Caressa

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Jan 2, 2026

Genre Preferences

Retellings, Children, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Middle Grade, 8 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Own Blog and Goodreads

Accepts Book Formats

Paperback and Hardcover

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Positively Bookish ('11-'12)

Last Post: Jul 18, 2010

A Novel Topic (2019)

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

204 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

Caressa

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Jan 2, 2026

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Retellings, Children, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Middle Grade, 8 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Own Blog and Goodreads

Accepts Book Formats

Paperback and Hardcover

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Positively Bookish ('11-'12)

Last Post: Jul 18, 2010

A Novel Topic (2019)

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

204 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

ReaderRank

280

Books Rated

Reviews Written

Nov 21

Last Goodreads Review

3.9

Avg. Rating

Readers Helped

Top 1% in books from large presses

Top 10% in readers helped

Trends

Overview

Caressa has rated / reviewed 280 books and over 84k pages with an average rating of 3.9. 1 of these books was rated / reviewed in the last 3 months.

Caressa wrote a review for 89 of these books. 37 people have found Caressa's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

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

Strict vs. Lenient

Caressa vs. Goodreads

Caressa tends to be a strict reviewer compared to other readers. However, Caressa can definitely be impressed because Caressa has given 101 five star ratings to date.

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

According to Caressa:

William Howard Taft by Donald F. Anderson is highly underrated
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is highly overrated
William Howard Taft by Donald F. Anderson is a hidden gem

Caressa's most popular review is for the book, My Father's Words by Patricia MacLachlan.

Caressa vs. BookSirens

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

Publishers

Publishers Read

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

Caressa tends to rate books from large presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 4.0.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

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

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

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

Caressa has reviewed books 40 pages to 1k pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact Caressa's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

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

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