The Gate of the Feral Gods (Book 4) — Ambitious, Uneven, and Still Worth It
Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 4 sends Carl after four castles and a caged god. Why The Gate of the Feral Gods is the baggiest, biggest-hearted entry yet.
Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 4 sends Carl after four castles and a caged god. Why The Gate of the Feral Gods is the baggiest, biggest-hearted entry yet.
Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- picks up right after the Igris fight. Here’s how the Crunchyroll sequel builds on Season 1, arc by arc.
Dive into the action-packed world of Warrior: En Garde, the first book in Michael A. Stackpole’s beloved Warrior Trilogy. This BattleTech novel kicks off a thrilling saga of honor, betrayal, and giant robot battles in the midst of the Succession Wars.
A review of Lamplighter Academy (Above the Drowning Light #1) by Kal Griffith, a post-apocalyptic Isekai LitRPG that leans on world-building over stat-grinding.
The Dungeon Titan buries you in grief for 80% of the book, then delivers the best fight scenes in the series. Here’s whether the payoff is worth the slog.
The Dungeon Predator is the darkest entry in The Dungeon Slayer yet — a brutal, exposition-heavy book five that tests how much punishment a series can take.
A review of Trash Alchemist (Book 1) — a LitRPG isekai with a genuinely interesting modern-knowledge premise, undercut by sloppy plotting and a magic system that doesn’t add up.
A Memory of Light review: the Last Battle, Rand’s final confrontation with the Dark One, and closing out a fourteen-book Wheel of Time reread.
Towers of Midnight review: Mat and Thom’s mission into the Tower of Ghenjei to save Moiraine, Perrin’s wolf dream arc, and the White Tower’s reunification.
The Gathering Storm review: Brandon Sanderson takes over the Wheel of Time, Rand’s breaking point on Dragonmount, and Egwene’s quiet defiance inside the Tower.
Knife of Dreams review: Perrin finally confronts Padan Fain, Mat marries Tuon, and the Wheel of Time reread gets its momentum back after a quiet stretch.
Crossroads of Twilight review: Mat and Tuon on the run, Elayne’s fight for Andor, and an honest look at the slowest book in the Wheel of Time reread.
Winter’s Heart review: the Cleansing of saidin, Perrin finally rescuing Faile, and one of the biggest payoff moments in the entire Wheel of Time series.
The Path of Daggers review: the Bowl of the Winds finally gets used, Rand’s battle rage escalates, and a Wheel of Time reread hits its shortest, quietest book.
My LitRPG picks of 2025: Iron Prince, Beware of Chicken, Chrysalis, Hell Mode and one carried over from 2024, all from reviews on the blog.
A Crown of Swords review: Rand’s move against Sammael in Illian, Cadsuane’s arrival, and a Wheel of Time reread that’s testing my patience in places.
Lord of Chaos review: Dumai’s Wells, the Asha’man’s dramatic debut, Egwene’s rise as rebel Amyrlin, and a Wheel of Time reread that’s starting to sprawl.
The Fires of Heaven review: Mat Cauthon’s brilliant Battle of Cairhien, Nynaeve vs Moghedien, and the gut-punch ending with Moiraine and Lanfear.
The Shadow Rising is Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time at its peak: Perrin’s Two Rivers stand, Rhuidean’s buried history, and Mat’s fateful bargain. A reread review.
A review of The Fantastic Four First Steps, where the retro-futuristic world and the Silver Surfer land but Galactus is nowhere near big enough.
The Reality War discards the Rani, invents a daughter, rewrites Belinda’s whole series, and regenerates the Doctor into a face it refuses to explain.