and punchy, Kip Koelsch's RESONANCE is an emotionally charged horror story that leaves a mark.

December 31, 2025

IMAGINING MORE and Other Stories

By PANAYOTIS CACOYANNIS
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Filled with interesting but often underdeveloped ideas, Panayotis Cacoyannis's IMAGINING MORE AND OTHER STORIES easily engages and entertains in the moment yet doesn't stay with...

Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

Occupying the gray area between fiction and memoir, Zeebo's THE BLUEBERRY SOCIETY: A Schoolyard Novella, Misguided Short Stories, and Other Ramblings offers insights on the...

Rating:
3.9 / 5.0

Fred Voccola's THE COMING DISRUPTION: How AI First Will Force Organizations to Change Everything or Face Destruction is a bold, frank look at how artificial...

IR Approved
December 29, 2025

THE DOCTOR’S RECKONING

By Arsheeya Mashaw & Ari Mashaw
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Where so many medical mysteries get too knotted up in the “medical” aspect, Arsheeya & Ari Mashaw's THE DOCTOR’S RECKONING balances all aspects of its...

IR Approved
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

D.L. Orton’s HIVE: Madders of Time, Book 1 delivers a gripping, emotionally resonant, and impeccably paced narrative that elevates time-travel fiction into something deeply human....

IR Approved
December 22, 2025

WHISPERS, SHADOWS, AND SAINTS

By Nancy Heart
Rating:
4.9 / 5.0

Nancy Heart's WHISPERS, SHADOWS, AND SAINTS offers a heart-rending and emotionally uncompromising glimpse into the goings-on of an abusive childhood, as well as the trauma...

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