Review Policies

Reviews:
My reviews are solely my own opinion. I often receive ARCs, ebooks, or physical copies of books and often participate in blog tours, where I receive books from the publisher, author, or tour hosts. I will state that if this is the case. These free books in no way influences my opinion and review. I read for enjoyment and don't rate a book highly based strictly on how intellectual it is. If it makes me smile, feel good, touches a part of me, engages me to the point that I don't want to put it down, or causes me to think about it all the time, then I give it a high rating.

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What I like:
My favorite books are clean romance, contemporary fiction, YA, and religious fiction (including Amish, Christian, LDS), with some mysteries, historical fiction, and children's books. I will on rare occasion read some fantasy, middle grade, or self help. The middle grade and fantasy books are usually books I read aloud with my kids, so they take me awhile to get through and I don't read very many each year.

Requesting a Review:
My blog has really grown and it's not possible anymore for me to accept every review request that comes my way, as much as I would like to. I am now scheduling reviews about four months out and will only be able to accept one or two books a month from an author new to me. If I am interested in your book, I will reply back. Please make sure your book is a good fit for my blog before requesting me to review it. If there are mature adult themes, extreme language, graphic violence, or sexual scenes as described below, I will not give it a good review or rating.  I review the books I read honestly and my intention is not to hurt the rating of a book or the credibility of an author just because it's something that is offensive to me. With that in mind, please note that out of respect to authors and publishers, if I am not able to finish a book or give it a 3 or higher rating, I am under no obligation to post a review. If I am unable to review it due to scheduling or if you'd like the publicity sooner, I would be happy to do a spotlight or guest post, if it is clean.


Content:
I try to include a content warning with all of my reviews so that a reader can decide if this book is appropriate for him/her. I understand that everyone has a different idea of what clean is and that's why I include an account of what to expect. I prefer only books with clean content. For me, that means:

• no extreme swearing (especially the "F" word) 
• no sexual scenes, including anything explicit, detailed nudity, groping, graphic French kissing, and graphic foreplay (keep anything more than kissing behind closed doors, please). Kissing is great!
• no descriptive, mature, adult content
• no descriptive or excessive alcohol/drug use
• no extreme violence, abuse, or gore 

Content Ratings:

Romance

• Squeaky Clean--No romance or mild kissing only with very little description. 
• Clean--Romance, but not explicit. Kissing that focusing on feelings and emotions, not physical descriptions.
• Moderately Clean--Romance, but not explicit. Mild/Moderate innuendo, more descriptive kissing, and passionate kissing. Any lovemaking is alluded to with no details.
• Spicy Clean--Romance, but any love making is behind closed doors. A little more detailed and graphic in descriptions of innuendo, kissing, or touching. These are not my favorite, but this is my own personal opinion.

Language

• Mild--a few swear words, such as those old time farmer words (D and H)
• Moderate--a lot of swearing and a variety of words used
• Heavy--extreme swearing, with variety, and offensive

Violence

• Mild--none to very little, not descriptive
• Moderate--more detailed violence, but not graphic
• Heavy--a lot, very graphic and detailed

Religion

• Mild--none to very little preaching, Christian characters, and few religious elements
• Moderate--more focus on religious themes, more religious elements, more preaching
• Heavy--the main focus is religion, a lot of religious references, a lot of praying and scripture recitations