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I too am disturbed at your attitude to the review and the criticisms made. And, quite apart from the bad review, the lack of reviews and the ranking of the book are objective facts. A book that has been out as long as your first in the trilogy should by now have garnered more than a single review. The rank seems to suggest few readers, at least on Amazon. Surely one who loved the book would have left a review? Surely one would have been so outraged by the bad review that they posted their own good ones.
I hate to say it but your attitude to writing needs a major overhaul. You don't have a publisher who leaves you free to pursue your art sheltered from the vicissitudes of the real world. Even if you did have a publisher, they don't do that any more except perhaps for their mega-sellers. You are running an enterprise. If you want to succeed there are many aspects that you must attend to (or pay someone to attend to on your bahalf) apart from the actual writing. It is not a choice between writing and the other aspects of your enterprise. By all means ignore this if you want. Many write as a hobby and don't care if they sell books. Otherwise, you need to be professional. You need to recognise that the actual writing is but one part of your business.
Amazon's last rule change on reviews was an attempt to eliminate or reduce the bogus reviews you wish all readers would learn about. Assuming you only wanted legitimate reviews I fail to see how this was bad luck for you. If you do want to get serious, then a good start would be the Writer's Corner on Mobileread where you can get some practical advise.
I won't comment specifically on your books, since I read only a little of the first book using the look inside feature. I would not want to comment further without reading the book. But I am not inclined to do so, for the reasons outlined in my first post in this thread, now aggravated by your last post which simply adds further fuel to the fire of my original decision. In this brave new world of self-publishing I as a reader have a choice of books to read which may as well be infinite. I can't read every book that comes to my attention to decide if it is worth reading. I have finite time. I can only read so many books in my lifetime. Your post here brought your book to my attention. You won the lottery right there. I had "discovered" your book. I had a necessarily superficial look at it and the material available about it, and decided I did not want to read. As I expect will others.
Good luck with your writing career. I do hope you will not abandon it. But authors need not only thick skins, but also the ability to recognise and take to heart constructive criticism.
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