by Ian Fallis

Now that Book 2, Karia’s Path, is out, it’s in need of good reviews.

Whoops, let me clarify. I don’t mean I’m asking for five-star raving reviews. Those are nice, but even a critical one-star review can be a good review.

A good review is useful, pertinent and honest.

A useful review gives potential buyers information that helps them evaluate whether this is or is not a good purchase for them.

So you might compare and contrast the book with similar books in the genre, or with the first book, The House in the Old Wood. You could tell them what you liked or didn’t like (without spoilers, please). You may wish to mention whether you found it engrossing or captivating; whether you learned anything; how it made you feel; and if you plan to keep reading the series.

A pertinent review pertains to the book in question. A review of Karia’s Path shouldn’t dwell on The House in the Old Wood, though you might mention it since they’re in the same series. It shouldn’t be a personal statement about the author, such as “He’s a really nice guy” or “Never trust an author with a beard.”

But it could be about the packaging. If your paperback had problems, or you thought the formatting for the Kindle was awesome, say so.

An honest review means just that. Tell the truth. No one is served by an overly glowing review. And a deliberately and dishonestly nasty review is just, well, nasty. Say what you mean. You don’t need to sugarcoat it.

Feel free to post a mixed review. I often find mixed reviews are the most helpful kind, because they give me the opportunity to decide based on how important the factors cited are to me.

And thank you. Thank you for reading the books, and an extra thanks to those who post reviews.

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I hope I don’t have to draw you a map. I don’t draw terribly well. But Kristen Lang has drawn a map for the second book.

Let me recap a moment. I’ve already shared a little about Book Two, Karia’s Path. So let me gather that stuff together for you:

Back cover text

First chapter

So here’s the new map that is in the print edition of Karia’s Path. I’m making it available here for Kindle users (maps can be a mess on the Kindle) and in order to make it available in color. Kristen did a great job on it, I think.

This is the map that Karia finds in The House in the Old Wood, the one that helps her figure out where to go from there, and therefore plays an important role in Karia’s Path.

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Karia’s Path, the second book of the series, The Day Magic Died, is now available for Kindle.

The print edition should be available in a few days.

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OK, it’s supposed to work this way, I know, but …

The good news is that I caught a few problems as I read through the proof copy of Karia’s Path, the second book that tells the story of The Day Magic Died. That means I’ll be able to go back to the text and fix them, and you’ll get a better book when it comes out.

The bad news is that this will delay the release of Karia’s Path. Julie needs to go through the book as well, and then I need to change some things, upload the new text and check it. That’ll only take a few days, but it means the Kindle edition of the book will most likely not be available until the first week of October, with the print version following about five days later.

Sorry to keep you waiting, but I think you’ll agree it’s for a good reason.

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