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He Who Fights with Monsters: A LitRPG Adventure
- He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 1
- By: Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
- Narrated by: Heath Miller
- Length: 28 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 40,565
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 36,294
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36,212
It’s not easy making the career jump from office-supplies-store middle manager to heroic interdimensional adventurer. At least, Jason tries to be heroic, but it's hard to be good when all your powers are evil. He’ll face off against cannibals, cultists, wizards, monsters...and that’s just on the first day. He’s going to need courage, he’s going to need wit, and he’s going to need some magic powers of his own. But first, he’s going to need pants.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great!
- By tb3 on 03-10-21
- He Who Fights with Monsters: A LitRPG Adventure
- He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 1
- By: Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
- Narrated by: Heath Miller
The main character “Jason” is a bit annoying
Reviewed: 01-27-25
The main character is very good at manipulating people and not in a good way in my opinion. He also runs his mouth too much. I’m kind of surprised he hasn’t gotten himself killed because of it. For someone who has evil powers he draws way too much attention to himself. The fact that he hasn’t drawn the eyeballs of the churchy people is amazing. He also has an apocalypse beast as a familiar. And the thing that makes no sense to me is the fact that everybody around him seems to be OK with all of it.
Story progressions kind of slow. The whole first half of the book is nothing but a huge training ark which drives me nuts because nothing really happens. He kills some cultists by accident. Any fights a few monsters. That’s it.
The narrator is not very good at giving the characters their own voice. They all sound alike to me and it’s hard for me to follow who’s talking.
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Dragon Magus 4
- Dragon Magus, Book 4
- By: DB King
- Narrated by: Austin Rising
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41
Raphael and the Hell Drakes have their sights upon the Wind Bastion and Vukaste the Ogre Lord. Their mission is to cleanse the remains of Shiomi the Defiant and allow her draconic soul to rest. But Vukaste is not the only enemy who seeks to do Raphael and his friends harm. Someone in the Chimeric Empire is working alongside the ogres, and their dark quest is one that could mean not only the end of Lucario, but the entire world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sad it’s all over
- By Duncan shoemaker on 01-13-25
- Dragon Magus 4
- Dragon Magus, Book 4
- By: DB King
- Narrated by: Austin Rising
Sad it’s all over
Reviewed: 01-13-25
Probably my most favorite dragon story. Too bad the author isn’t continuing the story. Theirs so much more story to tell.
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The Faded Land
- A Progression Fantasy Epic (Keiran: The Eternal Mage Book 1)
- By: D.E. Sherman
- Narrated by: John Joseph Rogers, Rylee Kuberra
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 723
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 640
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 640
Keiran of the Night Vale has staved off death for two thousand years. His mind and his magic remain as sharp as ever, but his body is old, worn out, and failing. What he needs is to reincarnate into a new, young body, and he bends his prodigious talents towards doing exactly that.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Story Buried in Fluff...
- By AmalgaMat1on on 04-18-24
- The Faded Land
- A Progression Fantasy Epic (Keiran: The Eternal Mage Book 1)
- By: D.E. Sherman
- Narrated by: John Joseph Rogers, Rylee Kuberra
Stupid
Reviewed: 09-02-24
You have a 2000 year-old mage essentially, stuck in the body of a three-year-old boy. A situation of his own creation might I add. Within less than a year of his memories from his previous life awakening he’s killing adults that have been practicing magic for years that can utilize more manner than he can. He starts bossing around his parents and essentially acts high in Mighty. I’m about 25% of the way through the book and I don’t know if I can continue. So far, it makes absolutely no sense. Even from a fantasy novel standpoint. Don’t waste your credits or your money on this series.
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Olympus Academy: The Titan's Treasure
- Olympus Academy, Book 1
- By: Eliza Raine
- Narrated by: Kathleen Li
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 175
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 150
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 149
Titans have powers that even Zeus, Lord of the Olympians, is scared of. And apparently, I’m a Titan. When I finally meet my mom for the first time ever, she tells me that I’m descended from the almighty Oceanus, drags me under the sea, and dumps me at Olympus Academy to learn to use my powers. And boy, did she forget to tell me a few things!
