Death and the Sword Saint, Volume 1

De: Brian A. King

Narrado por: Sawyer Varvel

Throughout history, Death has made few mortal friends. Wiess Fagan just happens to be one of these mortals. due to circumstances beyond his understanding and his childhood being shrouded by the deaths of his family, he spent the majority of his life on earth. Living in self-imposed solitude.

Visiting him in his final hours, his old friend, the grim reaper offers him a second chance at life in a world of swords and sorcery. Though he won't be going alone. Joining him in his new life is his succubus companion, Misha.
Deciding the best way to explore his new home, Wiess sets out for the nearby town of Quint to enlist in the adventurers guild. A short while later the two of them save a nameless slave girl, with secrets of her own. Not long after they are joined by his lost love as well as the daughter of Death himself. With the help of these four beautiful women, can Wiess finally put the dark shadows of his past behind him. More importantly, will he be able to the even darker secret of what he truly is?

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Great book and great narration

I actually own a copy of this book, and have read it several times. It is one of my favorite books.

Then, I found the audio book. I think I have listened to it three times since I acquired the book. Yes, it is that good. At least in my opinion. It is well worth a listen.

The narrator does a very good gob of bringing the book to life.

great story to a classic anime cliché

Hard to keep up with as a first time audio listener but after taking time to process the book, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Great fantasy story

Very enjoyable Harem style fantasy/light litRPG. the grim reaper offers a man another chance at life. this time he leaves earth and goes to a fantasy realm with his succubus and meets more women along the way including the daughter of death himself. if this sounds entertaining to you then you will definitely enjoy this story.

really good

The story feels like a light novel and is FTB but honestly it was entertaining and fun will definitely get the next one

enjoyable, slightly uneven power fantasy

This is for you if you like anime, harem, overpowered mc, and a mostly YA feeling isekai.
This feels like an engaging story with memorable characters, a pretty easy going and comfortable read. the genre isn't normally my thing but I appreciate the author providing a review copy.
the narrator does an EXCELLENT job!

It started off so strong then was written by someone else it feels.

I liked the story overall and i know this isgoing to look like a negative review but give the book a chance.It's way to similar to Binding Words by Daniel Shinhofen. Guy who crafts things with just a wave of his hand bringing change.Heals anything abd everone. Flustered every time some one compliments him and says im just a normale guy. But every compliment or good thing said to him he thinks everyone hates him for no reason. The character started off mature and then became a bumbling simp walking mat. The pacing feels off as well with transitions in dialog and emotions of the characters. I'm not really one to hyper criticize books but it just felt so off.

Couldn't finish due to being harem focused.

I very seldom don't finish a book, but this is sadly one of them. Nothing, including the first part of the book, indicates the very strong harem focus. I did not expect it and have no interest in books of that genre.

The basic premise and start of the book are great, which makes the switch to harem even more jarring.

If you like the harem genre you will probably love this one and the audio performance is great, but if it's not what you prefer you should probably look elsewhere.

I might have felt differently if it had been clearly indicated, either in genre tags or in the book blurb, or at least it wouldn't have felt like a bait and switch.