One thing that bothers me when I read it is when a group of kids or young adults are investigating some strange event that is deeply important to the future of all life on the planet. They discover something, and…
Fantasy books take place in a fantasy world, and so there has to be some suspension of disbelief to enjoy the genre. But when an MC performs a task or survives a fight in an impossible way, that breaks the…
I guess the complement of starting from zero, is achieving the top prize. Sometimes the MC starts overpowered (OP), and sometimes they have to work hard to get there, and sometimes they are given OP as a gift. However they…
As I think about all of the LitRPG / Progression books that I’ve read, I have to consider some of the things that I like to see in a book or series. One of the first things that catches my…
I’m currently reading a great series (Defiance of the Fall) that unfortunately uses one of my least favorite tropes in Fantasy often: the helpless female slave. To be sure, not all of them are “slaves”, technically. Just women and girls…
First, let’s talk about RPG – Role Playing Games. What is that? 35 years ago, when I was in university, I ventured into one of the campus buildings on a Saturday. I don’t remember how I knew to go there…