ARC provided by the publisher—Orbit—in exchange for an honest review.
Cover designed by: Lisa Marie Pompilio
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Series: Standalone
Genre: Historical Fantasy
Pages: 528 pages
Published: October 15th, 2020 by Orbit (UK) and October 13th, 2020 by Redhook (US)
Similar to The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches will be a big hit among many readers. …
Cover illustration by: Micah Epstein
Of Darkness and Dawn by Will Wight
My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars
Series: The Elder Empire: Shadow (Book #2 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy
Pages: 364 pages (Kindle edition)
Published: 10th August 2015 by Hidden Gnome Publishing (Indie)
This review is an unpopular opinion; please feel free to ignore this if you’ve read and enjoyed the first book, but in my opinion, Of Darkness and Dawn was a huge downgrade from its predecessor. …
Cover illustration by: Chris McGrath
White Night by Jim Butcher
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: The Dresden Files (Book #9 of 25)
Genre: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 528 pages (US Kindle edition)
Published: 4th March 2010 by Orbit (UK) & 3rd April 2007 by Roc (US)
I’ve mentioned this several times, but it’s always safe to rely on The Dresden Files for a quick entertaining read. …
Cover Illustration by: Daniel Dociu
Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: The Expanse (Book #4 of 9)
Genre: Sci-fi, Space Opera
Pages: 587 pages (UK paperback)
Published: 17th June 2014 by Orbit
Cibola Burn brings The Expanse back to its good form. …
Click here if you want to see the list of all the books I’ve read so far this year: Petrik’s Year in Books (2020)
Between 1st January 2020 until 30th June 2020, I’ve read and reviewed 71 books (35.7k pages).
Please read this first. There will be three rules I set in this list in order for me to give appreciation to more authors rather than having only a few authors hoarding this list. These rules allow me to highlight more authors, and at the same time, I’ll also be able to include both new and older books (many of them still need attention) that I read within this year.
Do note that although there’s a rank to this list, I HIGHLY recommend every book/series listed below because I loved all of them immensely, and they received a rating of 4.5 or 5 out of 5 stars from me. Without further ado, here are the top 15 books I’ve read this year so far! (All full reviews of the books listed can be found on Novel Notions and my Goodreads page.) …
ARC provided by the publisher—Harper Voyager—in exchange for an honest review.
Cover Illustration by: JungShan
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Series: The Poppy War Trilogy (Book #3 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Grimdark Fantasy, Military Fantasy
Pages: 640 pages
Published: 26th November 2020 by Harper Voyager (UK) and 17th November 2020 by Harper Voyager (US)
Bursting with violence, devastation, death, and profound emotions. The Burning God is by far the best book R.F. Kuang has written in her career so far. …
Hi everyone! Petrik from Novel Notions here. We, the team at Novel Notions, are very thrilled and honored that we were asked by Orbit to participate in the blog tour for the We Ride the Storm, the first book in The Reborn Empire quartet, by Devin Madson.
I’ll keep this introduction brief, We Ride the Storm was one of my favorite self-published books, to have it picked up by Orbit—one of my favorite publisher—still gives me joy up to this day. With that in mind, on this blog tour I decided to re-post my review that I wrote two years ago when I finished reading We Ride the Storm—the self-published edition—for the first time. Once you’ve read this full-of-praises review, let it sink into your head that the traditionally published edition of We Ride the Storm is even more refined and polished. …
Cover illustration by: Micah Epstein
Of Sea and Shadow by Will Wight
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: The Elder Empire: Sea (Book #1 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy
Pages: 428 pages (Kindle edition)
Published: 30th December 2014 by Hidden Gnome Publishing (Indie)
This pirate fantasy was almost as good as its parallel novel.
“The successful man visualizes success rather than failure,”
Cover illustration by: Micah Epstein
Of Shadow and Sea by Will Wight
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Series: The Elder Empire: Shadow (Book #1 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy
Pages: 406 pages (Kindle edition)
Published: 30th December 2014 by Hidden Gnome Publishing (Indie)
An incredible start to an assassin high fantasy trilogy with a strong potential to be even better than Cradle. …
Ascension by Brian K. Fuller
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Series: The Trysmoon Saga (Book #1 of 4)
Genre: Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Pages: 377 pages (US Kindle edition)
Published: 11th November 2014 by Brian K. Fuller (Indie)
Good, familiar, and also surprising classic fantasy take. …