Picking my way through the various sites and reviews of my books recently, I was surprised to see a rating that was through the floor compared to the others I had received up to that point. I can understand when writing material that is borderline kink (for vanilla, it’s rather vanilla for those in the scene) that it can be confronting for some readers, but when I’m writing something that’s almost completely vanilla, it’s surprising.
Taking a closer look at the review and the other sorts of books that the reviewer is reading, it looks like they may have picked up my book by mistake as it is the only erotic title on their reading list. It’s good that I was their introduction to erotica, but I get the feeling they weren’t looking to read erotica.
Despite clearly stating in a number of locations that I write erotica and erotic romance, some sites don’t actually classify my books all that well. It would be useful if I could use BISAC codes or some similar classification means on those sites, but they don’t have anything like that.
I’m going to leave the review where it is, despite it dragging the overall rating for my book down a long way. I do want to thank the reviewer for actually taking the time to write the review, particularly given how much they didn’t like the title.