M. Seales

Color me Impressed.

Reviewed: 05-28-21

In all honesty, I started this book with some low expectations after reading a couple negative reviews. but, it was a free audible and oh boy did I enjoy this.

This book, Legend Online Genesis: A LitRPG; is a tale about the protagonist Roy, who is a modern day gamer beginning with a large online following and finds himself in a complete immersion virtual reality with no exit in sight. And yes I know this sounds like Sword Art Online (SAO), Ready Player One, etc... but for me, I don’t mind how you get to the place, it’s about how the story unfolds from there and that’s exactly how this book got me.

The development of the characters was solid and I found the battle scenes to be well written offering descriptions and completely plausible (in a game setting) actions to pass each trial. I did cringe a couple times, but even then this is an emotion that I feel was intentionally invoked and served it’s purpose to put you in Roy’s boots.

This is not a typical OP (overpowered) Story where Roy blasts away faces and gets all the women and gold. It’s about love, betrayal, loot, loyalty and honor; there were so many emotions I was put through from Laughter to Solidarity in the losses in this tale it left me a reminiscent feeling just like a RolePlaying Game (RPG) I played.

I would encourage anyone who enjoys the LitRPG series, Fantasies or just wants to embark on a tale where a stereotypical gamer with all of the quirks finds his way to the glory we (gamers) seek.

Negatives: I suppose there were some inconsistencies and unanswered questions left around the beginning of the book and other parts which fell to the side as Roy moved on to each new quest. But again these things were to be expected for me, there are only so many twists you can add before it becomes repeated.

Thank you to the writers; Jonathan Yanez & Ross Buzzell can’t wait to dig into Book 2

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