Melissa

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 23, 2025

Genre Preferences

Contemporary, New Adult, Young Adult Fantasy, Novels, Romance, 10 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

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

Accepts Book Formats

Paperback, Hardcover, and Audiobook

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

My Chaotic Ramblings

Last Post: Jun 28, 2024

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

13,735 followers

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Melissa

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 23, 2025

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Contemporary, New Adult, Young Adult Fantasy, Novels, Romance, 10 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

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

Accepts Book Formats

Paperback, Hardcover, and Audiobook

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

My Chaotic Ramblings

Last Post: Jun 28, 2024

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

13,735 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

ReaderRank

1,170

Books Rated

351

Reviews Written

Sep 10

Last Goodreads Review

Avg. Rating

101

Readers Helped

Top 1% based on reading volume

Top 1% in readers helped

Top 5% in self published books

Trends

Overview

Melissa has rated / reviewed 1170 books and over 313k pages with an average rating of 4.0. 20 of these books were rated / reviewed in the last 3 months.

Melissa wrote a review for 351 of these books. 101 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 lenient reviewer compared to other readers. However, Melissa can also be strict because Melissa has given 60 one 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:

Pulse by Brooke Jaxsen is highly underrated
Primo DeLuca by Keta Kendric is highly overrated
The Killing Dance by Laurell K. Hamilton is a hidden gem

Melissa's most popular review is for the book, Top Ten Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress by Tina Ferraro.

Melissa vs. BookSirens

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

Melissa tends to rate books from top 5 presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 4.2.

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 31 pages to 2k 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.