Velvet

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Jun 8, 2023

Genre Preferences

Contemporary Mystery, Contemporary Thriller, Novels, Novellas, Satire, 6 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Amazon and Goodreads

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, Paperback, Hardcover, PDF, and Audiobook

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

441 followers

Get In Touch

Velvet

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Jun 8, 2023

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Contemporary Mystery, Contemporary Thriller, Novels, Novellas, Satire, 6 more

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Amazon and Goodreads

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, Paperback, Hardcover, PDF, and Audiobook

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

441 followers

Get In Touch

ReaderRank

305

Books Rated

Reviews Written

May 10

Last Goodreads Review

4.4

Avg. Rating

915

Readers Helped

Top 1% in Politics

Top 1% in Classics

Top 1% in Psychological

Top 1% in Middle Grade

Top 1% based on reading volume

Trends

Overview

Velvet has rated / reviewed 305 books and over 95k pages with an average rating of 4.4.

Velvet wrote a review for 82 of these books. 915 people have found Velvet's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

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

Strict vs. Lenient

Velvet vs. Goodreads

Velvet tends to be a lenient reviewer compared to other readers. However, Velvet can also be strict because Velvet has given 1 one star rating to date.

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

According to Velvet:

How to Be Good by Nick Hornby is highly underrated
Nuremberg 2035 by Michael Lechtman is highly overrated
Exercises for Kessler and McDonald's When Words Collide by Duncan McDonald is a hidden gem

Velvet's most popular review is for the book, The Testaments by Margaret Atwood.

Velvet vs. BookSirens

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

Publishers

Publishers Read

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

Velvet tends to rate books from large presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 4.7.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Review Timing

Velvet has posted 11 reviews within one week of a book's release date. This makes Velvet a reliable choice for authors who want to create buzz around their book launch.

Most Read Decades

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

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

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

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

Book Popularity Impact

Velvet's ratings seem to increase with the book's overall popularity, with more popular books receiving higher ratings, on average.

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