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Eden's Gate #4
The Arena
Edgewood is under attack, and the threat of war lingers across the Serpent Sea.
In order to protect their village, the members of Unity will need to work together to level-up and find better gear. They'll need to lay the foundation of a castle that can serve as a fortification from intruders.
But what if there's a better way?
When Gunnar learns that the King of Highcastle will grant an audience to anyone who wins an Arena championship, he decides to enter the competition as a gladiator. If he can earn a meeting with the ailing King and persuade him to stop Dryden Bloodletter, he can save Edgewood and potentially countless lives. He'll also get his name posted in every Arena which could lead Rachel one step closer to finding him.
The Arena is a spectacle where people gather to watch fighters put their skills to the test, earn fame, and take home gold. Does Gunnar have what it takes to become a champion or has he bitten off more than he can chew?
In order to protect their village, the members of Unity will need to work together to level-up and find better gear. They'll need to lay the foundation of a castle that can serve as a fortification from intruders.
But what if there's a better way?
When Gunnar learns that the King of Highcastle will grant an audience to anyone who wins an Arena championship, he decides to enter the competition as a gladiator. If he can earn a meeting with the ailing King and persuade him to stop Dryden Bloodletter, he can save Edgewood and potentially countless lives. He'll also get his name posted in every Arena which could lead Rachel one step closer to finding him.
The Arena is a spectacle where people gather to watch fighters put their skills to the test, earn fame, and take home gold. Does Gunnar have what it takes to become a champion or has he bitten off more than he can chew?
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Published April 30, 2018
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May 8, 2022
Honestly, unlike most of the reviewers for this book, I'm not at all unhappy with this tale.
It ISN'T a tale for the ages.
It is, however, a pretty standard LitRPG fare with tricksy thieves, tricksy nobles, and foolish PCs. The fun part is, as always, in the journey, the leveling up, the stupid decisions, and how we get out of the problem.
The groanworthy part is, of course, the drug addiction bit. My eyes did roll a bit. But sometimes we need stupid characters to do stupid things and since this is a LitRPG with respawning fun built right in, it's not like the consequences are forever. For me, however, I was looking at the costs in both gold and on his psyche and I was like... damn.
I'll just say it again, the rest of the book was fun, an easy devour.
It ISN'T a tale for the ages.
It is, however, a pretty standard LitRPG fare with tricksy thieves, tricksy nobles, and foolish PCs. The fun part is, as always, in the journey, the leveling up, the stupid decisions, and how we get out of the problem.
The groanworthy part is, of course, the drug addiction bit. My eyes did roll a bit. But sometimes we need stupid characters to do stupid things and since this is a LitRPG with respawning fun built right in, it's not like the consequences are forever. For me, however, I was looking at the costs in both gold and on his psyche and I was like... damn.
I'll just say it again, the rest of the book was fun, an easy devour.
May 1, 2018
Think I'm done
Liked the first couple of books in the series, but not the last couple. The main character seems to get more stupid and incompetent with each installment. Maybe he was this naive in the beginning and I just didn't notice or figured he would learn and grow as a character, but he's pretty worthless and it makes it hard to read. The storyline and writing are still good and interesting but I would actually prefer the main character to be dead and read about his friends or even the bad guys.
Liked the first couple of books in the series, but not the last couple. The main character seems to get more stupid and incompetent with each installment. Maybe he was this naive in the beginning and I just didn't notice or figured he would learn and grow as a character, but he's pretty worthless and it makes it hard to read. The storyline and writing are still good and interesting but I would actually prefer the main character to be dead and read about his friends or even the bad guys.
May 4, 2018
Boo.
Good book until the last little bit. At which point the author opens the main character head in the removes anything resembling intelligent. At which point the main character walks into a trap that is so obvious that I found myself reallying from whiplash with how much the character suddenly became so dumb. Boo just boo.
Good book until the last little bit. At which point the author opens the main character head in the removes anything resembling intelligent. At which point the main character walks into a trap that is so obvious that I found myself reallying from whiplash with how much the character suddenly became so dumb. Boo just boo.
May 7, 2018
I wasn't really impressed with this latest installment of the Eden's Gate series. Don't get me wrong, there were good parts, but there was a lot left lacking. First off, the editing for this book was the worst I've seen it in any of the previous books (which all had some issues). I don't know if it's because they get released as is and slowly fixed after publication or what.
