Mel

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Mar 31, 2026

Genre Preferences

Happily Ever After, Enemies To Lovers, Reverse Harem Romance, F F Romance, LGBT, 9 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Own Blog, and Instagram

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audiobook

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

518 followers

Get In Touch

Mel

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Mar 31, 2026

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Happily Ever After, Enemies To Lovers, Reverse Harem Romance, F F Romance, LGBT, 9 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Own Blog, and Instagram

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audiobook

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

518 followers

Get In Touch

ReaderRank

618

Books Rated

241

Reviews Written

Jan 1

Last Goodreads Review

3.6

Avg. Rating

298

Readers Helped

Top 1% in readers helped

Top 1% in books from small presses

Trends

Overview

Mel has rated / reviewed 618 books and over 153k pages with an average rating of 3.6. 1 of these books was rated / reviewed in the last 3 months.

Mel wrote a review for 241 of these books. 298 people have found Mel's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

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

Strict vs. Lenient

Mel vs. Goodreads

Mel tends to be a strict reviewer compared to other readers. However, Mel can definitely be impressed because Mel has given 179 five star ratings to date.

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

According to Mel:

Take All the Time You Need by Cate Summers is highly underrated
Barnaby Stump and the Soul Thief by Ezra Snukal is highly overrated
Dancing with Your Dark Horse by Chris Irwin is a hidden gem

Mel's most popular review is for the book, The Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent.

Mel vs. BookSirens

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

Publishers

Publishers Read

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

Mel tends to rate books from large presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 4.3.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

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

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

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

Mel has reviewed books 37 pages to 1k pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact Mel's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

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

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