Ratings/Review Policy

Overall Ratings
5 Stars (Excellent)
4 Stars (Good)
3 Stars (Average)
2 Stars (Not so Good)
1 Star (Poor)

Series Ratings
(Average of the Ratings for all the Reviewed Books in the Series)


Violence Ratings
Mild (None or Brief/Not Detailed Fighting)
Moderate (Non-Descriptive Mention of Rape/Abuse/Murder)
Brutal (Graphic Violent Content)

Swearing Ratings
Clean (No Swearing or Archaic Oaths)-Blast/Damn/Hell
Light (Mild/Occasional Profane Content)
Filthy (Copious Profane Content)

Sexual Content Ratings
White (No Sex, Just Kissing)
Pink (Limited Sexual Content)
Red (Copious/Graphic Sexual Content)
Adaption Ratings
(How close the Movie/TV Series/Other Adaption resembles the original)

Verbatim (Very Close to the Original)
Tweaked (Some Creative Liberties Taken)
Veiled (Loosely Based on the Original)
Eye Candy Ratings
Plain (Not much in the way of artsy/picturesque presentation)
Pretty (Some glimpses of artsy/picturesque presentation)
Sultry (Film could have no sound and still be enjoyable)

Review Policy
We are currently accepting books for review, but if that status changes in the future, I will update it here and in that case we would love to consider your book! Feel free to email us with the title and a short description of your book and we will carefully consider whether to accept or decline the review request. We will try to get back to you as soon as possible to let you know if your book has been accepted for review.
  • We write honest, truthful reviews, so please do not contact us with a review request if you are only looking for positive reviews.
  • We reserve the right to not finish and/or not review a book that we accept for review. We will never write a review for a book we have not finished. Typically, we would also not write a review for a book we do not like, but if we do, we will be polite in our criticism.
  • We review books at our own pace, as it is just a product of our family's recreational reading and we don’t have a team of people whose sole purpose is to read and review books.
  • We prefer to read our books in .mobi format, but epub is also acceptable. Please do not send PDF, unless the book is very short.
  • We publish our reviews here on our blog and on Amazon, and we do not receive any compensation therefore (beyond a free copy of the book, in some cases).
  • FTC Disclaimer: In accordance with the new FTC Guidelines for blogging and endorsements, we will specify in all our book reviews, the manner in which we obtained the book to be reviewed. We get our books from a number of sources: purchasing them ourselves, the library, borrowing from a friend and books provided by a publisher or author for free. The manner in which we obtain a book does not in any way influence our reviews or opinions.
Genres of particular interest to us:
  • Contemporary Fiction
  • Historical Fiction
  • Mystery/Thriller
Please send any review requests to us via email at:
Thank you!
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