Terms of Use

1. Who can use the site

The site reviews romance and fantasy books, and many reviews discuss sex, violence and other mature themes. Reviews tagged NSFW, the Your Kink, Your Kindle pages and the Common Room’s After Dark board are for adults only. By entering those sections you confirm that you are at least 18 and allowed to view adult content where you live.

The Common Room is open to members aged 13 and older. If you are under 18, you need a parent’s or guardian’s permission to join, and you can use only the all-ages boards. The site is not meant for children under 13.

The age you give us must be true. Accounts that lie about age will be closed.

2. Our content and how you can use it

The reviews, lists, rants, guides, page designs, photos, logos and other original material on the site belong to Cece Rants Raves & Reviews LLC or to Cece and are protected by copyright and trademark law. “Cece Rants” and the rose crest are our marks.

You are welcome to read, share links to, and quote short passages from our content, as long as you credit Cece Rants and link back to the page. Please do not republish whole reviews or pages, sell our content, use our name or logo in a way that suggests we endorse you, or present our work as your own, without written permission.

Book covers, quotes from books and other material we discuss belong to their authors, publishers and other owners. We use them for commentary and review.

3. Reviews are opinions

Reviews, star ratings, recommendations and theories are Cece’s personal, honest opinions. They may contain spoilers (we try to warn you), strong language and jokes. Fan theories are guesses, not facts about any book or author. Nothing on the site is professional, legal, medical or financial advice.

When a book was given to Cece for free, the review says so. As our Review Policy explains, a free copy gets an honest opinion and nothing else: we do not accept payment for reviews or promise any rating.

4. Affiliate links and the shop

As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. “Buy on Amazon” buttons, the Book Shop, Reading Essentials and Shopping Thoughts pages link to Amazon with our affiliate tag. If you buy something after clicking, Amazon may pay us a small commission. The price you pay is the same.

We do not sell anything ourselves. Every purchase, including price, shipping, returns and product safety, is between you and Amazon (or the seller on Amazon) under their terms. We do not show prices because they change; check the current price on Amazon. Product picks are Cece’s opinions, and we are not responsible for products made or sold by others.

5. Common Room accounts

• One account per person. Give a real email address and your true date of birth.
• Your nickname is public. Do not use a nickname that impersonates someone else (including Cece), is offensive, or contains someone’s personal information.
• Keep your password to yourself. You are responsible for what happens under your account; tell us right away if you think someone else got in.
• You can close your account at any time from your account page. See the Privacy Policy for what happens to your posts.

6. Your posts and comments

You keep ownership of what you post in the Common Room or in comments (“your content”). By posting, you give Cece Rants Raves & Reviews LLC a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, display, reproduce, format and distribute your content on the site and in its feeds, newsletters and search listings, and to quote it, with your nickname, when we share or feature community posts. This license lets us run the site; it ends when your content is removed from the site, except for copies already shared, kept in backups for a limited time, or needed for legal reasons.

You promise that you have the right to post your content, that it is not confidential to someone else, and that it follows these terms, the house rules and the law. You are responsible for your content. We do not endorse what members post, and posts are the views of the people who wrote them.

If you send us feedback or ideas about the site, we may use them without owing you anything.

7. What is not allowed

Besides the house rules, do not use the site to:

• harass, threaten, bully, dox or hate on anyone, including authors;
• post sexual content involving anyone under 18, real or fictional, or any sexual content outside the After Dark board;
• share pirated books, links to pirated copies, or anything else that infringes someone’s rights;
• post spam, scams, malware, or advertising nobody asked for;
• pretend to be someone else, or post someone’s private information;
• post anything illegal, or encourage someone to break the law;
• get around a ban, an age limit or other access controls, or create accounts with bots;
• break, overload or probe the site’s security, or scrape it in a way that slows it down for other readers.

8. Moderation

Cece and the moderators may review, edit for formatting, hide, move, lock or remove any post or comment, and may suspend or close any account, at any time and at their discretion, especially for breaking these terms or the house rules. We are not required to watch everything posted, and we are not responsible for what members post. If you see something that breaks the rules, use the Report button or email us.

9. Book, ARC and beta reading submissions

Sending a book request, an advance reader copy (ARC) or a manuscript does not oblige Cece to read, review, reply or meet a date. When she does review an ARC, the Review Policy applies. Beta reading is arranged directly with Cece, and anything agreed for it in writing applies alongside these terms; beta feedback is private.

We keep manuscripts and unpublished material confidential and do not share them. You keep all rights to your work. Please only send material you have the right to share.

10. Copyright complaints

We respect creators’ rights; it is a book site, after all. If you believe something on the site infringes your copyright, send a notice to our designated agent with:

1. your physical or electronic signature;
2. a description of the copyrighted work;
3. the address (URL) of the material you want removed;
4. your name, address, phone number and email;
5. a statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorized by the owner, its agent or the law; and
6. a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act for the owner.

Copyright agent: Entity Protect Registered Agent Services LLC, for Cece Rants Raves & Reviews LLC
Mailing address: 401 Broadway Ste 100, Tacoma, WA 98402-3900
Phone: (971) 225-0183
Email: cecerants@gmail.com

If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake, you can send a counter-notice with the details the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act requires. We close the accounts of repeat infringers.

11. Other sites and services

The site links to and shows content from other services, such as Amazon, Goodreads, Instagram, Giphy and WordPress.com. Their terms and privacy policies apply to them, and we are not responsible for their content, products or practices.

12. Disclaimers

The site and everything on it are provided “as is” and “as available.” To the fullest extent the law allows, we make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy and non-infringement. We do not promise that the site will always be available, error-free or secure, or that information on it (such as series orders, release dates or availability) is complete or current.

13. Limits on liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, Cece Rants Raves & Reviews LLC, Cece, and the people who help run the site will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data or goodwill, arising from your use of the site, content posted by others, or products you buy through links on the site. Our total liability for any claim about the site is limited to fifty U.S. dollars (US $50). Some places do not allow these limits, so they may not all apply to you; nothing here limits liability that the law does not allow us to limit.

14. Your responsibility to us

If someone makes a claim against us because of content you posted or your breaking these terms or the law, you agree to cover our reasonable costs, including lawyers’ fees, to the extent the law allows.

15. Disputes and governing law

If you have a problem with the site, please email us first; most things can be fixed with a conversation. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Washington and applicable U.S. federal law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute that cannot be settled informally will be handled by the state or federal courts located in Washington, and you and we agree to their jurisdiction, except that either of us may bring a claim in small claims court where it qualifies. If you live in the EU or UK, you also keep the protection of the mandatory consumer laws of your country and can bring claims in your local courts.

16. Changes and the rest

We may update these terms. We will change the date at the top, and if a change matters we will post a notice on the site or email members. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept it.

We may change, pause or stop any part of the site at any time. If any part of these terms cannot be enforced, the rest still applies. Our not enforcing a term is not a waiver of it. These terms, the Privacy Policy, the Cookie Policy, the house rules and the Review Policy are the whole agreement between you and us about the site. You may not transfer your rights under them; we may transfer ours to someone who takes over the site.