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3 out of 5 stars
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Supernatural HS Story
- By S. Christenson on 03-04-20
- Olympus Academy: The Titan's Treasure
- Olympus Academy, Book 1
- By: Eliza Raine
- Narrated by: Kathleen Li
Percy Jackson knock off
Reviewed: 05-25-22
So this book is basically a Percy Jackson and the Olympians knock off. It’s nowhere near as good as The books that Rick Riordan write. I gave it three stars overall because the story wasn’t terrible. It was easy to follow which it should be it’s designed for a little kids.
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The Power of Six
- By: Pittacus Lore
- Narrated by: Neil Kaplan, Marisol Ramirez
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,471
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,068
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,077
I've seen him on the news. Followed the stories about what happened in Ohio. John Smith, out there, on the run. To the world, he's a mystery. But to me . . . he's one of us.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Saving the World by Numbers is My New Obsession.
- By Anne-Marie on 11-20-11
- The Power of Six
- By: Pittacus Lore
- Narrated by: Neil Kaplan, Marisol Ramirez
It’s not bad
Reviewed: 12-19-21
I like the 2 narrator thing it works really well. This one is a lot better then the first book. The action is good but my advice to anyone wanting to read the series don’t read the summaries of the other books it gives away to much info in my opinion. But it’s not a good series unless you have a trader that costs the life of one of the other numbers not saying any more you’ll have to read them to see what happens.
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I Am Number Four
- By: Pittacus Lore
- Narrated by: Neil Kaplan
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,634
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4,761
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,771
Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books—but we are real.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I am number four
- By Joshua Kring on 08-22-15
- I Am Number Four
- By: Pittacus Lore
- Narrated by: Neil Kaplan
It’s ok
Reviewed: 12-18-21
I’m glad I didn’t spend money on this one it was not the best book I’ve read/listened to. The main character John/#4 is constantly making mistakes and is completely incapable of protecting himself. He only makes it through the final battle thanks to his dog, #6, and his “dad” he’ll even his human friends do more then him. I thought he was completely useless. There is also a groan factor with the love story I mean come on tone it down a bit this is a action adventure book not a romance.
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The Lost Heir
- The Gryphon Chronicles, Book 1
- By: E.G. Foley
- Narrated by: Jamie du Pont MacKenzie
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,246
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,140
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,145
Jake is a scrappy orphaned pickpocket living by his wits on the streets of Victorian London. Lately he’s started seeing ghosts and discovers he can move solid objects with his mind! He has no idea why. Next thing he knows, a Sinister Gentleman and his minions come hunting him. On the run for his life, Jake is plunged headlong into a mysterious world full of magic and deadly peril. A world that holds the secret to who he really is: the long-lost heir of an aristocratic family - with magical powers!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome Magical Medieval Adventure
- By littlebear on 09-14-15
- The Lost Heir
- The Gryphon Chronicles, Book 1
- By: E.G. Foley
- Narrated by: Jamie du Pont MacKenzie
Good story
Reviewed: 12-01-21
The story was fantastic. It kept moving at a decent pace. I will say that it is geared towards a younger audience but some adults will enjoy it as well. If you like magic and adventure where the main character is the hero then you’ll love this book. As an American some of the British slang was hard to decipher but if you understand the context of how the slang term is being used you can figure it out.
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The Lost Gate
- Mithermages, Book 1
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Emily Janice Card
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,964
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,262
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,266
Danny North knew from early childhood that his family was different - and that he was different from them. While his cousins were learning how to create the things that commoners called fairies, ghosts, golems, trolls, werewolves, and other such miracles that were the heritage of the North family, Danny worried that he would never show a talent, never form an "outself"....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Card doing what he does best.
- By joshua on 01-05-11
- The Lost Gate
- Mithermages, Book 1
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Emily Janice Card
Not a child’s books
Reviewed: 10-25-20
It’s ok. Not terrible but I’m 14 chapters in and not a hint of action at all. Theirs two different stories one in mid-guard and one in a different world and so far they don’t mesh at all. Hopefully something changes soon.
Now to address the title of this post.
This book is not for kids it has parts that are vulgar and kids shouldn’t here it.
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