Melissa

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 15, 2025

Genre Preferences

Children, Young Adult, Adult, Novels, Novellas, 21 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Own Blog

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, and Hardcover

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Night Reader Reviews

Last Post: Sep 22, 2021

Compensation Policy

Free and Paid Reviews

Social Reach

74 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

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Melissa

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 15, 2025

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Children, Young Adult, Adult, Novels, Novellas, 21 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Own Blog

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, and Hardcover

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Night Reader Reviews

Last Post: Sep 22, 2021

Compensation Policy

Free and Paid Reviews

Social Reach

74 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

ReaderRank

543

Books Rated

177

Reviews Written

Mar 18

Last Goodreads Review

3.5

Avg. Rating

Readers Helped

Top 1% in books from large presses

Top 5% in readers helped

Trends

Overview

Melissa has rated / reviewed 543 books and over 168k pages with an average rating of 3.5.

Melissa wrote a review for 177 of these books. 34 people have found Melissa's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

Melissa is in the top 1% of reviewers on BookSirens, based on review volume.

Strict vs. Lenient

Melissa vs. Goodreads

Melissa tends to be a strict reviewer compared to other readers. However, Melissa can definitely be impressed because Melissa has given 158 five star ratings to date.

Following chart plots the difference between Melissa's rating and the book's average rating. Green means Melissa's rating was higher, red means Melissa's rating was lower.

According to Melissa:

The Factory Witches of Lowell by C.S. Malerich is highly underrated
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1 by Hayao Miyazaki is highly overrated
The Sparrow by Denna M. Davis is a hidden gem

Melissa's most popular review is for the book, Timothy Mean and the Time Machine by William A.E. Ford.

Melissa vs. BookSirens

Melissa's review ratings have a lower average and a larger spread compared with other book reviewers on BookSirens.

Publishers

Publishers Read

Melissa reviews books from top 5 presses, large presses, small presses, and self publishers. In fact, Melissa is in the top 1% of reviewers who review books from large presses, based on review volume.

Melissa tends to rate books from large presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 3.7.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

Melissa tends to review books published in the 2010s and 2000s.

Checkout this heatmap based on the publication year of the books Melissa has reviewed.

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

Melissa has reviewed books 32 pages to 1k pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact Melissa's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

The book's popularity does not seem to impact Melissa's ratings.

This profile was built using Melissa's Goodreads data with Melissa's permission.