If you love books like Ready Player One, Push Start to Play, or Soda Pop Soldier, then you’ll want, no, you’ll need to read Puatera Online… because it is simply fabulous! The fact that this story is told through the POV of a self-aware NPC is both wonderful, and unique!
Andrea Parsneau’s narration captures NPC Maddie’s character perfectly…
Maddie hates the label NPC, but what can a girl do? It’s what gamers call her, and she constantly struggles against that label, and against her programming… There are times when all she can do is accept a dangerous quest (against her better judgement of course) because she really needs the money for her day-to-day expenditures as well as the potions that keep her chronic pain at bay… The quests/jobs are normally simple package deliveries, but it’s summer time, which happens to be the breeding season of the Very Monstrous, Very Hungry, and VERY Dangerous Tromal!
To further complicate matters, this time the package is a Gamer…
You’ll definitely want to get the boxed set because, A) it’s gonna save you some dough and, B) you’re going to want to read straight through without interruption! As we learn that Maddie is so much more than her programming, we also find out that other NPC’s aren’t what they seem… So you’ll definitely want to start beta testing Puatera Online yourself to find out how it all plays out! …
Oh and if you’re like me and can’t wait for the next audible release, books 4 and 5 are both available as ebooks on Amazon…