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Review Policy

General Information

You can send a review request, blog tour, cover reveal, contest / giveaway, or release blitz inquiry to our communications correspondent Christian at bannedbibliophile@gmail.com, and she will get back to you at her earliest convenience.

It is important to note that there are two reviewers that contribute to this blog. As a result, if you would like to request a specific reviewer to read your book, please specify this in your email.

What Do We Review?

This blog is currently run by two reviewers, and each of them have varying preferences when it comes to material they enjoy reading. To give a quick overview of the acronyms used:
Middle Grade --> MG
Young Adult --> YA
Adult Fiction --> AF

Here is a breakdown of preferred genres:

Bailey the Banned Bibliophile:


  • Adventure (YA, AF)
  • Anthologies (YA)
  • Dystopia (YA)
  • Erotica (AF -->M/M)
  • Fair Tales / Myth Retellings (MG, YA, AF)
  • Fantasy (MG, YA, AF)
  • Horror (YA, AF)
  • Manga / Graphic Novels (Any Genre)
  • Paranormal (MG, YA, AF)
  • Realistic / Contemporary (YA)
  • Romance (YA, AF)
  • Suspense / Thriller / Psychological (YA, AF)

Christian the Curious Quill


  • Adventure (YA, AF)
  • Dystopia (YA)
  • Erotica (AF -->M/M)
  • Fairy Tales / Myth Retellings (YA, AF)
  • Fantasy (YA, AF)
  • Horror (YA, AF)
  • Manga / Graphic Novels (Any Genre)
  • Paranormal (YA, AF)
  • Science Fiction (YA, AF)
Overall, both Christian and Bailey prefer to receive a physical copy of the book, either an ARC or finished copy. Digital copies (preferably in PDF format) are also accepted, but it may take longer to have a review completed when a book is in this format.

Audio books are NOT being accepted at this time.

If a book belongs to a series, prior installments may have to be acquired in order to properly understand and review the story. Theses previous installments will also be reviewed.

The Review Process

Each reviewer will make every effort to read and review books in a timely manner and with regard to the release date of the book. However, this is not always possible due to the fact that Bailey and Christian rarely deny a review request (this results in a backlog).

 If there is a certain date that you would like the review to be posted by, it is best if the book is received at least 3 weeks prior. However, it is always possible to work with the publisher or author in order to decide on a date on which the review can be posted by.

 All reviews will be posted on this website and each reviewer's personal Goodreads account.

Book Ratings

All ratings will be out of either five moons or quills.
Rating overview (quarter moons / quills are also possible):
Ratings are based upon the reviewer's personal enjoyment of the book and are not meant to be objective ratings. Each review provides an honest opinion. Therefore, if a reviewer did not enjoy the book, the review will express this. However, such reviews are not meant to be harsh as they are only meant to be constructive and express reasons as to why the reviewer did not personally enjoy the book.

Blog Tours, Cover Reveals, Contests / Giveaways, or Release Blitz

If you would like this site to take part in a blog tour, cover reveal, contest / giveaway, or release blitz, please reach out! Bailey and Christian would be more than happy to help promote a book and release the cover. All you have to do is send an email to bannedbibliophile@gmail.com with any information or images you would like released on this blog.

There is also an Instagram account, Facebook page, and Twitter account associated with this blog that can be used to promote books!

If you have any more questions feel free to send an email to: bannedbibliophile@gmail.com

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