@emwithgrace I understand, but her response wasn’t entirely just about her book, but she was defending the genre. Sometimes it’s hard to stay quiet about the things you feel most passionate about, especially when it’s your own blood, sweat & tears and feels so personal.
@emwithgrace I haven’t read anything by this author, but reviewing a book and giving a negative review is very different than slandering a book/person and saying untrue things e.g that she wrote romantically about a 12yr old, it’s ludicrous and uncalled for.
@dancoonanauthor@AuthorGoodwin Normally it’s based on the genre. I read a lot of spicy romance and one group (The smuthood) has 106k and the other 65k. I’ve just looked up fantasy and there are quite a few book groups. You just look up the genre in the search bar e.g. fantasy books, and click on groups.
@MarsGEverson@AuthorGoodwin Its definitely all about the right audience. I’ve seen a few booktok runaway successes. They’ve also been talked about in the specific Facebook groups and are constantly recommended/mentioned.
@reesamguerra I think it depends on the book and the writing style. I read one recently and it was left out on purpose, and I didn’t miss it. But another book I really needed it to visualise. Also for the genre I read it’s useful for promotion e.g photos etc
@CGillAuthor Thank you. I think it’s very hit and miss. I’m promoting mostly within the same genre (spicy type romance) who are very popular. Some are newer authors though, which will make a difference.