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Reclaimer
- Arise, Book 3
- By: Jez Cajiao
- Narrated by: Jessica Threet, Christopher Boucher
- Length: 22 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 384
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 352
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 352
Steve and the team survived the assault on their new home, and their enemies learned a valuable lesson about trespassing… their bodies now help form the very walls his people live within. The Old Ones have agreed to his offer. Steve has a month to get his affairs in order, then he must present himself before the oldest of his kind, and for now? He is to be left alone. As much as Steve has gained, he's lost access to the greatest of his advantages. It's only a matter of time before the edict expires, and unless he presents himself as agreed, it's open season on him and his group.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I thought that we would be a lot further along
- By Neil V. on 02-24-24
- Reclaimer
- Arise, Book 3
- By: Jez Cajiao
- Narrated by: Jessica Threet, Christopher Boucher
FMC needs to stop bitching when she has no combat experience
Reviewed: 07-22-24
It was bad last book, but this book really takes it up a notch and keeps reinforcing it. FMC has no fighting experience and has no powers. Yet she keeps going on rants to try and enter the ship with Steve. She constantly bitches about being able to make her own decisions and Steve is being inconsiderate. SHE CANT FIGHT. She is being so god damn selfish just because she wants to see the ship. Steve is ALWAYS in the wrong according to her, and she forces everyone else to agree. First it was the ruins filled with monsters, and now it's a ship filled with killer robots and miles long of darkness and water. Bring James, who knows a lot about everything, or the programmer who knows computers. FMC has NO SKILLS useful to bring along. She has her own skills and specialties, but going into a battlefield is NOT helpful. She keeps wanting to go on suicide missions just so she can be a burden. At a minor point, she grabs a gun and another character notes that they are worried because she has no gun handling experience. Which is reasonable. But I bet she would bitch about it if they took the gun away, because he would be "mansplaining".
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Dark Crusader
- Arise, Book 2
- By: Jez Cajiao
- Narrated by: Jessica Threet, Christopher Boucher
- Length: 31 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 916
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 839
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 838
Steve and Ingrid have escaped the clutches of Athena, but Steve is still learning, both about his place in the world, and his capabilities...not to mention those of the creatures that surround him. Ingrid, too, must find her way in the new reality she finds her world has become, and the pair need a plan. Fortunately, Ingrid’s a lot brighter than Steve, and she’s had plenty of time to plan, to observe, and to build up a festering hatred of her "betters". Steve’s going recruiting—and harvesting. Greece is in for a hell of a surprise.
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2 out of 5 stars
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ugh don't waste your credit
- By Benjamin on 11-01-22
- Dark Crusader
- Arise, Book 2
- By: Jez Cajiao
- Narrated by: Jessica Threet, Christopher Boucher
Great story, love the MC.
Reviewed: 07-18-24
Love the MC and how he isn't a wimp. Love all base building he does. The only gripe I have with this, is how the author is trying to push Inga way too hard. She literally has no powers or combat abilities. And yet we get a whole rant and bitching about how he needs to bring her along to a dangerous area like the facility. This makes NO SENSE. She isn't his "pet" and she can make her own decisions. And so, she is FORCING MC to take her along to what could be a death trap. Like, why??? That is just really dumb writing. You can make a strong female, but don't make it like she's the second coming of the hulk when she can't fight and force the MC to bend the knee.
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Alpha
- Arise, Book 1
- By: Jez Cajiao
- Narrated by: Jessica Threet, Christopher Boucher
- Length: 21 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,351
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,249
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,246
Possibly it's not to save a pair of drowning girls, not go 'viral' on social media and certainly not to let the local police take your passport, trapping you on a small 'party' island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. But Steve isn't the average guy, he's ex-military, ex-enforcer and ex-human. He's a one man nanite fuelled nightmare for those that cross the line, and he's decided that its time to clean up his act. He's going to make up for the things he's done, and save 'the little guys'.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Book was doing well until he get's a girlfriend
- By Wade on 07-09-22
- Alpha
- Arise, Book 1
- By: Jez Cajiao
- Narrated by: Jessica Threet, Christopher Boucher
Great story but some things unrealistic and annoying
Reviewed: 07-10-24
So MC meets a girl for 5 minutes as he is on the run. She wants to stalk him and go with him and the MC is like "I don't want you to go. I like you". Like wtf? Then immediately later, her shirt gets wet and she is like "Was this your plan?" and gets angry at him. It's LITERALLY RAINING. Why did the author write this girl so bitchy and unrealistic? She works at a museum and meets a murderer and drops EVERYTHING to go follow him because he has a cool historical item, of which he already gave her. ??? She is literally psychotic and the MC gave into his boner suddenly and then proceeds to tell her everything when he is ON THE RUN. This made me want to drop the entire story.