The theme for this book appears to be about redemption and growth, but that's grossly overshadowed by the weighty appearance and subtheme of drugs, crime, and punishment - which all come after the taste of the arena that matches the cover and title.
Of course, a lot of people are upset about the end. It isn't what happens, but how it goes down that people are upset about. Basically, in the final moments of the book, Gunter overcomes all his personal growth in the face of his struggles to become a non-heroic bumbling idiot. This is what we're left with when the book ends. It overshadows everything, even the seemingly interesting twist that follows. But who cares about the twist if the point-of-view character isn't worthy?
Will I read book 5? Yes. But if things don't start shaping up, I guess I'll find myself standing outside the core intended audience for the series. Which is a serious shame, because Eden's Gate has been the series that's managed to draw me into the LitRPG genre the furthest so far.
The theme for this book appears to be about redemption and growth, but that's grossly overshadowed by the weighty appearance and subtheme of drugs, crime, and punishment - which all come after the taste of the arena that matches the cover and title.
Of course, a lot of people are upset about the end. It isn't what happens, but how it goes down that people are upset about. Basically, in the final moments of the book, Gunter overcomes all his personal growth in the face of his struggles to become a non-heroic bumbling idiot. This is what we're left with when the book ends. It overshadows everything, even the seemingly interesting twist that follows. But who cares about the twist if the point-of-view character isn't worthy?
Will I read book 5? Yes. But if things don't start shaping up, I guess I'll find myself standing outside the core intended audience for the series. Which is a serious shame, because Eden's Gate has been the series that's managed to draw me into the LitRPG genre the furthest so far.
June 18, 2018
Not my favourite story of this series
Putting aside the ending, this book was not so enjoyable as the previous ones as the characters and story didn't seem to make much progression - it felt like half a book. Perhaps because of the pressure in this genre to put out regular books? Still well written and worth reading if you are reading this series but a bit disappointing.
Putting aside the ending, this book was not so enjoyable as the previous ones as the characters and story didn't seem to make much progression - it felt like half a book. Perhaps because of the pressure in this genre to put out regular books? Still well written and worth reading if you are reading this series but a bit disappointing.
May 15, 2018
Robed bald men take over
The kings in more trouble then I thought if some bald men in robes can defeat professional fighters of the arena and all of the guardsmen there. Of each of the books this is the first thing that hasn't really made since. Do we find out in the next book about the bald robes man's special skills. Reborn detection?
The kings in more trouble then I thought if some bald men in robes can defeat professional fighters of the arena and all of the guardsmen there. Of each of the books this is the first thing that hasn't really made since. Do we find out in the next book about the bald robes man's special skills. Reborn detection?
October 15, 2019
Notes:
I love it when the author makes details relevant to the plot. On the flip side, the way events were connected/revealed/etc are done in such a blunt fashion that it's like having a yowling cat thrown at me.
I like the overall direction of the series but the uneven pacing and (super awkward) relationship drama make me want to take a break or stop reading.
I love it when the author makes details relevant to the plot. On the flip side, the way events were connected/revealed/etc are done in such a blunt fashion that it's like having a yowling cat thrown at me.
I like the overall direction of the series but the uneven pacing and (super awkward) relationship drama make me want to take a break or stop reading.
February 5, 2019
The main characters are so infuriatingly stupid it makes it extremely hard to enjoy this novel. I swear if this dumb cunt of a MC lets someone stab him in the back again I'm going to scream. I feel so frustrated I bought all the books.
October 6, 2020
Good series but this book needed proofreading
“Shouldn’t we should just try it while we’re here?” I asked.
This book was the worst edited of the series so far. A great series but this one fell in quality. I will continue to read the series but some paragraphs and sentences were just confusing due to poor editing and a lack of proof reading before being published.
“Shouldn’t we should just try it while we’re here?” I asked.
This book was the worst edited of the series so far. A great series but this one fell in quality. I will continue to read the series but some paragraphs and sentences were just confusing due to poor editing and a lack of proof reading before being published.
