As a romance author, you may want to get editorial reviews for your newest novel. One of the best places to get these reviews is from romance blogs. Here’s a list of the top 20 romance book blogs where you can submit your romance novel to be reviewed.
We compiled 20 of the best romance blogs into one list. All of these sites have solid reputations, wide audiences, and simple guidelines for submitting books for reviews. Take a look to decide which site is right for you!
All About Romance
AAR has been up and running for over 2 decades and has built up an audience of romance lovers from around the world. The site publisher, Dabney Grinnan, is specifically proud of their reputation for having high-quality, unbiased reviews.
All types of romantic subgenres are welcome here! This site reviews 60+ romance books every month.
Red Feather Romance 
With over 100,000 newsletter subscribers, Red Feather Romance can be a great place to gain book reviews and promote your latest romance novel!
Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews
This site provides plenty of support for authors by providing an easy way to submit review requests, unique advertising opportunities, maintaining an active presence on Goodreads, and more.
With a clear-cut rating system and a range of reviews covering YA romance to romantic erotica, authors have overwhelmed this site with requests for book reviews. Although this site is temporarily unable to take on new requests, it should definitely stay on your radar!
Since 2005, this fun and sassy site has exploded in popularity due to its unique sense of humor and engrossing content. New book reviews are posted everyday, and submitting a review request only takes a few minutes.
Urban fantasy novels and all subgenres of romance novels are commonly reviewed by the team of writers on this site, and the site has an average of 16,000 monthly visitors who are always eager for new content.
Authors who want to gain some more online visibility should check out this stylish website. All book reviews are shared on the blog, as well as on Goodreads, Shelfari, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.
Along with writing stellar reviews, this site features author’s websites, author interviews, and a special page for books that achieve the CTRR Award.
This site excels at portraying diversity in romantic fiction, as all protagonists in the novels reviewed here are people of color. The blog is currently backlogged with several review requests, but submissions should open up again soon!
All romance books reviewed here will be shared on this blog, Twitter, Amazon, Facebook, and Goodreads. Romance authors can also take advantage of other free promotional services offered here.
For nearly a decade, The Book Hookup has been reviewing romance, urban fantasy, and paranormal novels. The blog states, “Outside opinions will not influence our reviews and you can always expect a truthful, genuine opinion from our site.” Authors are also welcome to create guest posts on the site, ask for an interview, or take advantage of other promotional services!
Reviews may be posted on multiple sites, including Amazon, iTunes, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads, and BookBub. Authors may also request an author interview and/or a book giveaway when their review is posted.
The review page states that the site abides by the 5 laws of library science, firmly believing that books are to be used and enjoyed, and that every book has the potential to find an audience. Although Stacked Books promotes other genres besides romance, romantic novels remain one of the most popular categories.
Dear Author readers “grade” books they read on a scale from A-F, so if you’re looking for a brutally honest review, this is the place for you! The site also features a list of their top 100 romance novels, a list of recommended books, a section for author interviews, and more.
As a strictly romance book blog, reviewers welcome all types of romantic subgenres. However, authors should note that if the reviewer is unable to honestly give a book 3.5 stars or more, a promo post will be created instead of a review.
Run by a professional librarian and book reviewer, authors can expect excellent reviews for their books when choosing this blog.. Authors are also welcome to create guest posts, host book giveaways, or ask to have their book advertised on the site.
This sweet book review blog is dedicated to positivity, so therefore no negative reviews are ever posted. The reviewers love romance, but since they’re avid readers, they also review other genres including horror, science fiction, mystery, and paranormal.
This site may only have one reviewer, Aestas, but the amount of work that goes into the site is incredible. All reviews posted on the blog are about books that Aestas genuinely enjoyed, and authors can be reassured knowing that no review request is ever ignored.
Along with book reviews, the site also runs a podcast where authors can request to have their book promoted during a show. Giveaways and other contests are hosted on this site as well!