Nocturnal Book Reviews

If you want to contact me for a book review, a guest post, a giveaway or any other issues, email me at
You can also find me on Goodreads, Amazon UK and Twitter.

Review Policy

 I would be very happy to review any book from my Goodreads TBR , but I'm open to suggestions for similar books.

 Genres I read (both in YA and adult fiction):

urban fantasy (light like Darynda Jones and dark like Ilona Andrews, Lilith Saintcrow, J.A.Saare, Lyn Benedict, Dakota Banks, Seanan McGuire, etc.)
mix of urban fantasy with paranormal romance (example: D.B.Reynolds, Lynn Viehl, Karen Marie Moning). Unfortunately straight paranormal romance is not to my taste and I'm more likely to refuse your request than give you a negative review.
historical paranormal fiction/new Gothic novels/historical fiction (example: Firelight by Kristen Callihan, Ironskin by Tina Connolly, Incarnation by Emma Cornwall, The Emperor's Conspiracy by Michelle Deiner)
steampunk (some of my favorite books in 2012 were Tarnished by Karina Cooper, Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster and Phoenix Rising by Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris)
post-apocalyptic fiction and dystopians (example: Newsflesh trilogy by Mira Grant, Slated by Teri Terry, Angelfall by Susan Ee, The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa)
sci-fi and fantasy (not very much, mostly space operas or something outside the frames established by the genre. For example I loved Meilin Miranda and Jaqueline Carey, G.J.Koch and Heidi Ruby Miller).
conspiracy thrillers/satire/time travel/spies/assassins/contemporary fiction/erotica only from time to time (example: John Twelve Hawks, Max Barry, Diana Gabaldon, Ally Carter, Sarah J. Maas, Tammara Webber, Tiffany Reisz)

Please don't send me poems, novellas, novelettes, short stories, anthologies, anything about cowboys and highlanders.

I am very picky with Christian fiction, not averse to it, but so far I've liked only couple of authors. I like noir, mixed genres, black humour, different settings in novels - especially Eastern European and Asian.

Look at my highest and lowest ratings for reviews and it might give you a general idea of where my tastes lean to.

Sending a review request

 Please include:
- synopsis and good resolution cover;
- link to Goodreads and/or Amazon UK;
- release date if it's not out yet;
- genre;
- 1-2 chapters of the story if it's not available as a sample on Amazon UK yet;
- DO NOT send me your whole book before I accept your request, please.

If you glanced at my blog you would have noticed that I don't do negative reviews unless it's an author I've known and read for a long time and feel somewhat disappointed otherwise I DNF books I don't like.

So, chances are, if I DNF your book I'll mention this on my Sunday post and won't rate it on Goodreads. I'll assume you agree with this condition when you send me your request.

I will only accept few requests on a first come first served basis each month only because I still have to read books I buy or borrow from the library as well ;)

The waiting time for review is usually a month/month and a half.

If I DNF your book or refuse a review I'm still more than happy to promote your book with a guest post and/or giveaway, or recommend you a blogger who I think would be interested in your book. Please don't hesitate to ask for help!

At last, I'm an equal opportunity reviewer and accept self-published authors just the same as the rest of the authors.

Thank you!


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