Flaming Feathers! Why Book Reviews Matter

Flaming feathers! I just love it when readers post a review.
Here’s one of my favorites:
“Wow, this author actually knows how to weave a story stitched out of starlight and shadows with cursed princes, Ice Maidens, guardian angels, daughters of the North, dragonfire guiding fates, and a polar bear prince. This isn’t just fantasy, it’s a whole mythos readers can fall into and not want to climb back out.”
See what that does? It tells future readers: this book is worth your time. And for an author, it’s like being handed a box of chocolates after years of marriage—those compliments that once came so easily but too often fade with time.
The truth is, many writers never even get those first “chocolates.”
Reviews are rare and hard to come by, but they are priceless.
Even a handful of thoughtful comments can help a book find its audience, catch the eye of new readers, and keep the writer encouraged to create more worlds to get lost in.
So, if you’ve read a book you enjoyed—mine or anyone else’s—consider leaving a few words. It doesn’t have to be long or polished. A simple “I couldn’t put it down” or “The characters stayed with me” can make all the difference.
It costs nothing but means everything.