I loved reading about the LitRPG adventures of Damon and Chester. The story had the perfect balance of humor, love, real life issues, danger, machinations, supernatural elements, fighting, and morality. Damon lives in a world where everyone lives within the “system,” which includes skills, abilities, spells, classes, and essence. When the adventure begins, Damon is a low level Scout just trying to make it to his next rebirth. When the nobles he is leading on a quest leave him for dead in a dungeon, his life is saved when he bonds with a Mimic, Chester. That’s when Damon’s life becomes much more exciting and weird. I love that Damon is a sweet, naive, messy, lucky, sarcastic, kind of dumb, and awkward man who regularly screws up which makes him a very likeable and relatable hero. The story includes what you’d expect from this genre – fighting, dangerous situations, supernatural creatures, evil entities, henchmen, loyal friends, tragic back stories, mystical coincidences, snark, and laughs. I will definitely keep reading the series to see what happens next with Damon, Chester and Melina.
Ryan H Reid, Dorrie Sacks, and Jeff Hays did a phenomenal job narrating the story and characters into life with enough change of inflection, tone and cadence to voice multiple characters quite convincingly. This was one of the best narrations I have ever heard. Reading the story was great but listening to it raised the enjoyment to a whole other level.