About a year ago, I started reviewing fairytale retellings on Instagram. It’s been a lot of fun, and I’ve had the opportunity to read some perfectly wonderful books. (You can check them out here: Instagram.com/OneLastPetal.books) Because social media is so fleeting, I’ve decided to start sharing these reviews here on my blog as well. To that end, I figured I should clarify my rating system.
Overall Ratings
Five ๐น๐น๐น๐น๐น – Absolutely loved this book! I want more, and I’ll definitely be reading more by this author.
Four ๐น๐น๐น๐น – I enjoyed this book a lot, but it didn’t make my heart sing. I’ll probably read more by this author.
Three ๐น๐น๐น – I liked the story, but there is something particular I didn’t enjoy.
(If a book is lower than three roses, I won’t post a public review.)
Content Ratings
I’ve adopted this system from the Clean Fantasy Romance group on Facebook. (https://www.facebook.com/groups/cleanfantasyromance)
๐คญ will be the symbol for swears
๐ฆ will be for sexual content
โ๏ธ will be for violence
0-3 Is all still considered clean. Think of this like movie ratings. You have G, PG, PG-13.
Swearing:
0 – No foul language at all. (Made up insults/swears are acceptable)
1๐คญ – One “damn” in the entire story
2๐คญ๐คญ – A few curses
3๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ – Mild cursing throughout
Intimacy:
0 – No kissing or innuendos
1๐ฆ – Chaste kissing
2๐ฆ๐ฆ – Making out/passionate kissing (references to any body parts are vague)
3๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ – Keeping it above the sheets/fade to black scenes (still no graphic references to certain body parts)
Action:
0 – No fighting at all
1โ๏ธ – No blood
2โ๏ธโ๏ธ – Mild blood during fight scenes
3โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ – Heavy action with blood during battle/fight scenes (gore is mild if included at all)
Hopefully this will help me be more clear in my reviews so you can decide if a book is one you’d enjoy reading!