CrossroadReviews

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 16, 2025

Genre Preferences

Children, New Adult, Young Adult, Adult, Middle Grade, 1 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, Own Blog, and Instagram

Accepts Book Formats

Paperback, Hardcover, and ePub

Compensation Policy

Free and Paid Reviews

Social Reach

12,326 followers

Get In Touch

CrossroadReviews

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 16, 2025

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Children, New Adult, Young Adult, Adult, Middle Grade, 1 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, Own Blog, and Instagram

Accepts Book Formats

Paperback, Hardcover, and ePub

Compensation Policy

Free and Paid Reviews

Social Reach

12,326 followers

Get In Touch

ReaderRank

760

Books Rated

693

Reviews Written

Aug 5

Last Goodreads Review

3.6

Avg. Rating

228

Readers Helped

Top 1% based on reading volume

Top 1% in books from large presses

Top 1% in readers helped

Trends

Overview

CrossroadReviews has rated / reviewed 760 books and over 206k pages with an average rating of 3.6. 1 of these books was rated / reviewed in the last 3 months.

CrossroadReviews wrote a review for 693 of these books. 228 people have found CrossroadReviews's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

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

Strict vs. Lenient

CrossroadReviews vs. Goodreads

CrossroadReviews tends to be a strict reviewer compared to other readers. However, CrossroadReviews can definitely be impressed because CrossroadReviews has given 259 five star ratings to date.

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

According to CrossroadReviews:

The Bookweaver's Daughter by Malavika Kannan is highly underrated
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is highly overrated
Becoming Me by Andrea Pippins is a hidden gem

CrossroadReviews's most popular review is for the book, The Thing with Feathers by McCall Hoyle.

CrossroadReviews vs. BookSirens

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

Publishers

Publishers Read

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

CrossroadReviews tends to rate books from small presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 3.8.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Review Timing

CrossroadReviews has posted 185 reviews within one week of a book's release date. This makes CrossroadReviews a reliable choice for authors who want to create buzz around their book launch.

CrossroadReviews tends to rate a book highest, on average, when the review is 1 - 4 wks after the book's publication date.

Most Read Decades

CrossroadReviews tends to review books published in the 2010s and 2020s.

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

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

CrossroadReviews has reviewed books 32 pages to 700 pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact CrossroadReviews's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

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

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