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Lord In Yellow

Review from The Empire →

The Empire by Ivan Kal was different than what I anticipated. But in a good way. The story explored the consequences of two different paths taken. The Empire and the Core. Both were right and oh so wrong. The depths of which our familiar protagonist suffered was unexpected. So was the growth. Overall another truly..

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Excellent Delivery for a Budding Author l

Review from Awakening →

considering how few titles are under this author’s belt, this book is truly impressive. The ideas are interesting and unique, the characters are individuals with motivations, intentions, and flaws. The execution of the tropes are well done, if a little overboard on some cases (his mentor can be rather annoying to read). The two things..

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Mundane and a little pointless.

Review from Federation Chronicles →

Since this series seemed to be well-received by many, my complaints should be considered to be completely subjective. This reminded me of a high school stage play: lots of mundane conversation among the characters, very little action or motion, and a fantastical lack of understanding of physics: real-time conversations occuring over multi-lightyear distances, magical ‘jumps’..

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Not bad. And yes needs an LGBQ tag

Review from Antimage →

Good story. Definitely engaging and a different take on lit RPG that I enjoyed. I liked the idea of an anti mage so that was good. His motivation is meh. Could use some work on that and get rid of him crying about it. The protagonist is bisexual and the comments can really throw you..

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A low stakes semi-cozy adventure

Review from All the Dust That Falls →

No spoilers here! I bought this hoping for a hilarious comedy adventure. It was less ‘funny’ and more of a novel setup for a straightlaced adventure novel. It features almost bad Rom-Com levels of ‘disagreement by misunderstanding’. The book didn’t really do anything wrong, but I finished it feeling like it wasn’t really funny either…

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