I adore Rags’s and Olivia’s fans. It is so much fun (yeah, and a lot of work) to write these cozy mysteries. And I so appreciate it when a reader takes the time to write me a note, leave a comment here at my blog, or post a review at Amazon.
While most of you, when writing a review, share your 
opinion, thoughts, feelings, impressions of the book. It’s helpful to me and useful to potential readers when you write your objections or concerns, and it’s exhilarating and encouraging to know what touched you, delighted you, made you laugh and that you were left, perhaps, wanting more, looking forward to the next book in the series and so forth.
What a book review is NOT is a book report. It is not a platform for the reader to describe the story and it is especially in bad taste to reveal the resolution of the mystery in your review–tell the ending. Who does that? Believe me, some 
people do.
Please keep this in mind when you write a review of any book you’ve read. Do NOT try to outline the story and especially do not give the punch line in your review. A mystery writer does not spend hours and hours crafting a mystery only to have a reader give away the ending in their review.
The next time you comment on a book you’ve read remember to describe your impression of the story, mention how the story affected you—did it make you laugh, cry, giggle… Were you touched, annoyed, delighted? If you like to give a brief idea of the story—some readers do—keep it general without revealing some of the secrets in the story. Make sense?
Thank you.