July 25, 2018
Rating 3.0
I did not like book 3 that much so before starting this book, I cheated a little and read some reviews. It seems like most people where really disappointed in this book, so I went into it with that mindset - that I was going to be disappointed. There was a point in the middle of the book that if the story turned the way I thought it was going to turn, I was going to be really pissed off (because again I was primed to be disappointed) The good news is that the story did not go the way I expected, so that in itself made me feel okay with the rest of the story. I have read in other reviews how dumb Gunnar can be with his decisions and I do have to admit that he is very slow at picking up completely obvious clues, but I didn't think it was worse than in the 3rd book. It is still not a great book, every problem in the previous books is still present in this book, but so are all the good things about the story. I did not feel that this book was a huge step down in the series. I think the overall series is just okay, and this book is also just okay.
I did not like book 3 that much so before starting this book, I cheated a little and read some reviews. It seems like most people where really disappointed in this book, so I went into it with that mindset - that I was going to be disappointed. There was a point in the middle of the book that if the story turned the way I thought it was going to turn, I was going to be really pissed off (because again I was primed to be disappointed) The good news is that the story did not go the way I expected, so that in itself made me feel okay with the rest of the story. I have read in other reviews how dumb Gunnar can be with his decisions and I do have to admit that he is very slow at picking up completely obvious clues, but I didn't think it was worse than in the 3rd book. It is still not a great book, every problem in the previous books is still present in this book, but so are all the good things about the story. I did not feel that this book was a huge step down in the series. I think the overall series is just okay, and this book is also just okay.
May 10, 2019
God I would give it a 0 star rating if I could.
THE ENDING IS ABSOLUTELY TRASH NO OTHER WAY TO SAY IT I WILL NOT SPOIL IT FOR ANY ONE THAT WANTS TO READ IT BUT WTF COME ON!!!!
Yet again the main character is absolutely retarded either that or author can't keep track of the skills he's giving to characters cuz he giving them out like candy at a Halloween party. The same person that healed the mc on the harpies cliff could have used telekinesis to take the eggs down the cliff but no why would that make sense.
The other books have been pretty bad with Exp but this one takes the cake at one point in the book the main character gets a massive XP bonus and lv's and then turns right around and gets a Pedley 8000 XP then lv's again does the author not understand MMO's.
WHY PUT EXP IN THE BOOK IF YOU NOT GOING TO DO THE MATH AND MAKE IT MAKE SENSE UGH.
What makes me sick is now that Lit RPGs are taking off and getting popular everybody wants to make one and a lot of them don't even make sense. God i miss the the good old days when there was just a few authors doing it at lest then the authors put in the work and made it make sense now it's just got to throw it in there because that's what people expect.
One of the absolute worst litrpg books I've had the displeasure of reading.
THE ENDING IS ABSOLUTELY TRASH NO OTHER WAY TO SAY IT I WILL NOT SPOIL IT FOR ANY ONE THAT WANTS TO READ IT BUT WTF COME ON!!!!
Yet again the main character is absolutely retarded either that or author can't keep track of the skills he's giving to characters cuz he giving them out like candy at a Halloween party. The same person that healed the mc on the harpies cliff could have used telekinesis to take the eggs down the cliff but no why would that make sense.
The other books have been pretty bad with Exp but this one takes the cake at one point in the book the main character gets a massive XP bonus and lv's and then turns right around and gets a Pedley 8000 XP then lv's again does the author not understand MMO's.
WHY PUT EXP IN THE BOOK IF YOU NOT GOING TO DO THE MATH AND MAKE IT MAKE SENSE UGH.
What makes me sick is now that Lit RPGs are taking off and getting popular everybody wants to make one and a lot of them don't even make sense. God i miss the the good old days when there was just a few authors doing it at lest then the authors put in the work and made it make sense now it's just got to throw it in there because that's what people expect.
One of the absolute worst litrpg books I've had the displeasure of reading.
May 27, 2018
Don't Like Dumb
I'm reading this series sometimes I'm liking it but this ending dumb when your main character goes from smart too stupid it's silly and disappointing
I'm reading this series sometimes I'm liking it but this ending dumb when your main character goes from smart too stupid it's silly and disappointing
January 21, 2021
Main character handed everything
As I have been reading this series I have been increasingly disappointed with how the main character is just handed everything. Rare ability (identify items) that the queen has not given to any of the other reborns who have been to the elf kingdom. He keeps getting schools of magic unlocked and spells handed to him.
