
Children of Fear: A Paranormal LitRPG Dungeon Core
Spirit Core, Book 2
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Narrated by:
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Sarah L. Colton
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By:
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Jonathan Brooks
After successfully completing his objective inside the house in South Carolina, the transformed soul of serial killer Clive Logan was randomly transported to another location as his reward. Something about the new house he found himself in was quite different, however; whereas the Spirit Core had previously “haunted” a house filled with only adult targets, two children that apparently lived in the new location - a young boy and a slightly older girl - were thrown into the mix.
As an emotionally absent serial killer, he didn’t care that they were children - he would kill them if that was his objective. Fortunately for them, Clive soon learned that instead of killing the two young kids, he needed to leave them alone because their innocent souls were essentially off-limits. At the same time, the fear-based attacks that had worked so well for the Spirit Core in South Carolina were practically useless against the parental protective instincts the two adults in the house possessed. This made them more fearful for their children than they were for themselves, negating the majority of the fear he would normally generate.
Luckily, there was a solution for that. While harming or killing the children was forbidden, recruiting them to Clive’s side was not only allowed, but encouraged; if the attacks on their parents came from them instead of the Spirit Core, none of their protective instincts would kick in. A simple solution - but working alongside children was never something he had prior experience with, nor did he count himself as much of a team player.
To succeed in his new objective, however, serial killer Clive Logan was going to have to rely on a couple of kids who liked dinosaurs, cars, and unicorns...
Warning: No children are physically hurt in this audiobook, though the ones integral to the story are affected in other (mental and emotional) ways. This is also the tale of a serial killer doing what serial killers do, so if you are opposed to either of these warnings, turn back now...Contains LitRPG/GameLit aspects such as statistics and leveling, as well as Dungeon Core elements.
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This book also progresses the series narrative and sets the stage for things going even more crazy in book 3.
Amped up the terror
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Horrifying
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The MC, a spirit core, has been relocated to a new house and although his goals are the same the way he has to accomplish them have changed.
Because the MC is not allowed to kill children under the age of 18 he is instructed to use them as minions to kill the adults of the house.
The way Brooks goes about weaving this macabre tale is impressive and Colton is just as good at speaking it into our ear holes.
5 stars all the way around!
When did LitRPG get so creepy???
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Masterful creepy factor!
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As a side note, it's good that the agents of Heaven are at least cottoning on to that there's something wrong going on, but I'm really hoping that the third book doesn't continue to have the bishop arriving too late, to borrow from Monty Python, always on the back foot. Honestly, I think that's also another area where the book fell a bit flat for me, in that I never really got a sense that Clive was genuinely in trouble despite arbitrary (yet very precise) deadlines given to him. Potential roadblocks appeared, but were eliminated just as quickly. In comparison, the first book felt like he really had to build up his power and use it creatively and that there was a genuine chance he could fail.
The narration was good. Unlike the first book, I listened to it as an audiobook without reading the text, so the statblocks raced by even faster as largely meaningless noise for me, but that's the nature of trying to move LitRPG into the audio environment.
Fell a bit flat for me
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A rather good sequel!
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spooky!
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creepingly chilly
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Fear. It’s nice to have an MC who is a villain. Sometimes you don’t want a happy ending evil to be defeated. Sometimes it just feels damned good to see the bad guys win. Here we have the 2nd installment of this great series where the MC is a spirit core (ghost haunting a house) who, for those who love LITRPG or gamelit novels, must gain levels, advance his skills and kill people (from fear) to harvest their souls for the one down below. Now we have a twist. Here in this installment he can have minions. Two children who he can corrupt and have do his bidding to create all sorts of terrifying things in the house. If you want a happy ending this isn’t it. If you want horror, terror and pure evil 😈 then this is for you. I lived every second of it. Can’t wait to listen to the third one!!! I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator or publisher
Creepy as hell
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fantastic book
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