Review Policy

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REVIEW STATUS: I am currently closed for new requests, and am working on clearing my backlog.

Welcome!

Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to read through my review policy!
I’m always happy to review your book for you and grateful you would consider my humble little blog ❤

If you would like to request for a review, you can email me at cozywithbookswp@gmail.com or just click → HERE! ←

I work full-time as an accountant. If I do not respond to your email in a timely fashion (2-3+ weeks), please accept this as a polite decline. I may be busy and may not have reached your email on time. In that case, I’m afraid it would mean that the turnaround for your review to be posted would take a long time anyway, and I wouldn’t want you to wait that long! Please accept my apologies for missing your message and thank you for your understanding.

Reviews get posted to this blog first, then Goodreads, NetGalley (if applicable), and then shared to social media: Twitter & Instagram and occasionally some other SM platforms as well (Facebook, Tumblr, etc.).

What I Offer:

• Book Reviews
• Blog Tours
• Excerpts Posts

• Spotlight Posts
• Author Q&As/Interviews
• Beta Reads (See minor notes below)

Accepting

• Traditional Publishing
• Small press, Self Pubs, & Indies (Preferred)
• Physicals (Preferred) – I do prefer hard copies, but I understand that it can be quite a bit more expensive, so I also accept:
• eBooks (must be Kindle compatible)

Genres

I read and review a wide arrange of books on this blog, but when it comes to requests, I am currently only accepting the below:

• Fiction & Adult books:
  • Police Procedurals
  • Legal Thrillers
  • Forensic Thrillers
  • Mystery Thrillers
  • Science Fiction (in subgenres: space opera, sci-fi military thrillers, dystopian, [post]/apocalypse, cyberpunk)
  • Military Fiction/Thrillers
  • Action
  • Fantasy (Epic, High, Urban)

Star Rating

My ratings are based on my opinions and can be subjective and/or objective. I no longer provide star ratings on my blog but I do still put them up on external sites such as Goodreads, NetGalley, and Amazon. I also kept the star ratings up for some my older reviews. For those external sites and my older posts, here’s the star gauge I go by:

𝟝 – Absolutely loved it. Shoving it down everyone’s throats. Book hangover. I’m probably buzzing.
𝟜 – Really enjoyed the book. Post-book buzzes. Positively vibrating with joy.
𝟛 – Liked some parts, and disliked some, but overall a pretty darn good book.
𝟚 & 𝟙 – The lines between 2 & 1 get a bit blurred. I didn’t really enjoy the book or it had a lot of things that didn’t sit right with me. I rarely give these out because if I dislike a book that much, I usually find it hard to finish the book, in which case I would default to the below rating:

𝔻ℕ𝔽 – I do not review/rate books if I DNF them.

Disclaimers and Misc. Notes:

Gift Copies:

Some of the books that I review are gift copies. These could be ARC copies, review copies, gifts from family and friends, giveaway copies, or copies from authors/publishers. Regardless of the source, all opinions are my own and should not be used to reflect on those that provided me with the copies. As well, just because a copy was gifted to me does not mean that I will automatically give it a good or stellar review. All books that I review are held to the same standard and reviewed fairly and honestly.

Photos and Book Covers:

Nearly all of the book covers are from either the books’ Goodreads page (primarily), Amazon page (secondary), or occasionally another source such as NetGalley, a Kickstarter page, and other websites. I generally provide links to these pages. Any actual photos are my own pictures either directly on this site or taken from Cozy with Books’ IG page. 

Beta/Alpha Reads:

I do occasionally do beta/alpha reads, but only for mystery thrillers (the genre I’m most familiar with). Please note, that I’m still fairly new to this but if you would like me to take a look at your MS, feel free to drop me a message the same way you’d request a book review! I’d be happy to help whether it’s a partial, chapter-by-chapter, full script, blurb or cover.

This is a hobby blog:

I do this for free and do not charge for requests or beta/alpha reads!

DNF’ing a book:

Acceptance of a book does not guarantee a review will be posted on time or at all. I always do my best to get all reviews up to the best of my ability, but there is no guarantee. If I am ever late to the expected posting date that I’ve provided you or have an issue that causes me not to post (i.e. a low rating), I will contact you first.

Last Edited: 06 May 2023 (Edit Notes: I did not realize an entire block of “disclaimer” notes completely disappeared off my blog! This was fixed in the latest edit)