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DEL REY Del Rey Books @DelReyBooks Follow We are aware of the ongoing discussion around author Cait Corrain. CROWN OF STARLIGHT is no longer on our 2024 publishing schedule. 2:02 PM Dec 11, 2023 1.8M Views
Corey Brickley Illustration. Justice for Palestine @CoreyBrickley Artwork for a cancelled project peri 000' 6:22 PM Dec 11, 2023 1.1M Views stitial :
Lilly cait Today at 7:48 PM So if yesterday's nonsense wasn't enough, today I got an email that said there were a number of ratings and reviews left on my book by illegitimate accounts, which I guess explains why my rating was fluctuating wildly up and down over the last week, also my car is in the shop and they don't know why the battery doesn't work but they'll get back to me "when we know anything" so I'm not really holding out hope. This week continues to spiral and I go with it. Lilly Today at 7:49 PM what do you mean? cait Today at 7:49 PM About what part? A lot of things have happened Lilly Today at 7:50 PM The ratings Search cait Today at 7:52 PM I mean that people were making fake accounts to rate my book. or books in general I guess Lilly Today at 7:56 PM so someone was rating your book low? cait Today at 8:03 PM No the email was f------ weird? like???? Goodreads Support Reply support-reply@goodreads.com Sincerely The Goodreads Team 12:59PM (7 hours ago) मै Hi Cait We determined that several accounts that gave your book positive reviews were illegitimate, and we have removed them from Goodreads. It is a violation of our Review and Author Guidelines to artificially inflate a book's ratings. Please refrain from engaging in activity of this nature in the future to avoid being banned from Goodreads.
Lilly Search It seems like the reviews were positive but I didn't do anything? Lilly Today at 8:08 PM raiting books high is against the rules? cait Today at 8:08 PM no, but making fake accounts to rate them high is it's artificially inflating a books reviews that's against the rules Lilly Today at 8:09 PM :0 oh I didn't realize you could get in trouble cait Today at 8:10 PM what? Lilly Yesterday at 8:10 PM Please don't get mad cait Today at 8:11 PM um Lilly Today at 8:13 PM I made a couple accounts I think that was me cait Today at 8:14 PM What?????? WHY?????? Lilly Today at 8:15 PM
Lilly Search Lilly Yesterday at 8:15 PM The other night when you were worrying that your book would get overshown by bigger books at your publisher I wanted to help so I made a couple accounts to rate your book high I'm sorry I really didn't think it would be a problem! cait Yesterday at 8:16 PM WHAT THE F--- WHY I DON'T NEED FAKE REVIEWS TO HELP,ME JESUS CHRIST Lilly Yesterday at 8:17 PM I'm sorry! I really didn't think it would hurt! I was trying to be nice! cait Yesterday at 8:17 PM Oh my god. I don't even know what to say I don't need you to step in and try to "be nice" with this! Do you have any idea how patronizing that is? How hummiliating? How much damage you could have done? I'm going to be sick literally going to vomit someone just posted this screenshot in my writing group (edited) Xiran * PREORDER HEAVENLY TY.... 19m If you as a debut author are going to make a bunch of fake Goodreads accounts one-star- bombing fellow debuts you're threatened by can you at least not make it so obvious by upyoting your own book on a bajillion different
Lilly 6 口 Xiran * PREORDER HEAVENLY TY.... 10m I'm not going to leak the extensive receipts so I don't ruin this person's career before it even starts but if they do anything further in a similar vein....action will be taken 27 40 il 562 口企 1241 Lilly Yesterday at 8:25 PM I didnth think anyone would noice please for the love of god tell me you weren't ACTUALLY stupid enough to do use the same accounts that you made to boost me to bomb other people WELL????? cait Yesterday at 8:25 PM I'm literally going to be sick Search I don't even know what to say this is such a violation of my trust and of our friendship I need to email my agent This could litearlly cost me my f------ career Lilly Yesterday at 8:27 PM I'm so so sorry cait 321 ill 4.3K I'm really sorry! I didn't think it would hurt! cait Today at 8:27 PM jkdfhgbddsawoeistugaeortg HOW COULD IT NOT HURT? WHO THE F--- DID YOU GO AFTER???
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Cait Corrain Goodreads Review Bomb Controversy refers to accusations of tampering and review bombing levied against the sci-fi romance author. In December 2023, Corrain was accused of tampering with the Goodreads reviews of other debut authors in her cohort using fake accounts. The scandal led to the book subscription service Illumicrate pulling her novel from their collection.

