Darlene

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Mar 22, 2025

Genre Preferences

Middle Grade, Legal Thriller, Young Adult Comedy Fiction, Cozy Murder Mystery, Christian Mystery, 18 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Instagram

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audiobook

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

392 followers

Get In Touch

Darlene

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Mar 22, 2025

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Middle Grade, Legal Thriller, Young Adult Comedy Fiction, Cozy Murder Mystery, Christian Mystery, 18 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Instagram

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audiobook

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

392 followers

Get In Touch

ReaderRank

1,924

Books Rated

354

Reviews Written

Mar 10

Last Goodreads Review

Avg. Rating

6,463

Readers Helped

Top 1% in readers helped

Top 1% in books from top 5 presses

Top 1% based on reading volume

Trends

Overview

Darlene has rated / reviewed 1924 books and over 471k pages with an average rating of 4.0. 16 of these books were rated / reviewed in the last 3 months.

Darlene wrote a review for 354 of these books. 6463 people have found Darlene's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

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

Strict vs. Lenient

Darlene vs. Goodreads

Darlene tends to be a strict reviewer compared to other readers. However, Darlene can definitely be impressed because Darlene has given 786 five star ratings to date.

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

According to Darlene:

Model Home by J. Courtney Sullivan is highly underrated
Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans is highly overrated
Dave Barry on Dads by Dave Barry is a hidden gem

Darlene's most popular review is for the book, The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune.

Darlene vs. BookSirens

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

Publishers

Publishers Read

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

Darlene tends to rate books from large presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 4.2.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

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

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

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

Darlene has reviewed books 31 pages to 2k pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact Darlene's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

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

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