Guild mates are now giving him everything as well. Instead of having other reborns in the guild have spells and magic, he takes them all for himself. I'm sorry, but I have played so many MMORPGs, and this is not how it works. Yes, guild mates help each other to an extent. But the way he has written the characters is getting to be unbelievable. "You are the leader so you keep the loot". No! Things get divided fairly in MMORPGS, that's how things are done. The other reborns from earth would be wanting to learn all the spells as well. If I were in his guild and in the adventure group I would be like " Hold up, you have had the last 4 spells. It's time to let others get magic abilities mr greedy".
I also hate when they turn a character into a archer, a swordsman, a mage. And then being really good at all of them. No!!! You need to specialize and work hard and focus everything on achieving the best results with that path. Not just be able to excell in every magic and every fighting class. That is just OP and boring as hell.
Please stop just handing everything to the main character and making them OP. Letting him have every magic(handed to him). New spells( handed to him). Best loot out of the group (handed to him).
I only hope that if this author really did run a guild in a game that he wasn't as as greedy as the main character in this series or take advantage of his guildies like this main character does.
As I have been reading this series I have been increasingly disappointed with how the main character is just handed everything. Rare ability (identify items) that the queen has not given to any of the other reborns who have been to the elf kingdom. He keeps getting schools of magic unlocked and spells handed to him.
Guild mates are now giving him everything as well. Instead of having other reborns in the guild have spells and magic, he takes them all for himself. I'm sorry, but I have played so many MMORPGs, and this is not how it works. Yes, guild mates help each other to an extent. But the way he has written the characters is getting to be unbelievable. "You are the leader so you keep the loot". No! Things get divided fairly in MMORPGS, that's how things are done. The other reborns from earth would be wanting to learn all the spells as well. If I were in his guild and in the adventure group I would be like " Hold up, you have had the last 4 spells. It's time to let others get magic abilities mr greedy".
I also hate when they turn a character into a archer, a swordsman, a mage. And then being really good at all of them. No!!! You need to specialize and work hard and focus everything on achieving the best results with that path. Not just be able to excell in every magic and every fighting class. That is just OP and boring as hell.
Please stop just handing everything to the main character and making them OP. Letting him have every magic(handed to him). New spells( handed to him). Best loot out of the group (handed to him).
I only hope that if this author really did run a guild in a game that he wasn't as as greedy as the main character in this series or take advantage of his guildies like this main character does.
March 15, 2019
I loved this book for the most part, but the main character was pissing me off a bit with his attitude near the beginning and his drug addiction. I feel like he should report to the game's creator that the drug he is addicted to has buggy effects. The drug completely overrode his thought process and made him become unable to avoid trying to get a hold of the drug despite unreasonable circumstances. It made him pretty much even unable to think of the possibility of saying no. I think that even with the most addictive drugs in real life, people should be able to think of the possibility of saying no to the drug even if they are too addicted to actually say no. The way this drug in the book is described seems to be going way too far in terms of how the addiction plays out, especially with it likely overriding and completely blocking even the possibility of some thoughts. If it does that, it is changing human minds to be much more like video game NPCs than the actual NPCs in the game, and that seems to go against what the game's designer intended. Therefore, that drug in the game was either implemented in a buggy way that completely overrides a person's thoughts when it should just affect their thoughts, or it was really poorly implemented and still needs some tweaking by the one guy who can still tweak the game's code. This drug's detail just really pissed me off. Aside from that though, the book was super addictive and fun to read. It did not override all my thoughts though, because that is not a realistic thing to happen.
October 4, 2019
Good god. This nicely writen but main character is dumb, naive, uncharismatic. He was bad in the first books but he had potential. I thought he could wise up but no. He's getting more bland when the series progress in this book it's pain full. He infiltrates an enemy and he's running hes stypid mouth in obvious ways but for some reason he doesnt get caught. He can bitch and whine in front of monarcs with out any repercussions (book 3) hes written like he's good and fair guy but he bitches on light panter, tooks first loot picks, Now he has "more romantic interest" he try to be man of action and in next sentence hes second quessing him self. Hes picked leader and hes so dumb he hasnt tryed to check game mechanics, test skill limits variations not trying to specialice. Not trying to implement earth knowledge. This book would be much better if he died off and one of his companion would continue this story. I read to the part when he killed diseaced rat. Rat released spore clouds when he got hit and this idiot rush next to it to finnish it with blade instead of using multiple different attack options that he has .. I cant think of nothing positive to say of this main character one stupid decission after another
October 20, 2020
Borderline a 1 star book. The world building is severely lacking, the pacing terrible, the MC annoying and it feels like the author lost his way.
