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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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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Written by therapist Katie K. May, YOU’RE ON FIRE, IT’S FINE: Effective Strategies for Parenting Teens with Self-Destructive Behaviors is an easy-to-follow guidebook for teenage...

IR Approved
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Though by design a publication targeted to a niche audience, Manny Schoenhuber's MASTERING MARKET ENTRY: USA (The European's Guide to Making It Big in America)...

July 19, 2024

TO SEEK FOR ELDORADO

By Samuel Holloway
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Sam Holloway’s TO SEEK FOR ELDORADO effectively negotiates its tropes with some excellent turns of phrase, despite some grammatical fumbles and mishandling of key issues.

July 19, 2024

LOVE’S TRACKS

By Joyce Armstrong
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

Joyce Armstrong's LOVE'S TRACKS is a passionate and tender romance with a lively heroine and a hot, protective, and respectful hero.

IR Approved
July 19, 2024

CASTLE FORKS

By Chris Cochrane
Rating:
4.4 / 5.0

CASTLE FORKS boasts a vividly imagined world and thrilling action. Readers will find much to enjoy in Chris Cochrane's magical realm hidden within the mundane.

IR Approved
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Dr. Susan Aurelia Gitelson's GIVING IS NOT JUST FOR THE VERY RICH (A How-To Guide For Giving And Philanthropy) is a solid reference manual for...

IR Approved
July 17, 2024

IT RHYMES WITH TRUTH

By Rich Miller
Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

With a heartbreaking story, witty banter, humor, and creative storytelling, author Rich Miller invokes an eclectic range of emotions in his debut novel, IT RHYMES...

IR Approved
July 17, 2024

MEMOIRS OF A SUBURBAN TROUBLEMAKER

By Ellen R.B. Smith
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

Ellen Smith’s MEMOIRS OF A SUBURBAN TROUBLEMAKER is an engrossing coming-of-age memoir. Sometimes funny, sometimes shocking, these anecdotes are always winningly candid.

IR Approved
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Written by Chris Cochrane and illustrated by Indre Ta, THE DINGLEHOPPER BLUEBERRY BELLY-BUTTON SNOOTER is a wholesome picture book that encourages adventure and an open...

July 15, 2024

THE GOATMAN

By Wallace Martin
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

THE GOATMAN by Wallace Martin is an atmospheric Southern Gothic coming-of-age story about a likable young protagonist, interspersed with riveting medical scenes unrelated to the...

IR Approved
July 15, 2024

THE LONG HAUL

By Lena Gibson
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Lena Gibson’s THE LONG HAUL has a self-assured prose style, sympathetic characters, and a plot with as much powerful momentum as the trains that tie...

IR Approved
July 12, 2024

HOURGLASS

By Daniel James
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

In HOURGLASS, Daniel James presents a worldview that is at once dire and hopeful: the afterlife by way of The Expendables. While its apparent pessimism...

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