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The Dungeon Fairy: A Dungeon Core Escapade

The Hapless Dungeon Fairy Series, Book 1

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All that Tacca Gloom Lily ever wanted to be since she was very little was a fairy assistant to a Dungeon Core. After her negatively portentous birth, however, she was never fully accepted by her superstitious peers and instructors at the Dungeon Assistant Preparatory School; nevertheless, she persisted in her studies and graduated at the top of her class.

Unfortunately for her, the “hands-on” training she was supposed to receive from a Mentor and his Bonded Dungeon Core didn’t go the way she would’ve hoped. In fact, the stigma attached to her origins finally made itself known in the form of horrendously “bad luck”; the rotten part of her newly discovered luck was that it adversely affected Cores that she happened to be near, and not just herself.

What can a Dungeon Assistant Fairy do when every Dungeon Core she gets near ends up being destroyed? Tacca had no idea, but a solution eventually presents itself - though it’s one that she never saw coming....

This story contains Dungeon Core elements such as dungeon construction and defense, LitRPG/GameLit mechanics such as character progression and stats, and contains no harems/sexual content or profanity.

©2020 Jonathan L Brooks (P)2020 Jonathan L Brooks Science Fiction & Fantasy LitRPG
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Just like building a dungeon, this first book in the series gives a great foundation for a great series. I couldnt wait to see what happens next and raced on to book 2 I recommend you do too.

Fantastical fairy

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I've listened to a lot of LitRpg books and this include quite a few dungeon core books but I admit this is the first one about a Fairy whose job it is to guide a dungeon core who is cursed with bad luck.

What begins as a fairly straight forward dungeon tale quickly shows Tacca Gloom Lilly (yes, clearly with that name she has little chance) is doomed when her initial core goes mad and kills itself. This is a prime opportunity for the fairy council who hate her for her bad luck and want her gone and leads to a major narrative twist but sadly this is nearly half-way through the book and it does feel a little late in the day for my liking but is still a great twist nonetheless.

Without oodles of action it would appear that the story would quickly get boring but the humour and cleverness of the plot do a great job of holding your interest and the author shows great restraint in holding back the numbers and stats which oftentimes LitRPGs can become drowned under.

So a somewhat mixed bag but I do feel that, without Miles Meili's brilliant narration and voice-work it may not be a recommend but he does a brilliant job of really bringing the story to life and making it far more accessible than it may have been otherwise.

A funny, exciting and rather different LitRPG.

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A fantastic story with a diffrent feel and angle from most other dungeon core books I've read/listened to. I enjoyed the direction of the book and I am looking forward to book 2.

Great new take on dungeon core

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I enjoyed this book thoroughly. it was a different approach that I feel worked well. I am looking forward to reading/listening to more from this series.

a fun take on the dungeon core genre

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When is a dungeon core not a dungeon core? Sorry no spoilers.
This is a good start to a new series, it creates a solid platform and hints at a larger background story that will no doubt arrive in the future.
Well read and not too stat heavy.
Worth a listen.

An enjoyable start to a series

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