Reader numbers rarely settle an argument about quality, but they do tell you when a writer has found an audience. Origins of Eternity has gathered a substantial body of listener ratings, and that volume of response in the LGBTQ+ category usually signals a devoted following rather than a passing one.
Nicole Pyland writes for people who want queer women at the centre of the story instead of at its margins, and who prefer their emotional stakes taken seriously rather than played for novelty. That is the promise the shelf makes, and the response suggests it is being kept.