Review Policies/Contact

Rating System:

All reviews end with a number of stars out of five.  Here’s what these approximately mean:

1 out of 5 stars–This is insanely, infinitely bad.  Save yourself and stay away from it!

2 out of 5 stars–meh

3 out of 5 stars–Average.  I didn’t hate it and didn’t love it.  You might love it or hate it. Use your own discretion.

4 out of 5 stars–I really liked this a lot.

5 out of 5 stars–ZOMG I LOVED THIS!

Review Requests:

I am closed to review requests at this time!  Out of fairness to those copies I’ve already accepted, I will be closed to all new review requests until I’ve caught up.  Since I’m not sure how long that will be, I will definitely announce it when I am again open to requests.  Thank you for your interest, and I hope we’ll be able to work together shortly.

I  accept ARC and non-ARC, print and ebook from authors/publishers for review.  I am a big advocate of non-traditional publishing.

Genres I prefer:

• Horror
• Scifi (especially dystopian)
• Post-apocalyptic
• Anything with zombies
• Paranormal romance
• Urban fantasy
• Detective/film noir
• Thrillers (but not political thrillers)
• Historical fiction with a focus on women’s history
• Memoirs, especially those focusing on abuse or mental illness
• GLBTQ
• Nonfiction focusing on health, vegetarianism/veganism, science for the layman

Genres I will always say no to:

• Christian/religious/inspirational fiction
• Religious nonfiction
• Chick lit
• Women’s lit
• Self-help
• Parenting
• Fantasy (except urban fantasy)
• YA
• Children’s literature (fiction and nonfiction)
• Anything homophobic
• Political thrillers

If you feel your book might be a good match for me, please email me at

opinionsofawolf[at]gmail[dot]com

I recommend that you check out my article How to Successfully and Respectfully Pitch Your Book to Book Bloggers before contacting me.

Please note, my current turn-around time is around 1 to 2 months for ebooks and 5 to 6 months for print books, unless I have committed to a specific date for a book tour.  All of my reviews of review copies are cross-posted to GoodReads, LibraryThing, and Amazon, although the Amazon posts come in spurts as I have the spare time to do them.

Further note, please understand that my readers have come to trust me for my honest reviews.  If you don’t want to risk getting a 1 or 2 star review, don’t send to me, as I’m not afraid of giving them where I feel they are warranted.  For examples of 1 star reviews, see here, here, and here.  For examples of 2 star reviews, see here, here, and here.

Conversely, if I love a book, I will promote it like crazy both to spread a good story to others and to support the author. 

Thank you for your interest!