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Fishing village base building

Reviewed: 12-27-24

Heretical Fishing 3

The raid on the castle went great! Fischer and his church took the relics that the king was using to track their skill increase progress and freed every cultivator that they came across. Now to get them all settled into Tropica. There is also the matter of the king himself to deal with.

This cozy litrpg is a really fun series to follow. It has enough action to keep it entertaining and the animal pals just steal the show! I’m eagerly awaiting the next book. Heath Miller did a great job with the narration!

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Fantastic start to a cultivation series

Reviewed: 12-26-24

Crystal Core

Ryan has had an incurable disease that is slowly turning his body to crystal. After 11 years of this disease, he can’t move at all and can barely breathe. That’s when a portal opened above his bed and isekaied him into a cultivation world called the Divided Realms. Just thrilled to be able to stand up again, Ryan learns that he is the Hero destined to protect the Realms from invasions of the Horde. One more thing, he now has three wives.

Harem is not my thing, so I passed up this series back when it first came out. I probably wouldn’t have given it a shot if it wasn’t going to intersect with Welcome to the Multiverse. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the female characters actually had personalities and were not just there to throw themselves at the MC. Having said that, sex is a part of story and is brought up quite often. However, everything is kept PG-13 and everything Fades to Black. All in all, this is a great story and it stand strong on its own, even without the connection to Welcome to the Multiverse. Daniel Wisniewski and Rebecca Woods do a fantastic job with the dual narration!

Content Warning: Fade to Black sex

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Fishing with my animal pals

Reviewed: 12-23-24

Heretical Fishing 2

Fischer is pretty much living his best life. He has found a cozy village and got himself some beachfront property and an amazing home. The goal now is to relax with all of his animal pals and get in some fishing. Hopefully, he will get to know Maria much better. Unfortunately, Barry has other plans.

This cozy litrpg is a breath of fresh air. The entire vibe of this series is just so wholesome. Expect to be hungry for seafood as you read this one. Heath Miller did a great job with the narration!

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The Wild Hunt begins

Reviewed: 12-17-24

Resistance

Time is up. The Wild Hunt has begun. In this 3 month test, you will hunt or be hunted. From other Forerunners to the Wild life and eventually the Huntsman himself. The odd thing is that he is starting to see more signs of a different system vying for Silas’s attention. On Earth, the amazing deals that Silas made to bring trainers and other warriors to help with Earth before the induction is truly paying off.

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite LitRPG series! Even better, it will soon crossover with two other series: Crystal Core and Dragon Sorcerer. The action in the story is fantastic and the characters are developing nicely. There are fun new allies introduced as well. Needless to say, Travis Baldree did an amazing job with the narration!

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Judging a Siege

Reviewed: 12-16-24

Jury

The undead of this world are going to prove a problem for James Holden. He barely survived his first major encounter with them and that was only a portion of the army. Now, another wing of the army has their undead eyes on the city of Greendown. James and his team will have a lot of work ahead of them with this siege. That’s no even accounting for the powerful Green Wardens hunting for him or the deranged White Wardens.

I am really enjoying this series! It’s always fun to see an overpowered character encounter something new that they can’t immediately overcome. The new characters are very interesting and I do hope that they appear again in the next book! Neil Hellegers did an excellent job with the narration.

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Pirates of Venice

Reviewed: 12-05-24

Portal to Nova Roma: Venice

Alexander and his legion have fled Nova Roma to set up on their own mining island. The problem is that they really need someone new to trade with. After some deliberation, they head towards Venice. On the way, they find out that the pirates have a huge stronghold over the area and are looking to expand.

This has been a fun series to follow. Alexander goes through quite a bit of character growth since when he first stepped into this parallel world. One of my favorite things has been meeting all the new characters that are added in this story. Christian Gilliland does a great job as the narrator!

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Robot Dungeon Core

Reviewed: 12-02-24

Establish

Regan was scientist who accidentally caused the fall of one civilization and the rise of the race of robots. Then, of course, humanity attacked the robots. After many years of war, Regan finally is killed. What he thought would be the end of existence started a new life as a dungeon core. Once again, he has access to his beloved automatons. Maybe this time he can make it right, for both humanity and his beloved robots.

This is a great start to a dungeon core series. It checked off every box that I wanted and introduced some fun ideas that I hadn’t seen before. The dungeon can make a host and travel outside of the dungeon and interact with the world. This certainly has potential. As with most dungeon core, there is a delvers PoV that is a nice point to play off of. Nicole Poole and Gabriel Vaughan do a great job with this duel narration.

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Multiverse here on Earth

Reviewed: 11-26-24

Countdown

With the events in Norway, there is no doubt that the world is well aware that something is going on. Silas just needs to figure out how he can turn this to Earth’s advantage. There is not much time until induction and even less until the Wild Hunt. Silas and the other Forerunners have a lot to do before than!

This was a great action packed story! There is adventure going on in both the multiverse and here on Earth. Some excellent characters are introduced as well. While I have not seen any crossover yet, I just found that there will be with two other series: Crystal Core and Dragon Sorcerer. I guess I have two more series to start! This really should not have surprised me with the word Multiverse in the title. Travis Baldree did an amazing job with the narration!

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Retaking the kingdom

Reviewed: 11-25-24 Listener received this title free

Corrupted Suffusion

Larek has saved some of his friends. He has even closed one of the Calamities. However , that very fact is being used against him as he keeps searching for the rest of his friends. He will need to work even harder to find the rest of them.

The recap chapter and having the stats are their own mini chapters have been very helpful. The new fusions that get made are a great use of strategy. I really enjoyed seeing it all come together in the last few chapters. It looks like it is ramping up to a close soon. Miles Meili does fantastic narrating.

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Great start to a kinda cozy series

Reviewed: 11-15-24

Battle Mage Farmer

After more than a decade of brutal war, John has more than earned his retirement and the farmstead that was his reward. More importantly, he’d like to find some way to stop the apocalypse from happening. Every morning, he gets an update of where the world’s Doom Points are. Once it hits 100, the apocalypse begins.

This was a really interesting mix of genres. For the first 3/4 or so of the books, it feels like a cozy litrpg like Beware of Chicken. Towards the end, it switches over to an action and adventure litrpg. I enjoyed the entire story, but it is tricky to categorize. Either way, I’ll definitely be reading book 2! Michael Kramer does a great job with the narration! It has a very Clint Eastwood feel to it.

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