A MONTH TILL BOOK RELEASE!!!!!

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Do excuse me as I attempt to hold back tears of just… utter disbelief, astonishment, and amazement. Though as you can clearly see from that ever so dramatic emoji, I am failing quite terribly at holding back tears. But hello, everyone! Isabelle Knight back here again with a random post just because ack, I cannot believe it, what just happened, I SIMPLY MUST TELL YOU EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alright, it’s not that dramatic! Nothing really happened, but it is officially June 20, 2025. And the release date for Enchantria: The Last Hope is July 20, 2025.

You see it, right?

BOOK RELEASE IS ONE MONTH AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Aaah, by all the stars, I can’t believe this! One month till the release of Enchantria: The Last Hope. And I know I’ve said this before, but it feels surreal. I’ve spent two whole years in the world of Enchantria and now to see it actually completed and to see it actually come to life is just… absolutely incredible.

And it also means I must start trying to market my book and hype it up….

And I suppose one way of doing that is basically promo teasers and all that. And surprise, I actually have done one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eeep!!!! (I totally did not stare at this promo teaser and watch it 50 times in a row with my brain refusing to comprehend what is really happening)

But yes, you can watch it on YouTube as a YT short here! It was such fun making this promo teaser (for anyone who’s curious, I use Canva!) and just seeing my book cover on there…. It’s gorgeous!!!

I was also rereading Enchantria: The Last Hope last night and it’s been kind of, well, crazy. For one, I’ve just been reading my own book and actually going, “Wow, this is actually good. Like, really good! Even better than books one, two, and three!” (And I certainly hope it’s good! I did not spend one year and six drafts and 31 breakdowns on this book for nothing….) And I may have shed a few tears when it came to the climax… And really, it’s just absolutely surreal to see Elenora grow and just…. She’s grown!!! She’s learnt!!!! I’ll miss her so much!!!!!!! 😭😭😭

But in the meantime, there’s Island Keepers, which has now OFFICIALLY been dubbed my “problem child”. Do I love her? Yes. Do I hate her? Also yes. I am one of those writers who has a love-hate relationship with writing. 🤷‍♀️

And let me just go off on a random tangent here, but I only just found a wonderful song that reminded me SO MUCH of Enchantria because I can really feel in my heart that this is a song that everyone in Willowmere (one of the towns in Enchantria) would be singing and dancing too! It’s called For the Dancing and the Dreaming, and I think it’s from one of the How To Drain Your Dragon movies? But the one I’m talking about is the cover by Annapantsu, and it is absolutely a song that everyone in Enchantria would be singing and dancing to! Already in my head, I can see the whole town just dancing to this during the Winter Solstice Festival. I didn’t dare listen it for too long because I would most certainly burst into tears from it because, ack my characters would totally sing this and now I miss Enchantria so so much!!! 😭

I suppose that’s one of the odd things about writing for me… Even after I’m done with the book, the characters and the world are still with me. And even after I’m done with the book, I can still really see the characters in my head and I know exactly where they are right now, what they’re doing, what their dreams are for the future, and they are just so fully real to me now.

And I should probably end this post now otherwise I’ll probably just burst into tears. But yes!!! It is officially ONE MONTH till release day!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I cannot wait to wrap up this series and share the magic and wonders and heartbreak of book four with you all!!! Don’t forget — the ebook is available to pre-order on Amazon (paperback will MAYBE be coming in the autumn/winter) and I am also accepting ARC requests! So if you’d like to be an ARC reader of Enchantria: The Last Hope, head here to this Google Form!!

Oh yes, and you get a sneak peek/teaser of book four as well. 🙂

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Two moons. Two months. Those were the only words circling Elenora’s mind as she stared up at the sky. Cold gray clouds blanketed the sky in every single direction, the weather too perfectly peaceful for what was going on.

She clenched her fist and closed her eyes, trying to shove out the memories that were flashing through her mind. The battle in the tunnels. The twisted, horrible staff in Arabella’s hands. Her lavender eyes staring back at Elenora’s, right before she was spirited away in those twisting dark shadows.

Blue sparks flew from her hands, and Elenora scowled. “Seriously?” she muttered. “Now is not the time!”

Not long had passed since they’d succeeded their quest to find a fallen star to return light to Enchantria. Except Elenora wasn’t so sure it was really a success. After all, they’d only gotten half a fallen star. And after that battle…

“Elenora?”

Elenora turned to see Rani, the Starseer’s apprentice, stepping into the cabin, her ocean blue eyes searching Elenora’s. “Are you alright?” Rani asked her, frowning.

“I’m… fine,” Elenora mumbled.

Rani raised an eyebrow, but she didn’t say anything as she joined Elenora at the window. “Something feels… strange,” she murmured. Her gaze went distant, as it always did whenever something like this happened. She lifted a hand in the air, as if she could feel something. “The stars…”

“You know there aren’t any stars in the daytime, right?” Carlisia’s dry voice came from the doorway as she stepped in, arching an eyebrow.

“Just because you can’t see them doesn’t mean that they’re not there,” Rani protested.

“Yeah, but—”

Elenora rolled her eyes, a laugh managing to escape her lips. “Seriously?” she asked. They were in total, complete danger. And here her friends were, bickering again. Then again, it certainly was better than just plain hopelessness. She bit her lip. “What do you mean?” she asked Rani.

“What?” asked Rani, blinking.

“You said that something felt strange,” Elenora prompted. “Didn’t you?”

“Oh… Right, that,” said Rani. She dropped her gaze. “I don’t know,” she admitted. “There’s just a feeling. In the air. Like something’s about to happen.”

“Well, that’s no surprise,” Carlisia remarked.

“Yeah, but the stars… They feel…” Rani tilted her head sideways, her eyes glinting. “Strange. Like they’re trying to tell me something. Can’t you feel it?” She turned to them and frowned.

“Uh, no,” Elenora said uneasily. Rani had been one of her companions on the quest to Chantara, and Elenora had to say—she wasn’t so sure she was a huge fan of Rani’s omens and all that.

After all, if the stars really did send signs, why couldn’t they just tell them what was going on? Why did they have to be so mysterious? Why couldn’t they have just told them exactly what they meant? Just like they could’ve told me how to defeat Ravena, Elenora thought to herself.

Suddenly, Rani jerked up. “Did you feel that?”

“What?” Elenora asked sharply. “Is there—” She stopped short as something flashed by in the corner of her eye. She sucked in her breath sharply and jerked forward, her gaze pinned on something that was traveling in the wind.

No. It couldn’t be. They’d already had their fair share of messages and cryptic clues!

But there was no mistaking it. No mistaking what Rani had seen.

An envelope.

A black envelope.

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Was that a cliffhanger? Yes. Did I put it there on purpose? Also yes. What can I say, I LOVE cliffhangers!!! And unlike Shannon Messenger who claims she doesn’t put cliffhangers there to torture her readers, I erm…. I can’t say the same. XD I do indeed love putting cliffhangers at the ends of my books to torture my poor readers (only if the story wants to end in a cliffhanger of course).

So yeah! Thank you so so much for being here, and I shall see you again soon!!!!!

Isabelle