Westley Giles

The best spice is well written spice!

Reviewed: 07-01-25

I must admit that I’ve come to enjoy spicy, well written stories. Your levels of spice will vary, but some stories lean themselves toward spicy entirely too easily. KD Robertson is excelling at this mix of solid world building, well realized storytelling, and a great understanding of male oriented fantasies. Surrounded with beautiful women, tantalizing the MC with the idea of being both respected and desired. Giving that same MC the feel of being wanted for more than his physical qualities, while making the female characters their own agency and unique personalities. A bit of peace within the total lack of peace overall. And the whole time your ladies love you and what you do for them. They want to have you and be able to help you grow to your potential. Peak male fantasy. Very well done. Narration takes it to the next level in these books. Stephanie Savannah continues to excel at what she does. Her voice work is very good. Giving multiple characters the feel of individuality isn’t ever easy, but she makes what takes great effort and effortless feel. I’m enjoying all that they’re doing together.

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Gumshoe detective stuff for those who love it.

Reviewed: 06-15-25

Ben Mankiewicz shocked me in the end. I know him from Turner Classics and TYT, but here he’s a writer… the more you live, the more you learn.

Well done by all involved. I enjoyed it. If you’re into Gumshoe pulp stuff, you’ll like this, too.

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Well done overall

Reviewed: 05-27-25

No Game for Knights is an overall very solid anthology/ short story compilation that introduces you to various authors. However, as with anything done as a group, there are a some standout authors out of the lineup. To me, those are Larry Corriea, Laurel K. Hamilton, Michael Haspil, and Griffin Barber & Kacey Ezell.

Hamilton’s Squirrel Wizard is memorable and extremely engaging. I believe Haspil wrote the story with the mummy versus the vampires, which stood out to me. Griffin and Ezell wrote the story with the former angelically powered bouncer (cool concept btw). And Larry finishing it up with his Monster Hunter International leaning short story grabbed me because of the perspective he chose to tell the story from. The others were solid, but these four really stood out to me.

Worth your time as a whole, but these four really stood out.

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Book 5 and the finale

Reviewed: 04-29-25

The last book…maybe? Well, by the end of this book, I say the possibility of a branching series is very possible. Something akin to Prism Academy and War God For Hire. The building blocks are all in place for it. The story ended well. I remain intrigued by the story overall.

The narration is well done and the book stuck the landing enough that I have the desire to listen to it again at a later date.

Well done, Mr. Burke. Well done!

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David Burke doesn’t disappoint!

Reviewed: 04-24-25

The omnibus is worth your credit if you’ve ever read David Burke before. And if you haven’t, it’s still worth it as a jumping on point. As a Prism Academy fan, I was excited for this one. It’s NSFW, so headphones are advised if you intend to listen to this series anywhere that you’re not alone.

The narrators do a great job, making it even more NSFW. Enjoyable and story rich. Very enjoyable overall.

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This is a tragedy

Reviewed: 04-11-25

A tragedy is written here. Bronson Pinchot did his thing. A compelling story and performance. Well worth the time and money.

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A very good first book!

Reviewed: 04-09-25

I’m convinced that this book is a very solid first in the series. Good even. The story is cyberpunk, but is more character study and not heist driven. It was enjoyable to see how the MC interacted with the androids he found himself surrounded by.

The narrator does a solid job as well. A great performance overall with a solid story. Worth the price of admission.

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Gygax, cultivators, harems, and betrayal… oh my!

Reviewed: 03-31-25

Let’s get to the good stuff. David Burke is putting out awesome books in my opinion. This progression fantasy is more LitRPG than something like the Cradle Series, but is just as good in its way, if not equals. The narrators were as good as ever and the story is simply a really good listen. Sadly, I’ll have to wait for the next book.

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A great series. Worth every single minute!

Reviewed: 03-25-25

What a series! 13 books worth of dopeness! The magic is hard enough to keep track of while being soft enough that it was useable as both a means of solving problems or as a point of wonder. That’s a crunchy system! The characters are pretty consistent until maybe right in book 13’s ending sequence. That’s pretty good for a full two series omnibus. Few authors have the ability to keep up the feeling of consistency and interest for so long in the same series/universe.

The narrator is solid. He brought much more life than I’d expected to every character. I would’ve preferred a secondary narrator for the women, but it’s not a normal thing to do. It’s a preference.

I liked the progression of the series. I enjoyed most of the author’s choices and am very intrigued by any further works he’ll release. Great job!

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Solid short story

Reviewed: 02-21-25

A solid bit of storytelling. And a good introduction of the next generation. Well worth the time. Short and sweet.

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