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Guest (Adam) Book Review: Empire of Shadows (The Coraidic Sagas, #3) by Alicia-Wanstall Burke

January 10, 2022 Petrik Leo Comments 0 Comment

ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review

Reviewed by Adam Weller

Cover art illustrated by: Pen Astridge

Empire of Shadows by Alicia Wanstall-Burke

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Series: The Coraidic Sagas (Book #3 of 3)

Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy

Pages: 610 pages (Kindle Edition)

Published: 25th January 2022 (Self-Published)

Alicia Wanstall-Burke’s Blood of Heirs fashioned one of the more devious second-book cliffhangers in the trilogies I’ve read in recent years. Up until the last few chapters, the story of Lidan, Loge, Ran, Sellan, and others twisting the fates of the Northern and Southern empires was an entertaining saga with strong-willed characters you could get behind. But its last few chapters really stood out, as it set the story careening off into truly exciting territory, and I have been anxiously awaiting the release of Empire of Shadows to see how the final pieces were going to fall. …

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Cover Reveal: Black Deal (Pandemonium Rising, #0.6) by Mike Sliter

December 23, 2021 Petrik Leo Comments 0 Comment

Hi everyone! Petrik from Novel Notions here.

Today, we’re here to bring you a beautiful cover reveal of A Black Deal, this is the second novella in the Pandemonium Rising series by Michael Sliter. I’ve read and enjoyed the first two books + a novella in the series, Solace Lost, Wisdom Lost, and Valley of the Free. It has become a tradition for me to keep on revealing the cover reveal to Sliter’s books, and I’m honored that he has continued to bestow me with the honor. I personally think that this is one of the most underrated grimdark fantasy series right now. If you love character-driven grimdark fantasy series, and yet haven’t read this series, I highly recommend this series to you! Without further ado, here’s the cover reveal to A Black Deal!

Cover art: Rene Aigner …

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Blog Tour: The Path and the Way (Ringlander, #1) by Michael S. Jackson

September 29, 2021 Petrik Leo Comments 1 comment

Hi everyone! Petrik from Novel Notions here. We, the team at Novel Notions, are very thrilled and honored that we were asked by Michael S. Jackson to participate in the blog tour for the The Path and the Way, the first book in Ringlander series. On this interview, we asked Jackson a few questions related to his writing and debut. Without further ado, here’s my interview with Michael S. Jackson!

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Cover Reveal: Nectar for the God (Mennik Thorn #2) by Patrick Samphire

August 27, 2021 Eon Comments 0 Comment

Hi everyone! Eon from Novel Notions here.

Today we are honoured to be able to do the beautiful cover reveal of Nectar for the God by Patrick Samphire. This book is the sequel to Shadow of a Dead God which was one of my favourite reads of 2020, a delightful page-turner of a story featuring a down-on-his-luck, heart of gold, scrappy mage protagonist. And it’s funny as hell.

The first book in the series intitally had a cover made by Patrick himself, and he did an excellent job of it, but he then decide to update it and asked Ömer Burak Önal to design a new cover which turned out to be a showstopper. It’s no surprise then that he asked Ömer to also design the artwork for the sequel after that magnificent previous effort. So, without further delay, here it is, the cover reveal of Nectar for the God!

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Double Cover Reveal: The Frostfire Sage, & The Forever Night by Steven Kelliher

July 22, 2021 Petrik Leo Comments 0 Comment

Hi everyone! Petrik from Novel Notions here.

Today, We’re here to bring you an exciting and gorgeous cover reveal, not one but for TWO books! They’re for The Frostfire Sage and The Forever Night by Steven Kelliher. We did the cover reveal to the The Valley of Embers, and now we’re honored and grateful that Kelliher has decided to allow Novel Notions to host the cover reveal to his books once more. Without further ado, check out these cover arts!

Cover arts by Pierre Raveneau
Cover design by Andrei Bat

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Cover Reveal: Unbound (Songs of Chaos #2) by Michael R. Miller

July 7, 2021 Eon Comments 0 Comment

Hi everyone! Petrik and Eon from Novel Notions here.

We’re honored to once again welcome Michael Miller to our blog. When Michael was last here, it was for the cover reveal of his Dragon’s Blade Trilogy. This time around it’s for the cover reveal of Unbound, the sequel to his best selling Ascendant. If you are unfamiliar with this series, The Songs of Chaos is a dragon rider epic that takes inspiration from such celebrated works as Eragon and Pern. In Michael’s own words “It’s about a serving boy who defies society to save a blind dragon from death and rises to become a dragon rider. A bit of cultivation/progression magic is sprinkled into this one.” Sounds bloody awesome if you ask us!

Right, no more tarrying, behold the cover!

Cover art by Randy Vargas

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Cover Reveal: Assassin (Darkblade, #1) by Andy Peloquin

June 29, 2021 Petrik Leo Comments 2 comments

Hi everyone! Petrik from Novel Notions here.

Today, we’re here to bring you a gorgeous cover reveal of Assassin by Andy Peloquin. I honestly haven’t read any books by Peloquin yet, but from being active on bookish social media, I know that he’s one of the most prolific authors out there! I’m honored that Andy Peloquin chose Novel Notions to be the one to do the cover reveal of Assassin. To make things even better, the author gave us his reason to republish his series with a new cover art, his inspiration behind the series, and also a detailed cover art process! This is something that interests me so much, but I know that it’s not for everyone; if you just want to see the cover art, feel free to scroll to the bottom of this blog post. Let me know what you think of the cover art and whether this series interests you or not! Without further ado, here’s my interview with Andy Peloquin, and the cover reveal to Assassin!

Cover art illustrated by: Luciano Fleitas …

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Read-a-long for Joe Abercrombie’s The Age of Madness Trilogy (A Little Hatred, Chapters 10-18)

June 28, 2021 Eon Comments 3 comments

Hi everyone,

Petrik and Eon here, we’ll keep this introduction brief. We’re so excited that we get to be the second-in-line to host the read-along event for A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie. It’s truly an honor for both of us to be given this opportunity, especially because Joe Abercrombie’s books are some of our favorite books of all time. Today, we’ll be discussing Chapter 10-18 of A Little Hatred. There will be heavy spoilers for these chapters, so if you haven’t read the book, please go read them first! …

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Cover Reveal: Mother Pig (Houndstooth, #2) by Travis M. Riddle

May 28, 2021 Petrik Leo Comments 0 Comment

Hi everyone! Petrik from Novel Notions here.

Today, we’re here to bring you a beautiful cover reveal of Mother Pig. How about that for a book title? This is the second book in Houndstooth series by Travis M. Riddle. I haven’t read this series yet, but from what I’ve heard, this series sounds like a great and refreshing read. Let me know what you think of the cover art and whether this series interests you or not! Thank you so much to Travis Riddle for giving me the opportunity to host this cover reveal! Without further ado, here’s the cover reveal to Mother Pig!

Cover art illustrated & designed by: Deranged Doctor Design …

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Guest Interview with Ben Kane

May 26, 2021 Petrik Leo Comments 1 comment

Hi everyone, Petrik from Novel Notions here. Today we have our first ever Guest Interview done by Kyle Erikson. We’re so honored to have Kyle’s enthusiasm to post his interview with Ben Kane on Novel Notions. This awesome interview is a bit long, but it’s filled with many interesting information and answers regarding histories, TV adaptations, and writing. Without further ado, here’s Kyle’s interview with Ben Kane! …

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