Dear Authors & Publishers,

Thank you for taking the time to read this blog!  Nerdhuffing is currently taking review requests, however our shelves are quite full!  Please take note of our preferred genres before sending your request.  If you would like to be featured, and you are an indie or small pub author, we have something extra special for you: please check out Indie Author Excerpts.

Where Are My Reviews Posted?

We post our reviews here at Nerdhuffing, Goodreads, & Amazon.  Books are also cross-posted across social media sites, so reviews will reach a wider audience.
A review of your book is not guaranteed; if we are unable to finish it for any reason, we will not post a review of the entire book.  However, we will post why we didn’t finish it on Goodreads (and we may post a DNF blog post here).

To get a better understanding of how we might rate your book, please visit our Rating System Explained page.

Genres We Review

Some of us are very selective in what we like to read (Jennifer)…  You won’t often find many low-rated books on Nerdhuffing for this reason.  Below is a list of genres we typically enjoy, especially if they are mixed.  For instance, Jennifer really liked the Starfire Angels series by Melanie Nilles, which is a Young Adult, Science-Fiction/Fantasy blend.  On the other hand, she wouldn’t read Science-Fiction just by itself (usually….but sometimes she will, although she tends to seek them out and not the other way around).

• Young Adult
• Paranormal Fiction
• Urban Fantasy
• Dystopian/Speculative Fiction
• Fantasy
• Dark Fantasy
• Science-Fiction/Fantasy
• Modern/Southern Gothic
• Historical Romance
• Romance
• Thriller
• Mystery

Our Reviews Include

• Book Cover
• Synopsis (provided by Goodreads, Amazon or publisher)
• My review
• My rating 1-5 stars
• A quote from the book
• Publishing information
• Purchasing links
• How the book was obtained

Amanda and Jennifer own various ereaders and tablets, so we are able to accept ebooks for review, however we accept bound ARCs and galleys as well.  If you’d like to have us review your novel and participate in a future giveaway, please contact Jennifer via email for information on how to do so (email below).  We are also available for book tours, giveaways and author interviews and guest spots.

When Requesting A Review

Please send an email with the following details:

• Author name
• Book title
• Series # (if applicable)*
• Genre
• Synopsis
• Links to amazon and goodreads reviews (if applicable)
• Publish date
• Website/blog/social networking links

*Please note that if your book is far along in the series, we may not be able to read and/or review it.  This is a time issue and nothing else.

Negative Reviews

We don’t like doing negative reviews (who does?), but if we read a book that we feel warrants a negative review from us, we will write it.  Please keep in mind that our reviews are entirely subjective* and we blog for other readers, so we can connect and discuss books.  This doesn’t mean that your book was bad; it just means we didn’t enjoy it.  Please remember that we have the right to our own opinions (and sometimes, we don’t even agree with each other!). Also, we hand out quite a few 3′s….3′s are GOOD BOOKS.**
We do not write full reviews of books we Did Not Finish (DNF), unless we feel we have enough material (generally, but not always, having read 50% or more of the book) to write why we did not finish it.  We will then only review the portion we have read.  As of 8/1/2012, we have not yet had to do this.

If you have questions, please send an email.

Thank you!