HalKid2

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Jan 19, 2026

Genre Preferences

Women's Fiction, Racial Prejudice, Historical Fiction, Novellas, and Novels

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Amazon, Goodreads, BookBub, Barnes & Noble, Own Blog, Facebook, and Twitter

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, and Hardcover

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

www.tobyasmith.com

Last Post: Jan 21, 2026

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

93 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

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HalKid2

Currently Accepting Review Requests

Last updated: Jan 19, 2026

Preferences & Contact

Genre Preferences

Women's Fiction, Racial Prejudice, Historical Fiction, Novellas, and Novels

Accepts Requests From

Indie Authors, Publicists, Small Publishers, and Big Publishers

Cross Posts Reviews To

Amazon, Goodreads, BookBub, Barnes & Noble, Own Blog, Facebook, and Twitter

Accepts Book Formats

ePub, PDF, Paperback, and Hardcover

Book Blog / Vlog / Bookstagram

www.tobyasmith.com

Last Post: Jan 21, 2026

Compensation Policy

Free Reviews

Social Reach

93 followers

Get In Touch

Review Policy

Contact

ReaderRank

1,538

Books Rated

620

Reviews Written

Oct 8

Last Goodreads Review

3.5

Avg. Rating

158

Readers Helped

Top 1% in books from small presses

Top 1% based on reading volume

Top 1% in readers helped

Trends

Overview

HalKid2 has rated / reviewed 1538 books and over 449k pages with an average rating of 3.5. 2 of these books were rated / reviewed in the last 6 months.

HalKid2 wrote a review for 620 of these books. 158 people have found HalKid2's written reviews to be helpful on Goodreads.

HalKid2 is in the top 1% of reviewers on BookSirens, based on review volume.

Strict vs. Lenient

HalKid2 vs. Goodreads

HalKid2 tends to be a strict reviewer compared to other readers. However, HalKid2 can definitely be impressed because HalKid2 has given 164 five star ratings to date.

Following chart plots the difference between HalKid2's rating and the book's average rating. Green means HalKid2's rating was higher, red means HalKid2's rating was lower.

According to HalKid2:

1914 by Jean Echenoz is highly underrated
American Prince by Tony Curtis is highly overrated
Deep Denial by David Billings is a hidden gem

HalKid2's most popular review is for the book, The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly.

HalKid2 vs. BookSirens

HalKid2's review ratings have a lower average and a smaller spread compared with other book reviewers on BookSirens.

Publishers

Publishers Read

HalKid2 reviews books from top 5 presses, small presses, large presses, and self publishers. In fact, HalKid2 is in the top 1% of reviewers who review books from small presses, based on review volume.

HalKid2 tends to rate books from top 5 presses the highest, on average, with an average rating of 3.5.

Early vs. Late Adopter

Most Read Decades

HalKid2 tends to review books published in the 2010s and 1990s.

Checkout this heatmap based on the publication year of the books HalKid2 has reviewed.

Other Patterns

Book Length Impact

HalKid2 has reviewed books 32 pages to 2k pages long. The book's page length does not seem to impact HalKid2's ratings.

Book Popularity Impact

The book's popularity does not seem to impact HalKid2's ratings.

This profile was built using HalKid2's Goodreads data with HalKid2's permission.