2 stars. The MC is doesn’t deserve his progress. In the first chapter of the first book, the main character John picks a spirit companion, but wishes it was a pretty female one. “I’m a red-blooded American male”, the characters…
2 stars. Unrealistic actions by characters ruin the fantasy. This is an old book that I decided to listen to for the second time. It has an interesting premise. A wannabe hacker stumbles upon a text file on the Internet…
4 stars. An interesting premise, a couple of interesting twists. Instead of reading one of the books on my To Read list, I decided to pick up something new called Rune Seeker. The premise of the book is rather interesting.…
3.5 stars. So far, so good. This book starts in the classic iseaki style – a new system is brought to Earth. Through some extreme luck, Zac was able to defeat a Herald just as he was trying to come…
3 stars. There’s something interesting here. But it didn’t catch me. In Death’s Mantle, our main character, Lucian, defeats the Grim Reaper when he comes to pay him a visit. In return, the Grim Reaper decides to make Lucian his…
4 stars. Lots to love in this story despite its flaws. I couldn’t put Book 1 down. It’s seriously long (Book 1 is 34 hours, Book 2 is 33 hours), but seriously good. Book 1 was incredible. It paints an…
3 stars. MC flaws don’t serve the story. There are a lot of things I like about this book. The MC is a student in a magic school. There is a test that the students have to take that determines…
Another iseaki series where a guy was a fairly nasty guy in his real life, and then through some twist of fate is sucked into another world and decides to become a good guy. I tried had to like this…
3 stars. Likely will not continue with this series. A man is taken from his world and thrown into a new one – typical isekai start. Given a chance to be a hero to save the world, instead he chooses a…