Melissa

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Jun 6, 2025

Genre Preferences

Suspense Romance, Romance, Erotic Horror, Erotic Romance, Dark Romance, 1 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Instagram, Own Blog, Amazon, and BookBub

Accepts Book Formats

ePub and Audiobook

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

1,024 followers

Get In Touch

Melissa

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Jun 6, 2025

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Suspense Romance, Romance, Erotic Horror, Erotic Romance, Dark Romance, 1 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Instagram, Own Blog, Amazon, and BookBub

Accepts Book Formats

ePub and Audiobook

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

1,024 followers

Get In Touch

ReaderRank

646

Books Rated

207

Reviews Written

Feb 4

Last Goodreads Review

3.4

Avg. Rating

Readers Helped

Top 1% based on reading volume

Top 1% in books from small presses

Top 5% in readers helped

Trends

Overview

Melissa has rated / reviewed 646 books and over 162k pages with an average rating of 3.4. 1 of these books was rated / reviewed in the last 6 months.

Melissa wrote a review for 207 of these books. 65 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 57 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:

Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke is highly underrated
On Dublin Street by Samantha Young is highly overrated
Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte is a hidden gem

Melissa's most popular review is for the book, Little Pieces of Me by Alison Hammer.

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

Melissa tends to rate books from large presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 3.9.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

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

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 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.