The arena is barely featured but the rest of the book is so slow that I understand why it's titled as that. The author actually thinks a little about (a few of) the meta issues in LitRPG but is nowhere near enough. When you try and build a virtuel world as a counter to the real world, you should at least consider the basic concepts of that world. Eden's Gate is supposed to be 10 times the size of Earth (or something like that) with a medieval society with a limited magic users, and still the King of a single country (who knows how big) threatens to post a wanted add of the main character in front of all inns in the world. This completely destroys any immersion or wanted immersion into that world, and, unfortunately, shows the author is completely out of his depth in this. I probably should have quit here, but lets see.
The arena is barely featured but the rest of the book is so slow that I understand why it's titled as that. The author actually thinks a little about (a few of) the meta issues in LitRPG but is nowhere near enough. When you try and build a virtuel world as a counter to the real world, you should at least consider the basic concepts of that world. Eden's Gate is supposed to be 10 times the size of Earth (or something like that) with a medieval society with a limited magic users, and still the King of a single country (who knows how big) threatens to post a wanted add of the main character in front of all inns in the world. This completely destroys any immersion or wanted immersion into that world, and, unfortunately, shows the author is completely out of his depth in this. I probably should have quit here, but lets see.
August 22, 2018
Great story!
This story is comfortably paced, fast action scenes mixed with drama, mysteries, and slower times of comraderie. I like how Gunnar is growing as a person (I did want to yell at him a few times LOL) and how he is sometimes so immersed in his day-to-day life he just about forgets he is in a ‘game’ until something reminds him. For him and the other Reborn, this is their life, there is no ‘log off’, so it almost doesn’t matter anymore and he has at least one moment of deep intersection about it.
Mr. Edward Brody: Yes! I would love to read stories in this same world from the perspective of other characters (maybe an NPC or two and not just the Reborn). I agree the story works best now to just have the main character’s point of view, but it would be nice in the future to ‘hear’ from other characters. Thank you!
This story is comfortably paced, fast action scenes mixed with drama, mysteries, and slower times of comraderie. I like how Gunnar is growing as a person (I did want to yell at him a few times LOL) and how he is sometimes so immersed in his day-to-day life he just about forgets he is in a ‘game’ until something reminds him. For him and the other Reborn, this is their life, there is no ‘log off’, so it almost doesn’t matter anymore and he has at least one moment of deep intersection about it.
Mr. Edward Brody: Yes! I would love to read stories in this same world from the perspective of other characters (maybe an NPC or two and not just the Reborn). I agree the story works best now to just have the main character’s point of view, but it would be nice in the future to ‘hear’ from other characters. Thank you!
November 22, 2018
* * *
3 / 5
~mini review~
The Arena was a middling addition to the Eden's Gate series. Nothing advances much in terms of Gunnar's romances, his girlfriend Rachel, or the overall plot. It does introduce the gladiator style-arena more thoroughly, which resulted in some pretty epic fights.
I felt like Gunnar's character had become a little confused - Eden's Gate is about starting a new life, becoming someone else, growing etc. But Gunnar himself is growingly slowly angry and addicted to drugs. This could be interesting, but instead Gunnar just seems to become more and more stupid! I'm also holding out for another female "real person" character - the two main women in these books are both computer generated and Gunnar fancies them both.
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3 / 5
~mini review~
The Arena was a middling addition to the Eden's Gate series. Nothing advances much in terms of Gunnar's romances, his girlfriend Rachel, or the overall plot. It does introduce the gladiator style-arena more thoroughly, which resulted in some pretty epic fights.
I felt like Gunnar's character had become a little confused - Eden's Gate is about starting a new life, becoming someone else, growing etc. But Gunnar himself is growingly slowly angry and addicted to drugs. This could be interesting, but instead Gunnar just seems to become more and more stupid! I'm also holding out for another female "real person" character - the two main women in these books are both computer generated and Gunnar fancies them both.
