Encouraging reviews starting to appear on Amazon either side of the Atlantic, but clearly The Anchoress is going to be more of a slow burner than a shooting star.

As an author I'm not always sure which I prefer: not being reviewed, or being reviewed unfavourably (or even a mixed review). Would I rather be criticized and my book found wanting, or plain old ignored? On balance, I'd say, I'd rather be reviewed, so long as criticism remains constructive. One might learn something, and there's nothing worse than publishing one's work only to be met by utter silence.