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On December 5th, 2023, X[1] user @XiranJayZhao made a series of posts talking about how a debut author has seen giving fellow debut authors one and two-star reviews on Goodreads while upvoting her own books on recommendation lists. The post gathered over 12,000 likes in a week (see below, top). @XiranJayZhao did not provide a name for the offending author, but their post was quoted by several people revealing that it was Cait Corrain.[2][3][4]

Xiran * PREORDER HEAVENLY TYRANT @XiranJayZhao If you as a debut author are going to make a bunch of fake Goodreads accounts one-star-bombing fellow debuts you're threatened by can you at least not make it so obvious by upvoting your own book on a bajillion different lists with those same accounts 10:04 PM Dec 5, 2023 1.6M Views 101 Post your reply 22 1.7K 4 Xiran * PREORDER HEAVENLY TYRANT @XiranJayZhao. Dec 5 I'm not going to leak the extensive receipts so I don't ruin this person's career before it even starts but if they do anything further in a similar vein....action will be taken 1 178 6 12K Xiran * PREORDER HEAVENLY TYRANT @XiranJayZhao - Dec 5 Wish Twitter circles were still functional so bad right now tbh 123 31 2.5K 104 1.8K 1.1K 1.8K 152K 2.1K 120K Xiran * PREORDER HEAVENLY TYRANT @XiranJayZhao • Dec 5 Also don't pretend to be one of the victims Imao. There are plenty of receipts that prove you're the perpetuator. Don't push the real victims into releasing them. ₁108K : Reply [(→ ₁121K 口企 : 口企 Xiran * PREORDER HEAVENLY TYRANT @XiranJayZhao. Dec 6 OK this is the last I'll speak on this but there's something extra despicable about using clearly POC names in the fake accounts to upvote every negative review on POC books so the top ones are all 1 star and 2 star. Like what in the yellow face _____ [→ 口企 □ ↑
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Cait Corrain posted what she claims are screenshots from a conversation with her Discord friend "Lilly," where Lilly admits to review-bombing other authors and promoting Corrain's work.

Lilly cait Today at 7:48 PM So if yesterday's nonsense wasn't enough, today I got an email that said there were a number of ratings and reviews left on my book by illegitimate accounts, which I guess explains why my rating was fluctuating wildly up and down over the last week, also my car is in the shop and they don't know why the battery doesn't work but they'll get back to me "when we know anything" so I'm not really holding out hope. This week continues to spiral and I go with it. Lilly Today at 7:49 PM what do you mean? cait Today at 7:49 PM About what part? A lot of things have happened Lilly Today at 7:50 PM The ratings Search cait Today at 7:52 PM I mean that people were making fake accounts to rate my book. or books in general I guess Lilly Today at 7:56 PM so someone was rating your book low? cait Today at 8:03 PM No the email was f------ weird? like???? Goodreads Support Reply support-reply@goodreads.com Sincerely The Goodreads Team 12:59PM (7 hours ago) मै Hi Cait We determined that several accounts that gave your book positive reviews were illegitimate, and we have removed them from Goodreads. It is a violation of our Review and Author Guidelines to artificially inflate a book's ratings. Please refrain from engaging in activity of this nature in the future to avoid being banned from Goodreads.
Lilly Search It seems like the reviews were positive but I didn't do anything? Lilly Today at 8:08 PM raiting books high is against the rules? cait Today at 8:08 PM no, but making fake accounts to rate them high is it's artificially inflating a books reviews that's against the rules Lilly Today at 8:09 PM :0 oh I didn't realize you could get in trouble cait Today at 8:10 PM what? Lilly Yesterday at 8:10 PM Please don't get mad cait Today at 8:11 PM um Lilly Today at 8:13 PM I made a couple accounts I think that was me cait Today at 8:14 PM What?????? WHY?????? Lilly Today at 8:15 PM
Lilly Search Lilly Yesterday at 8:15 PM The other night when you were worrying that your book would get overshown by bigger books at your publisher I wanted to help so I made a couple accounts to rate your book high I'm sorry I really didn't think it would be a problem! cait Yesterday at 8:16 PM WHAT THE F--- WHY I DON'T NEED FAKE REVIEWS TO HELP,ME JESUS CHRIST Lilly Yesterday at 8:17 PM I'm sorry! I really didn't think it would hurt! I was trying to be nice! cait Yesterday at 8:17 PM Oh my god. I don't even know what to say I don't need you to step in and try to "be nice" with this! Do you have any idea how patronizing that is? How hummiliating? How much damage you could have done? I'm going to be sick literally going to vomit someone just posted this screenshot in my writing group (edited) Xiran * PREORDER HEAVENLY TY.... 19m If you as a debut author are going to make a bunch of fake Goodreads accounts one-star- bombing fellow debuts you're threatened by can you at least not make it so obvious by upyoting your own book on a bajillion different
Lilly 6 口 Xiran * PREORDER HEAVENLY TY.... 10m I'm not going to leak the extensive receipts so I don't ruin this person's career before it even starts but if they do anything further in a similar vein....action will be taken 27 40 il 562 口企 1241 Lilly Yesterday at 8:25 PM I didnth think anyone would noice please for the love of god tell me you weren't ACTUALLY stupid enough to do use the same accounts that you made to boost me to bomb other people WELL????? cait Yesterday at 8:25 PM I'm literally going to be sick Search I don't even know what to say this is such a violation of my trust and of our friendship I need to email my agent This could litearlly cost me my f------ career Lilly Yesterday at 8:27 PM I'm so so sorry cait 321 ill 4.3K I'm really sorry! I didn't think it would hurt! cait Today at 8:27 PM jkdfhgbddsawoeistugaeortg HOW COULD IT NOT HURT? WHO THE F--- DID YOU GO AFTER???

