The Path of Ascension 7: A Grind With Nothing to Grind Toward
A review of The Path of Ascension 7 by C. Mantis, and why the endless dungeon delve through Minkalla left this reader wondering what the series is actually building toward.
A review of The Path of Ascension 7 by C. Mantis, and why the endless dungeon delve through Minkalla left this reader wondering what the series is actually building toward.
A review of The Dungeon Phoenix, Book 4 of Konrad Ryan’s Dungeon Slayer series, and why the grind is starting to wear on this reader more than the series wants it to.
Betrayed By The Hero’s Party Book 2 takes the cozy LitRPG idea I liked in book one and stretches it until there’s nothing left. I nearly didn’t finish.
A review of Ascension, Book 5 of RinoZ’s Book of the Dead series. Tyron’s power spikes, the Realm of the Dead pays off, and the ending is a genuine gut-punch.
I Summoned Their Replacements takes the same betrayed-by-the-party hook and does something different with it. Rough edges, great dungeons, and I loved it.
A review of Mark of the Fool Book 4 by J.M. Clarke, where Alex Roth hits the actual limits of his power and has to find his own way around them.
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride gives Carl closure on his father and makes Samantha great, but the card battles didn’t work for me. My DCC book 6 review.
A review of Mark of the Fool Book 3 by J.M. Clarke, where the Games of Roal tournament arc delivers real stakes instead of the filler it could have been.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Anthony, the ant with a human past, returns in Chrysalis 2: Upping the Ante! Facing a monster wave and human threats, he leads his colony to the surface in this epic LitRPG adventure. Expect more stats, skills, and evolution in this thrilling sequel.