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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
June 23, 2023

SOMETHING’S GOING ON HERE

By Ruth Cherry, Ph.D.
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

No mere thriller, Ruth Cherry 's SOMETHING’S GOING ON HERE is a well-written and fascinating deep dive into one man’s reckoning with a town’s tragic...

IR Approved
June 23, 2023

FUNERAL DAZE

By Dorian Box
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

FUNERAL DAZE by Dorian Box manages to be laugh-out-loud funny, heartwarmingly tender, and full of lively action and suspense, all at once – a thoroughly...

June 21, 2023

SCOTTISH KNIGHT

By S T Cameron
Rating:
3.9 / 5.0

Though the plot is somewhat familiar, SCOTTISH KNIGHT offers a serviceable addition to S.T. Cameron's Young Explorers series of YA adventure novels.

IR Approved
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Part memoir, part communications primer, Cindy Bigbie's MY LINK TO MILDRED is a must-read for anyone in search of a reliable path to post-traumatic healing.

June 21, 2023

ARROGANCE, AMBITION & PRIDE

By Sandra Wagner-Wright
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Sandra Wagner-Wright's 's ARROGANCE, AMBITION & PRIDE details the rise of the Crowninshield and Derby merchant families in 18th-century New England with meticulous research and...

Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Written by Patty Merski and beautifully illustrated by Chanda Patel, MOTHER BEACH (the joy of finding beach glass) features reflections on the whimsicality of a...

IR Approved
June 19, 2023

LEGACY OF ATONEMENT

By Stephen Maitland-Lewis
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Full of high drama and exciting twists, Stephen Maitland-Lewis LEGACY OF ATONEMENT is a page-turning thriller which reimagines the events from the Second World War...

IR Approved
June 16, 2023

THE FOREVER YOUNG PRISONER

By Marcus Lessard
Rating:
4.1 / 5.0

A simple story well told, Marcus Lessard's THE FOREVER YOUNG PRISONER combines an old-fashioned mystery with gritty prison fiction.

IR Approved
June 16, 2023

NEVER A CLOUD

By Jo Brunini
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

NEVER A CLOUD, Jo Brunini's complex, deeply introspective take on art, family connections, and long-buried secrets, beautifully captures the shifting emotional truths—and deceptions—among its expansive...

June 16, 2023

WE ARE ALL STAKEHOLDERS

By Shireen Muhiudeen
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

A well-written combination of polemic, boardroom anecdotes and advice, Shireen Muhiudeen's WE ARE ALL STAKEHOLDERS provides analysis of the pros and cons of ESG principles...

June 14, 2023

ALASKA DEADLY

By J.L. Askew
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

J.L. Askew's ALASKA DEADLY is a compelling action thriller, but the author occasionally lets plot and exposition get in the way of a good story.

IR Approved
June 14, 2023

CORONA CITY: Voices from an Epicenter

By Lorraine Ash, Editor
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Edited by Lorraine Ash, CORONA CITY: Voices from an Epicenter is an intimate, deeply affecting time capsule of the early pandemic that is likely to...

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