TheBookGourmet

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Oct 12, 2025

Genre Preferences

Historical Romance, Victorian Romance, Medieval Romance, Contemporary Romance, Regency Romance, 13 more

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Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Own Blog, Twitter, and Amazon

Accepts Book Formats

ePub

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The BookGourmet

Last Post: Mar 14, 2022

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

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TheBookGourmet

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Oct 12, 2025

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Historical Romance, Victorian Romance, Medieval Romance, Contemporary Romance, Regency Romance, 13 more

Accepts Requests From

Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Goodreads, Own Blog, Twitter, and Amazon

Accepts Book Formats

ePub

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

The BookGourmet

Last Post: Mar 14, 2022

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

516 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

ReaderRank

2,905

Books Rated

2,190

Reviews Written

Jul 3

Last Goodreads Review

3.2

Avg. Rating

3,453

Readers Helped

Top 1% in books from small presses

Top 1% in readers helped

Top 1% based on reading volume

Trends

Overview

TheBookGourmet has rated / reviewed 2905 books and over 686k pages with an average rating of 3.2. 1 of these books was rated / reviewed in the last 6 months.

TheBookGourmet wrote a review for 2190 of these books. 3453 people have found TheBookGourmet's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

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

Strict vs. Lenient

TheBookGourmet vs. Goodreads

TheBookGourmet tends to be a strict reviewer compared to other readers. However, TheBookGourmet can definitely be impressed because TheBookGourmet has given 467 five star ratings to date.

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

According to TheBookGourmet:

Thrill of the Hunt by Nathalie Gray is highly underrated
Deadly Alliance by Maddie Wade is highly overrated
A Voice in the Dark by Jenna Ryan is a hidden gem

TheBookGourmet's most popular review is for the book, Heat Wave by Richard Castle.

TheBookGourmet vs. BookSirens

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

Publishers

Publishers Read

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

TheBookGourmet tends to rate self published books the highest, on average, with an average rating of 3.5.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

TheBookGourmet tends to review books published in the 2000s and 2010s.

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

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

TheBookGourmet has reviewed books 31 pages to 2k pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact TheBookGourmet's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

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

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