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Originally Posted by Blossom
There are many reasons we do not write reviews on books we read. If you haven't got anything nice to say...some Authors throw huge hissy fits or reply to your review with comments. I stop doing reviews after doing one for a ARC for an Entangled author who just couldn't accept I didn't like her book. Gemma Haliday doesn't allow you ARC unless it's five star. If it's less than that you are to write to her why you didn't like the book but do not leave a review. The review system is hugely flaw so I stay out of it.
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That's odd. I have gotten review copies from Gemma Holiday and there were no terms at all. The one book was a DNF for me and I know I thought about requesting two others but never got around to it. When I requested the first, since I have a blog, I was offered other books for other people who do guest reviews (if they wanted to--there was no obligation, just an offer to look through the catalog.)
Yes, it has gotten harder to get reviews and some genres just do not generate many. A lot of people who used to leave reviews no longer do, partly for reasons that Blossom mentioned and some timed out on doing them--they just want to read!!! One of my most frequent reviewers (For the blog, not my books) no longer does reviews. Another guest reviewer does them a lot less often and really only wants to talk about the 5 star ones. She says it's too much effort to waste on a 3 star book. I don't argue. I take guest reviews and don't set too many rules.