Fantasy – Page 8 – The Audiobook Review

Vigor Mortis: Volume 1

13 February 2022

Vigor Mortis (volume 1), written by Natalie Maher (Thundamoo), is aptly described as “light-hearted existential terror” by the bit at the end of the book by the publisher, and I couldn’t sum it up better. What you get is a […]

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The Village of Noobtown

27 January 2022

Village of Noobtown, written by Ryan Rimmel, picks up immediately from book one, with our hero Jim, the mayor of Noobtown, having just made it through his first real trials of saving the town. Much to his annoyance, though, being

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The Mayor of Noobtown

4 January 2022

I found The Mayor of Noobtown by Ryan Rimmel started rather slowly but built up the pace as it went along. Well, if you can ignore the frequent character sheet readouts, which, quite honestly, had me skipping ahead by about

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He Who Fights with Monsters 2

12 December 2021

After finishing the first, I jumped into He Who Fights with Monsters book 2, written by Shirtaloon – aka Travis Deverell. That alone should give you a clue of how much I enjoyed the first, and the second was no

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He Who Fights with Monsters

5 December 2021

He Who Fights with Monsters, written by Shirtaloon – aka Travis Deverell – is one book I’ve been meaning to get to for some time, but the length kept putting me off a little. Not that I have anything against

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Angel Trouble

30 October 2021

Much like the first books in the series, book 3 of the 24/7 Demon Mart, Angel Trouble by D.M. Guay, hardly pauses for a breath as Lloyd, DeeDee, and Kevin careen from one insane catastrophe to another. Massive props to

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How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps

10 October 2021

How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps, is a short, fun litRPG written by Andrew Rowe that uses one of my favourite plot devices at the moment – that is unconventional methods of level and skills progression.

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Two Necromancers, a Bureaucrat, and an Army of Golems

10 October 2021

Two Necromancers, a Bureaucrat, and an Army of Golems, by L. G. Estrella, is the “publisher’s pack” of the first two books in the Unconventional Heroes series. I feel it is aimed at a younger audience than the bracket I

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SpeedRunner

30 September 2021

I picked up both books in the Tower of Babel series during a recent Audible sale on a bit of a whim. I was trawling through Reddit, looking for some recommendations, when someone mentioned SpeedRunner, written by Adam Elliott. Without

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Wyrd Gods

26 September 2021

Wyrd Gods, written by Susana Imaginario, contains more gods and minor deities than you can poke a stick at, and early on, I realised I had to pay close attention or else I’d get lost. There’s a lot going on,

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Stuff and Nonsense

5 July 2021

Stuff and Nonsense (Threadbare #1), written by Andrew Seiple, is a tale of a little toy golem trying to be the best teddy bear friend to his little girl that he can be. This entirely charming innocent teddy bear golem

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Mid-Lich Crisis

20 June 2021

Mid-Lich Crisis, written by Steve Thomas, is a tale of a Darruk, a lich (basically an undead mage) with a single, somewhat noble pursuit of saving the world through any means necessary. Unfortunately, he’s constantly thwarted at every opportunity by

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