Read my proper reviews on my blog: http://atlasrisingbooks.wordpress.com
May 7, 2018
Great!
Each installation of this series is action-packed and intriguing. There are so many cogs but they all seem to interlock so well. So many question: is Jeremy hiding an agenda? What is between Donovan and Adeelee? Will Shashana et al come to Edgewood ? Will Gerard find out about Runner's duplicity? ...and so many more questions remain... As Gunnar and guild continue in their adventures to build up Edgewood whilst dealing with the threat of the bloodletters, being charged with murder, kroka addiction and remaining alive after Arena bouts, the future appears grim. And who let the red dragon out? The only distractions were some remaining editing issues, otherwise the rating would be five. Cannot wait until the next release!
Each installation of this series is action-packed and intriguing. There are so many cogs but they all seem to interlock so well. So many question: is Jeremy hiding an agenda? What is between Donovan and Adeelee? Will Shashana et al come to Edgewood ? Will Gerard find out about Runner's duplicity? ...and so many more questions remain... As Gunnar and guild continue in their adventures to build up Edgewood whilst dealing with the threat of the bloodletters, being charged with murder, kroka addiction and remaining alive after Arena bouts, the future appears grim. And who let the red dragon out? The only distractions were some remaining editing issues, otherwise the rating would be five. Cannot wait until the next release!
October 31, 2018
Sorry this one sucked
So loved this series before.. But the author seems to misplace our hero and substitutes an idiot. The MC has a massive (read whole book) crisis of stupidity and flakiness. Seems like the author was desperate to show the human failing side of character so he could brag about in in prologue. This ended feeling contrived, forced, as no one that stupid would get guild leader or anything else. The MC couldn't stick to any goal through out and seemed like he had less guidance than a pinball. I had high hopes for this series but I had to force myself to finish book. Sorry very disappointed. The book was well written but the story and content was cringe worthy at times.
So loved this series before.. But the author seems to misplace our hero and substitutes an idiot. The MC has a massive (read whole book) crisis of stupidity and flakiness. Seems like the author was desperate to show the human failing side of character so he could brag about in in prologue. This ended feeling contrived, forced, as no one that stupid would get guild leader or anything else. The MC couldn't stick to any goal through out and seemed like he had less guidance than a pinball. I had high hopes for this series but I had to force myself to finish book. Sorry very disappointed. The book was well written but the story and content was cringe worthy at times.
February 25, 2019
The series is getting a little better. By biggest complaint (with all of my review from book 1 as a still standing given) at this point is that the world feels way too small. The author/narrator tells us regularly that "Eden's Gate is several times larger than earth" but the scale of the civilizations seems to be tiny. The geography comes across as constricting/dilating (something "really far away" can be traveled to in about half a day) and the kingdoms come across as really small (one capital city and some outlying villages). If this turns out to be only one small kingdom among many then cool, but the impression I get is that this is intended to be THE main/major human kingdom. Meh, still trucking along.
September 27, 2019
Sorry I wasted my time
Ok this series starts out good and the author is a good story teller.. the problem i have is the mc is a total dumbass.. he is supposedly a total gamer with little social skills.. im first couple books of this series you could kinda chock up him being a total idiot cuz of that.. i kept reading the series because I liked the premise of the story and was hoping to see the mc grow.. he seems to be getting stupid and stupider!! But he still somhow survives and leads a guild ??? A couple of times I actually almost had to throw my kindle across the room because of how stupid the author made the mc .. really disappointed
Ok this series starts out good and the author is a good story teller.. the problem i have is the mc is a total dumbass.. he is supposedly a total gamer with little social skills.. im first couple books of this series you could kinda chock up him being a total idiot cuz of that.. i kept reading the series because I liked the premise of the story and was hoping to see the mc grow.. he seems to be getting stupid and stupider!! But he still somhow survives and leads a guild ??? A couple of times I actually almost had to throw my kindle across the room because of how stupid the author made the mc .. really disappointed
September 10, 2018
Great storyline, awesome adventure
I haven't read much in the Lit RPG genre, but this series is a top notch read! The adventure is quick moving and we'll thought out. I can't wait for the next book in the series. Each is a well crafted read with very few minor editing errors. Each book shows the gradual progress that playing a video game requires very well, and leaves just enough of a cliffhanger at the end to make you anxiously await further adventures. Keep up the excellent work!!!
