Courtney

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 22, 2025

Genre Preferences

Historical, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Novels, Novellas, 4 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, BookBub, Barnes & Noble, Own Blog, Amazon, Apple Books, Twitter, and Instagram

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, and Hardcover

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Pens Pages & Pulses

Last Post: Sep 5, 2025

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

287 followers

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Courtney

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Sep 22, 2025

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Historical, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Novels, Novellas, 4 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, BookBub, Barnes & Noble, Own Blog, Amazon, Apple Books, Twitter, and Instagram

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, and Hardcover

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

Pens Pages & Pulses

Last Post: Sep 5, 2025

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

287 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

ReaderRank

459

Books Rated

181

Reviews Written

Aug 1

Last Goodreads Review

4.1

Avg. Rating

969

Readers Helped

Top 1% in readers helped

Top 1% in books from large presses

Top 1% based on reading volume

Trends

Overview

Courtney has rated / reviewed 459 books and over 103k pages with an average rating of 4.1. 6 of these books were rated / reviewed in the last 3 months.

Courtney wrote a review for 181 of these books. 969 people have found Courtney's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

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

Strict vs. Lenient

Courtney vs. Goodreads

Courtney tends to be a strict reviewer compared to other readers. However, Courtney can definitely be impressed because Courtney has given 181 five star ratings to date.

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

According to Courtney:

Ever by Gail Carson Levine is highly underrated
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is highly overrated
Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen is a hidden gem

Courtney's most popular review is for the book, The Otherworld by Abbie Emmons.

Courtney vs. BookSirens

Interestingly, Courtney's review ratings have a higher average and a smaller spread compared with other book reviewers on BookSirens.

Publishers

Publishers Read

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

Courtney tends to rate books from small presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 4.4.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

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

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

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

Courtney has reviewed books 32 pages to 1k pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact Courtney's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

Courtney's ratings seem to decrease with the book's overall popularity, with more popular books receiving lower ratings, on average. However, this may be a fluke since our sample size is small.

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