Was just Ok,

Minor Spoilers,

I have many issues with this book. It started out good with a focus on leveling up and getting stronger. Then when he realized he must get stronger to defeat the protagonist/antagonist he stopped leveling. Honestly did he even gain a level during the second half of the book?

The second issue was the last sex scene. During most of the book the MC only has sex with one character. These scenes are pretty long and descriptive. Now when he finally has sex with the other character its mainly him having an inner dialog of the past and whats to come. The first time should be special with a focus on that scene. The other scenes after the first can be quicker and not as detailed but not the first time.

Frankly the lack of focus the MC has in pleasing the beast girl is a major turn off. The MC made a comment I wonder how she taste. At anytime the MC could have focused on her pleasure but it was always about his pleasure with the beast girl. It just gives men a bad image. Additionally I hate peer pressure and the beast girl won't stop pressuring the other woman into joining. She even puts down the MC to try to convince her to join. In a lot of ways the MC is an Alpha male type but not when it comes to women. When dealing with the women he turns into a Beta allowing them to belittle and dictate much of the relationship. Sorry but in polygamist relationship, rather its 1 male and many women or 1 woman and many men the 1 needs to be the Alpha or the relationship will never work.

I'm not sure if I'll continue with this series. In an environment like this one there should be much more fighting, especially given the MC's class. It has the starts of a harem but not really a harem in this book. It has the potential to be a good book but just falls short.

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Well written story can’t wait for book 2!

This story was very original. I liked the setting and the different angle on dying and going to another world. The characters were great! Really well done.
The narration was absolutely amazing. Jessica and Christopher did a fantastic job.
If you like LitRPG, and harem spend the credit.

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very Amateur and never captured my attention.

the narration is the only thing great here.

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Enjoyed this after having read it already.

Second time through a book you sometimes get a better appreciation for aspects of it that you missed the first time. I would say that is especially true when the second time through is a different mode.

This author presents the struggles of a military man. The MC is one who is both prepared and accustomed to violence and war but at the same time has no love for it and would prefer a life of peace. I remember reading somewhere that no one prays for peace as fervently as warriors. I think that is true of the MC, yet what I love about him is that he isn't willing to step up when he needs to.

He takes a stand for what is write and it shows in how he is written. If the author is half the man the Cade is then, I only wish I could buy him a beer.

Of course life isn't all easy for Cade. The enemy he is faced with is overwhelming. He could easily give up but doesn't. He struggles on and finds a way through. He gets a unique and powerful class but it doesn't put him onto the path to easy mode. Quite to the contrary he often learns from his companions how much he has to learn about the new world he is in.

On the other hand life, isn't all bad for him. The cover alone shows you some of the perks of the new life that he finds himself in.

In short, this is a fun, fast paced story, that doesn't preach at you but still has characters who have a backbone for doing right.

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More RPG than Harem

If your a fan of RPG and harem fantasies you should give this one try. It has the prerequisites of a struggling hero trying to overcome his past. There are the strong yet equally beast-kin feminine support, as well as the menacing megalomaniac looking for dominance.

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What???

I love science fiction fantasy. It is one of my favorite genres to listen to. This is a horrible story for my money. Heard all but the last 40 minutes of it and realized that not only did I not care, but I had not one ounce of invested emotion in the characters. The performance by the narrators is stellar and I noticed that the only emotion I had in the story was the pity I felt for them... I guess a paycheck is a paycheck. I would pass this by, having not read nor heard any of the other works by Atlas Kane, I can not attest to his other works, but this is a shallow story with an ingenious concept to is void of all true character development except for maybe one character, who is not even the main one. The main character seems like a cross between a military version of Jack Burton and Deadpool. Sounds funny if nothing else, but rest assured it is not after 10 hours.

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Great book

It was a little more erotic than I expected, but that added some excitement in my eyes

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Pretty good and I'm very critical

I'm normally very picky on my litRPG because I know exactly what I like even if it's in a different subset of the genre.
This was actually pretty good though.
the only thing that I have qualms with are I think the progression of the characters level or the story progression kind of went a little slow over all the series. and that he didn't use a lot of his full range of attacks.
there could have also been more emphasis I'm just pounding quite a few more points into intellect and he would have had his rapid-fire gun anyway. but that's kind of a personal qualm. everyone likes an underdog that becomes a little too overpowered in the end.

but all in all honestly it was well written and not too bad I waited till the last book to give my full answer on all three. because I hate s***** endings and I've had to go back and fix a couple of reviews that I've done. But this one's pretty good so when I say four stars I mean four stars for all 3 books

good book

love it so far can't wait to read the next book. I also love the narrators.

awesome

really liked this story a bit more mature with the use of and mentions of drug use but i feel that just made more grounded and an amazing performance