ABOUT REVIEWS

Neon Book Reviews offers honest and critical analyses of fiction works. If we cannot give a positive review, then we share our critiques in private with the author in question.

Books are read in ebook format. Industry standard EPUB is preferred, but some reviewers will accept Kindle MOBI.

The best way to start the review process is to get a FREE ebook edition to the selected reviewer.

Reviewers have different reading tastes, from writing styles to genres. That means we will need specific information about each book in order to determine if one of our readers is interested. Below is a sample checklist of what is needed to create a review page plus explanations of writing construction.

REVIEW CHECKLIST

TITLE:
SERIES [i/a]:
AUTHOR:
GENRE [be specific]:
RATING [choose one]: G (all) • Teen • Adult
PAGES IN PRINT [i/a]:
WORD COUNT:
WRITING STYLE [choose one]: Third Person • First Person • Mainstream
PUBLISHER [i/a]:
WEBSITE [i/a]:

Retail ebook links:
AMAZON KINDLE [i/a]:
APPLE BOOKS [i/a]:
BARNES & NOBLE [i/a]:
KOBO BOOKS [i/a]:
SMASHWORDS [i/a]:

BOOK COVER: As a general rule, we can grab usuable book covers from either Amazon or Barnes & Noble. If neither is available, include a website link where we can get a standard "jpg" cover of at least 400x600 pixels.

[i/a = if applicable]

THIRD PERSON is the literary fiction standard in third person construction. Also known as "third person deep limited," this writing style offers the best canvas for creating complex novels with chapters and multiple characters. POV (point-of-view or viewpoint) is restricted to one character per scene. The entire story is told in simple past tense (ran, saw, told) using third person (no switching to first person).

FIRST PERSON is a recognized literary format that tells the entire story in simple past tense from the viewpoint (POV) of one character. POV cannot be switched to another character. This is sometimes referred to as "Strict First Person."

MAINSTREAM, also known as mainstream experimental, is the term used to describe unstructured, non-literary writing construction. With mainstream, writers observe no rules with respect to viewpoint, tense, or person. Mainstream allows books to have sections which are written in first person, to switch persons in first person, to switch back and forth from first to third person, to switch POV between multiple characters in a scene (i.e. head-hopping), and to switch from past tense to present tense. Mainstream is often referred to as "pulp fiction."

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