The aforementioned screenshots were shared by fellow debut author Bethany Baptiste, who also notes that Corrain was accused by other authors of forging messages to absolve herself of guilt.[5]

On December 8th, X[6] user @XiranJayZhao made a series of posts recapping the events of the past week, gathering over 10,000 likes in four days (seen below).

On December 11th, book publisher Del Ray Books[7] announced that they would no longer be publishing Cait Corrain's book in 2024 (seen below, left). Also on December 11th, X[8] user and artist @CoreyBrickley shared the artwork that would have accompanied Corrain's book, gathering over 33,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

DEL REY Del Rey Books @DelReyBooks Follow We are aware of the ongoing discussion around author Cait Corrain. CROWN OF STARLIGHT is no longer on our 2024 publishing schedule. 2:02 PM Dec 11, 2023 1.8M Views
Corey Brickley Illustration. Justice for Palestine @CoreyBrickley Artwork for a cancelled project peri 000' 6:22 PM Dec 11, 2023 1.1M Views stitial :

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[3] X – doctorbaixue

[4]  X – kependall17

[5] X – StorySorcery

[6] X – XiranJayZhao

[7] X – DelReyBooks

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Cait Corrain Goodreads Review Bomb Controversy refers to accusations of tampering and review bombing levied against the sci-fi romance author. In December 2023, Corrain was accused of tampering with the Goodreads reviews of other debut authors in her cohort using fake accounts. The scandal led to the book subscription service Illumicrate pulling her novel from their collection.

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On December 5th, 2023, X[1] user @XiranJayZhao made a series of posts talking about how a debut author has seen giving fellow debut authors one and two-star reviews on Goodreads while upvoting her own books on recommendation lists. The post gathered over 12,000 likes in a week (see below, top). @XiranJayZhao did not provide a name for the offending author, but their post was quoted by several people revealing that it was Cait Corrain.[2][3][4]


Xiran * PREORDER HEAVENLY TYRANT @XiranJayZhao If you as a debut author are going to make a bunch of fake Goodreads accounts one-star-bombing fellow debuts you're threatened by can you at least not make it so obvious by upvoting your own book on a bajillion different lists with those same accounts 10:04 PM Dec 5, 2023 1.6M Views 101 Post your reply 22 1.7K 4 Xiran * PREORDER HEAVENLY TYRANT @XiranJayZhao. Dec 5 I'm not going to leak the extensive receipts so I don't ruin this person's career before it even starts but if they do anything further in a similar vein....action will be taken 1 178 6 12K Xiran * PREORDER HEAVENLY TYRANT @XiranJayZhao - Dec 5 Wish Twitter circles were still functional so bad right now tbh 123 31 2.5K 104 1.8K 1.1K 1.8K 152K 2.1K 120K Xiran * PREORDER HEAVENLY TYRANT @XiranJayZhao • Dec 5 Also don't pretend to be one of the victims Imao. There are plenty of receipts that prove you're the perpetuator. Don't push the real victims into releasing them. ₁108K : Reply [(→ ₁121K 口企 : 口企 Xiran * PREORDER HEAVENLY TYRANT @XiranJayZhao. Dec 6 OK this is the last I'll speak on this but there's something extra despicable about using clearly POC names in the fake accounts to upvote every negative review on POC books so the top ones are all 1 star and 2 star. Like what in the yellow face _____ [→ 口企 □ ↑ !

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Cait Corrain posted what she claims are screenshots from a conversation with her Discord friend "Lilly," where Lilly admits to review-bombing other authors and promoting Corrain's work.


