Audiobook Reviews

He Who Fights with Monsters 5

30 December 2022

I’ve been purposefully putting off He Who Fights with Monsters 5 after the less-than-stellar outing from book four. As mentioned in my previous review, the pace and story had taken a sharp turn away from how the series had started. […]

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Dungeon Mercantile

30 December 2022

Having a credit going spare and needing to spend it to earn a $10 credit from Audible, I took a chance on one I’d been a little hesitant on – Dungeon Mercantile, written by Wolfe Locke and Mike Caliban. As

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Review LitRPG

Cinnamon Bun: Volume 4

26 December 2022

Cinnamon Bun Volume 4, written by RavensDagger and narrated by Reba Buhr, was a nice return to form after volume three. While that seemed slow, this one ticked along at a better pace. All the usual fun and shenanigans I’ve

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Review Science Fiction

The Maiden Voyage

19 December 2022

The Maiden Voyage, written by Marcus Alexander Hart and narrated by TJ Clark, was one of those books I’d never heard of until I saw someone mention it in my Twitter feed. Humour sci-fi in space? I’m there any day

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Review LitRPG

Limitless Seas, Book 2

15 December 2022

It had been some time since I listened to the first book in this series, and even with a comprehensive recap at the beginning of this book, I still found myself struggling to remember everything that had happened. So, after

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Review Humor

Big Sneaky Barbarian

13 December 2022

Big Sneaky Barbarian, written by Seth McDuffee, at times had me snort-laughing. Embarrassing to admit? Yes. Do I care? No, it was totally worth it. This was a low-stakes romp following an apparently dim-witted human transplanted into another world where

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Review Fantasy

A Dream of Wings & Flame

12 December 2022

Kobolds, normally a joke race in any fantasy world, get their time to shine in this sweet progression fantasy by Cale Plamann. Samazzar, or Sam for short, is a freshly hatched Kobold. One of many growing up in a creche

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Review Fantasy

Vigor Mortis: Volume 3

22 November 2022

Honestly, I both enjoyed the heck out of this while being completely irritated. Usually, Podium Audio can be trusted to put out polished works. Yes, the previous books in the series did have a few minor things going wrong, but

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Review Humor

Deepwater Dungeon

15 November 2022

I pre-ordered Deepwater Dungeon, written by Ryan Rimmel and Boe Hagen, on the strength of Rimmel’s other series, “Noobtown”, and am regretting my haste a little. Maybe that’s where I went wrong, assuming the humour and writing would be on

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Review LitRPG

The Chosen One

7 November 2022

I honestly had high hopes for this one, as it sounded great. A story told from the perspective of a Non-Player Character (NPC) in a video game world. After being glitched into surviving her death, Qube, the tutorial character, experiences

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Review LitRPG

Gilded Ghost

2 November 2022

So I’m not sure why it took me so long to realise, but The Ripple System books have virtually nothing at stake. Users can respawn, usually holding most of their stuff, so it’s not like dying is a big deal.

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Review Science Fiction

The Wraithbone Phoenix

19 October 2022

Safely in the top spot for my favourite books in the Warhammer universe, The Wraithbone Phoenix by Alec Worley diverges from the standard fare of space marines and the multitude of horrors inflicted on the galaxy by countless aliens and

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