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good for you!
Ned Marcus
Maester
Congratulations!
Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
The Booklife Review (the Publishers Weekly folks) for Eve of Snows is in for Christmas... ego inflation for the holidays:
Gripping action scenes, evocative writing, and steady story momentum make the pages fly. The shadows bring a genuine chill with every appearance. The mystery surrounding the banished gods sparks curiosity, and Rice draws a fine line between feral magic and answered prayers. The plot is marked with plenty of surprising twists as Eliles and Ivin confront shadows and the conspiracy within Istinjoln. There is a solid conclusion, but Rice leaves enough unanswered questions and ambiguity to have readers theorizing possibilities and itching for the next installment. This extremely impressive series launch is guaranteed to earn diehard fans.
Takeaway: The high-stakes plot, fast pacing, and convincing characters will hook epic fantasy readers on this impressive debut.
Great for fans of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, R. Scott Bakker’s Prince of Nothing series.
Full Review is here: Eve of Snows: Sundering the Gods Book One by Lee Rice | BookLife
My takeaway: This review has the best synopsis of the plot I’ve scene and you can tell the reviewer was paying serious attention.
Gripping action scenes, evocative writing, and steady story momentum make the pages fly. The shadows bring a genuine chill with every appearance. The mystery surrounding the banished gods sparks curiosity, and Rice draws a fine line between feral magic and answered prayers. The plot is marked with plenty of surprising twists as Eliles and Ivin confront shadows and the conspiracy within Istinjoln. There is a solid conclusion, but Rice leaves enough unanswered questions and ambiguity to have readers theorizing possibilities and itching for the next installment. This extremely impressive series launch is guaranteed to earn diehard fans.
Takeaway: The high-stakes plot, fast pacing, and convincing characters will hook epic fantasy readers on this impressive debut.
Great for fans of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, R. Scott Bakker’s Prince of Nothing series.
Full Review is here: Eve of Snows: Sundering the Gods Book One by Lee Rice | BookLife
My takeaway: This review has the best synopsis of the plot I’ve scene and you can tell the reviewer was paying serious attention.
Ned Marcus
Maester
Blue Prometheus is in Kobo's 'Trending Now in Science Fiction and Fantasy' list. And number 14 in the bookstore for the same category.
A first for me!
A first for me!
Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
Oh damn... I just noticed yesterday that the Booklife Review for Eve of Snows is tagged with a little lightning bolt... and just now discovered this means an "Editor's Pick" for "superlative books". The review was killer, but now I'm even more stoked!
I should say hot lightning damn... as of today EoS is in the finals of the Epic Fantasy Fanatics Readers Choice Awards with the winner announced tomorrow. Four good books remains, so win or not, it's all good!
I should say hot lightning damn... as of today EoS is in the finals of the Epic Fantasy Fanatics Readers Choice Awards with the winner announced tomorrow. Four good books remains, so win or not, it's all good!
That's wonderful! So happy to hear it!
Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
It’s always good when something goes right, heh heh.
Congratulations, mate!
Congrats! That reminds me, I'll have to add book II to the pile...keep plugging away.
Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
Well, now it just got crazier... Eve of Snows may now officially wear the tag “Winner of the 2019 Epic Fantasy Fanatics Readers Choice Awards.”
Pestering readers to get the book nominated paid off! LOL.
Pestering readers to get the book nominated paid off! LOL.
Pemry Janes
Sage
I finally got my second book published. Very proud of that.
Prince of Spires
Istar
Passed the 50k mark for the first time today. Woot! Of course, there's still at least 15k words left to write. But it's now officially novel size!
Malik
Auror
Landed another international Bookbub last week. Dragon's Trail was #1 in Kindle Epic Fantasy in Australia for 3 days. That was nice.
It came out 3 1/2 years ago. I reiterate: "30 Day Cliff, my ass."
It came out 3 1/2 years ago. I reiterate: "30 Day Cliff, my ass."
Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
That is so awesome! We love these books.
Wrote three chapters in three days after a long dry spell.
Good for you!
The dry spell with my rewrite lasted most of the winter. Part other projects, part utter lack of motivation. But key elements have been clicking into place...maybe by May sometime....then on to 'Chimera'....
Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
Eve of Snows, now a Bronze Medalist at the IPPY Awards... stumbled on that on their website, the award packets haven’t gone out yet! It’s a broad Fantasy category, and it looks like it’s the top Epic Fantasy. So, two for two for at least medaling in contests so far, LOL.
Well done, young Jedi.
