Betrayed By The Hero’s Party (Book 1): The Repairman Gets His Twenty-Two Years Back
Betrayed By The Hero’s Party has a lovely cozy LitRPG concept and prose that reads like it came out of a machine. Both of those things are true at once.
Betrayed By The Hero’s Party has a lovely cozy LitRPG concept and prose that reads like it came out of a machine. Both of those things are true at once.
Antdustrial Revolution swaps conquest for trade deals and world-building. A slower Chrysalis, and a bridge to whatever the fifth stratum turns into.
A review of Through the Storm by John Ringo and Lydia Sherrer. Great Lynn material, but the middle book trades the alien plot for fame, bullying and doxing.
A review of Into the Real by John Ringo and Lydia Sherrer. The AR gaming premise is fine, but the hidden-identity story underneath is the real reason to read it.
A review of Mark of the Fool Book 2 by J.M. Clarke. Alex finds new ways around the Mark’s limits, and Claygon and Baelin remain the best things in it.
The Hot Gate (Troy Rising Book 3) by John Ringo delivers the best space battle of the trilogy and the one argument I no longer buy. Full review.
Evaluation starts as a mercenary-flavored LitRPG twist, then turns into an overpowered John Wick clone. Here’s why this Brad Botz book earned a 3/5.
Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 5 opens the crawl to trophy hunters and pays off the Carl and Donut bond. Here’s why The Butcher’s Masquerade is a series high.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Citadel (Troy Rising Book 2) by John Ringo replays Book 1 from a new POV and buries its best material under paperwork. Worth it for the last third.
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.