Lilly cait Today at 7:48 PM So if yesterday's nonsense wasn't enough, today I got an email that said there were a number of ratings and reviews left on my book by illegitimate accounts, which I guess explains why my rating was fluctuating wildly up and down over the last week, also my car is in the shop and they don't know why the battery doesn't work but they'll get back to me "when we know anything" so I'm not really holding out hope. This week continues to spiral and I go with it. Lilly Today at 7:49 PM what do you mean? cait Today at 7:49 PM About what part? A lot of things have happened Lilly Today at 7:50 PM The ratings Search cait Today at 7:52 PM I mean that people were making fake accounts to rate my book. or books in general I guess Lilly Today at 7:56 PM so someone was rating your book low? cait Today at 8:03 PM No the email was f------ weird? like???? Goodreads Support Reply support-reply@goodreads.com Sincerely The Goodreads Team 12:59PM (7 hours ago) मै Hi Cait We determined that several accounts that gave your book positive reviews were illegitimate, and we have removed them from Goodreads. It is a violation of our Review and Author Guidelines to artificially inflate a book's ratings. Please refrain from engaging in activity of this nature in the future to avoid being banned from Goodreads. Lilly Search It seems like the reviews were positive but I didn't do anything? Lilly Today at 8:08 PM raiting books high is against the rules? cait Today at 8:08 PM no, but making fake accounts to rate them high is it's artificially inflating a books reviews that's against the rules Lilly Today at 8:09 PM :0 oh I didn't realize you could get in trouble cait Today at 8:10 PM what? Lilly Yesterday at 8:10 PM Please don't get mad cait Today at 8:11 PM um Lilly Today at 8:13 PM I made a couple accounts I think that was me cait Today at 8:14 PM What?????? WHY?????? Lilly Today at 8:15 PM Lilly Search Lilly Yesterday at 8:15 PM The other night when you were worrying that your book would get overshown by bigger books at your publisher I wanted to help so I made a couple accounts to rate your book high I'm sorry I really didn't think it would be a problem! cait Yesterday at 8:16 PM WHAT THE F--- WHY I DON'T NEED FAKE REVIEWS TO HELP,ME JESUS CHRIST Lilly Yesterday at 8:17 PM I'm sorry! I really didn't think it would hurt! I was trying to be nice! cait Yesterday at 8:17 PM Oh my god. I don't even know what to say I don't need you to step in and try to "be nice" with this! Do you have any idea how patronizing that is? How hummiliating? How much damage you could have done? I'm going to be sick literally going to vomit someone just posted this screenshot in my writing group (edited) Xiran * PREORDER HEAVENLY TY.... 19m If you as a debut author are going to make a bunch of fake Goodreads accounts one-star- bombing fellow debuts you're threatened by can you at least not make it so obvious by upyoting your own book on a bajillion different Lilly 6 口 Xiran * PREORDER HEAVENLY TY.... 10m I'm not going to leak the extensive receipts so I don't ruin this person's career before it even starts but if they do anything further in a similar vein....action will be taken 27 40 il 562 口企 1241 Lilly Yesterday at 8:25 PM I didnth think anyone would noice please for the love of god tell me you weren't ACTUALLY stupid enough to do use the same accounts that you made to boost me to bomb other people WELL????? cait Yesterday at 8:25 PM I'm literally going to be sick Search I don't even know what to say this is such a violation of my trust and of our friendship I need to email my agent This could litearlly cost me my f------ career Lilly Yesterday at 8:27 PM I'm so so sorry cait 321 ill 4.3K I'm really sorry! I didn't think it would hurt! cait Today at 8:27 PM jkdfhgbddsawoeistugaeortg HOW COULD IT NOT HURT? WHO THE F--- DID YOU GO AFTER???

The aforementioned screenshots were shared by fellow debut author Bethany Baptiste, who also notes that Corrain was accused by other authors of forging messages to absolve herself of guilt.[5]

On December 8th, X[6] user @XiranJayZhao made a series of posts recapping the events of the past week, gathering over 10,000 likes in four days (seen below).

On December 11th, book publisher Del Ray Books[7] announced that they would no longer be publishing Cait Corrain's book in 2024 (seen below, left). Also on December 11th, X[8] user and artist @CoreyBrickley shared the artwork that would have accompanied Corrain's book, gathering over 33,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).


DEL REY Del Rey Books @DelReyBooks Follow We are aware of the ongoing discussion around author Cait Corrain. CROWN OF STARLIGHT is no longer on our 2024 publishing schedule. 2:02 PM Dec 11, 2023 1.8M Views Corey Brickley Illustration. Justice for Palestine @CoreyBrickley Artwork for a cancelled project peri 000' 6:22 PM Dec 11, 2023 1.1M Views stitial :

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[1] X – XiranJayZhao

[2] X – iDimitriusJones

[3] X – doctorbaixue

[4]  X – kependall17

[5] X – StorySorcery

[6] X – XiranJayZhao

[7] X – DelReyBooks

[8] X – CoreyBrickley

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