I haven't read much in the Lit RPG genre, but this series is a top notch read! The adventure is quick moving and we'll thought out. I can't wait for the next book in the series. Each is a well crafted read with very few minor editing errors. Each book shows the gradual progress that playing a video game requires very well, and leaves just enough of a cliffhanger at the end to make you anxiously await further adventures. Keep up the excellent work!!!
September 26, 2018
One of the if not the best LITrpg series read so far. I personally find it a little confusing that the author switched from nearly only using the metric system to the imperial system.
I really love that Gunnar does not turn out to be the total alpha guy and that it series does not (and hopefully will not) turn into a totally unbelievable fuckfest including polygamy and harem.
I am a little worried about the future of the series because of a balance problem. NPCs can die but players can't so will there eventually be no NPCs left?
I really love that Gunnar does not turn out to be the total alpha guy and that it series does not (and hopefully will not) turn into a totally unbelievable fuckfest including polygamy and harem.
I am a little worried about the future of the series because of a balance problem. NPCs can die but players can't so will there eventually be no NPCs left?
January 8, 2019
Mesmerizing and irresistible
The LitRPG genre is somewhat new but with stories like Gunnar’s and authors like Brody, LitRPG has an exciting future. As cliche as it sounds, I just don’t want to put these books down. The characters seem real and the world of Edens Gate is rich and robust. Brody does an excellent job of growing the characters, world and story in such a way that you truly feel like you are in a game come to life. I’m now a huge fan of Brody and am secretly jealous of Gunnar and his new life!
The LitRPG genre is somewhat new but with stories like Gunnar’s and authors like Brody, LitRPG has an exciting future. As cliche as it sounds, I just don’t want to put these books down. The characters seem real and the world of Edens Gate is rich and robust. Brody does an excellent job of growing the characters, world and story in such a way that you truly feel like you are in a game come to life. I’m now a huge fan of Brody and am secretly jealous of Gunnar and his new life!
May 11, 2018
Not enough. Never Enough. Another great book in the series.
Loved the book. Action, lore and more features of this world pull you in even more. All these tidbits about the larger world laying around are great. Fun little links about Crylight and “hidden lore” along with bringing other “factions” into play are like finding little pieces of our own treasure. Can’t wait for the next book.
Loved the book. Action, lore and more features of this world pull you in even more. All these tidbits about the larger world laying around are great. Fun little links about Crylight and “hidden lore” along with bringing other “factions” into play are like finding little pieces of our own treasure. Can’t wait for the next book.
June 6, 2018
Cohesiveness
I really appreciate how well this story has been put together. Others have complained that the previous book was sidelining the plot, yet I believe it has been a huge help in building both the plot and character. So far none of these books have deviated from the plot and every character has been grown upon and developed. I really can’t wait to see what happens next!
I really appreciate how well this story has been put together. Others have complained that the previous book was sidelining the plot, yet I believe it has been a huge help in building both the plot and character. So far none of these books have deviated from the plot and every character has been grown upon and developed. I really can’t wait to see what happens next!
December 6, 2018
By the start of the book you can see the road our Mc gonna take for the rest of it, from short sighted making an enemy of a player how will never perma die, to choose stupidity over foresight and the freaking ending, You have the chance to start a new life' what you choose? turn into a mindless drug addict this just killed it for me dropped. I didn't like the 3 book that much this just semented my decision.
August 19, 2019
An every man’s struggles kind of story
Gunnar has the same problems as every man but in a virtual world that’s permanently home. Qualifying love interest, questioning loyalties, no new friends vs you can sit with us, battles against vices, and giving his fur baby enough attention; the usual struggles. 🤷🏾♂️ All the while he tries to handle them with a combination skill and smart enough luck.
Gunnar has the same problems as every man but in a virtual world that’s permanently home. Qualifying love interest, questioning loyalties, no new friends vs you can sit with us, battles against vices, and giving his fur baby enough attention; the usual struggles. 🤷🏾♂️ All the while he tries to handle them with a combination skill and smart enough luck.
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