
A Brand New World: A Slice-of-Life Urban Fantasy
The Simulacrum, Book 1
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Austin Rising
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Egathentale
A teenager becomes a romantic hero in an artificial-reality school full of supernatural secrets in the first book of a slice-of-life, urban-fantasy series.
Leonard Dunning wakes up in a home he doesn't remember—and to a face in the mirror he doesn't recognize. He soon discovers he attends Blue Cherry High with his best friend, Josh Bernstein, who seems to be the most popular boy in school, with several girls competing for his attention. As the girls collide and clash over the oblivious Josh, Leo realizes each of them displays quirks of characters found in an anime harem comedy. So if Josh is the story's protagonist, what does that make Leo?
To learn more about the simulation in which he's been cast, Leo enlists the help of background extra Judy Sennoma. Together, they observe and catalog what's going on around them to try to figure out how the story will unfold. But as Leo interacts with Josh's love interests and inadvertently confronts stereotypical villains, he disrupts the flow of the narrative. Now, two girls have set their romantic sights on him, and he's made some very powerful enemies. As the designated secondary protagonist, Leo has become a hero in an adventure that's no longer following the tropes of the genre—and placed himself and his friends in grave danger.
Caught in the crosshairs, Leo must develop his newfound superhuman abilities before he gets dragged into the hidden conflicts between otherworldly factions. But he's not afraid to push back against the plot, and the narrative's shadowy controllers are in for a rude awakening.
The first volume of the hit slice-of-life romantic-comedy series—with more than two million views on Royal Road—now available on Audible and wherever ebooks are sold!
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Story - Great story. I love a smart hero. Planners are the best when they are slightly over matched. The MC is quick to grow into his powers near the end which is fine as it isn't over shadowing everything else. The MC's humor is amazing as well. He and a couple of his friends make some great quips back and forth. He has a bit of the Oblivious Harem Protagonist to him but it mostly done in such away that it believable without just making him seem an idiot. Anyway Egathentale does a great job of both making good fun of the Harem tropes and leaning into it. 100% would recommend.
Magic - It is slowly introduced as an underlining building block for the world. The MC's abilities seem to be unique but in no way over powered. He clearly less power full then the others so there isn't a worry of the OP MC that flexes his random power to overcome everything.
Narration - Narrator did a great job for a single Narrator doing both male and female voices. The odd sound that the girls made were still pretty endearing which can be difficult in an audio book.
Harem nonHarem
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long but so worth it
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However, there were numerous times when the narrator mispronounced foreign words that broke immersion, such as pronouncing the Japanese word Moe as the English Name.
Overall, I would recommend this book with a credit if you need something to listen to while at work or what not.
Story is great, though the intro is long.
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Frankly, this book shocked me with how it managed to be both self-aware and not too pretentious at the the same time. Anyway, despite there not being a lot that happens plotwise per say, it never feels boring. The internal thoughts, problem solving, and character interactions prevent the book from feeling empty. Maybe, a bit more combat would've spicied things up a bit, but overall if you want a long time sink thats also nice and relaxed while being well grounded, I reccomend A Brand New World.
A Nice Slow Burn
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It offers a meta commentary while spinning an original story in an interesting artificial world. It is mostly dialogue/monologue driven with heavy slice-of-life elements. However, the battles are long spanning at least an hour in the first and third books.
The main character holds this together. He actually has a (irritable) personality and most of the other characters do to even if they are based in the beginning on tropes. It is nice to see personal growth along with the traditional power creep.
Weaknesses is the simplistic writing. The writer often overuses writing tropes such as the tired hot knife through animal fat one. This produces the feeling of sameness. There is also a feeling of a JJ Lensflare mystery box lurking somewhere in the plot.
The harem also is a bit out of place. One of the love interests is criminally underused in all three books. She should have been an independent actor to allow for a deeper personality.
Despite the flaws, this is overall a good niche listen with a unique premise.
Good niche entertainment
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Instead I decided to take a plunge after Curiosity took control.
I loved, I can’t reveal much with our spoiling this book but I will be getting the next installment and I hope that this book will blow up in positive light.
It was good
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not bad
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A ton of fun
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Wow, I love it!
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Great fun
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