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Coven King 1
- By: Virgil Knightley, Edgar Riggs
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters, Aurora Bliss
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 374
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 332
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 332
Logan Morrison always fought for everything he had, but it never was much. Growing up truly alone did that to you. One day, when taking on an extra tutoring gig to help out a cute chick with a quirky name, she ends up bringing him back to her place. Cool, right? Well, the next morning, Logan wakes up in chains and comes to learn that Cherry Cola is one beautiful and unhinged monster girl member out of three in a small Fresco City witch coven. Their plans for him? Servitude.
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5 out of 5 stars
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CherryCola has got to be my favorite dumb name!
- By Alexander scarlett on 06-14-24
- Coven King 1
- By: Virgil Knightley, Edgar Riggs
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters, Aurora Bliss
Amazing Top Tier Narration
Reviewed: 06-25-24
The narrators really shined in this story. The extra touch of background...noises during specific scenes made it flow so much better. Have to give props to Aurora for that, really took the book up a whole notch. The MC is likable, albeit he's definitely a bit of a stereotypical self-insert. Honestly, the book flowed well together and the characters are likable. Definitely willing to continue listening to future releases.
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Heretic Spellblade 6
- Heretic Spellblade, Book 6
- By: K.D. Robertson
- Narrated by: Stephanie Savannah
- Length: 18 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 164
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 137
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Story5 out of 5 stars 137
As the world plunges into chaos, Nathan knows he has only one shot to save it. He barely fended off the demonic messenger Artemis, but now Trafaumh faces an invasion from without and open rebellion from within. If it falls, all of Doumahr goes with it. Saving a country comes with hard decisions. He's turned a blind eye to Trafaumh's atrocities in the past. With the Inquisition on the verge of collapse, Nathan can remove some of the worst people from power. The cost may be paid in the lives of innocents, however.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Emotionally gripping
- By michael nguyen on 05-24-24
- Heretic Spellblade 6
- Heretic Spellblade, Book 6
- By: K.D. Robertson
- Narrated by: Stephanie Savannah
Emotionally gripping
Reviewed: 05-24-24
God, the author has made me hate grand Inquisitor Bodelair so damn much. All of the buildup, all of the pain, and somehow the ending of what happened felt so unsatisfying. She got everything she wanted, and yet everyone else gets the shit end of the stick. It's so aggravating and unsatisfying. Even for Ren, which now has to still follow along with Bodelair's plan and was always in her palm. I feel like the story swiped away the massacre under the chamber as trifling and it just became unimportant right after.
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Savage Dominion
- Savage Dominion Series, Book 1
- By: Luke Chmilenko, G.D. Penman
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 18 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,582
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,318
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,313
Maulkin didn't know dying would mean a new eternity of dungeon delving, monster slaying, and glory hunting. If he had, he wouldn't have been so worried about kicking the bucket on a date gone even more wrong than usual. Reborn in the wild world of Amaranth, Maulkin finds himself in a hulking demi-human body with a sword of a size to match. Marked as an Eternal, a fledging immortal of boundless potential, Maulkin soon discovers he's been given a mission by the elder pantheon of this new realm.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Combat, comedy and Cow man!
- By B&H on 05-29-21
- Savage Dominion
- Savage Dominion Series, Book 1
- By: Luke Chmilenko, G.D. Penman
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
Punching bag MC, and very rough deep voice narration.
Reviewed: 04-22-24
This NC is literally such a coward and weakling punching bag. Dude gets attacked and almost killed like 4 different times in the first hour and he does NOTHING. A girl ran at him with an axe and a shovel to the head and he just STANDS there. Also, extremely forced character tropes. Psychotic religious believer, and a snappy haughty girl. Gurl just goes on to try and murder just willy nilly. And the other girl keeps treating the MC like a dumb idiot oaf, when he never did ANYTHING to her. He saved her multiples times and she just keeps calling him stupid, for no goddamn reason. There has been nothing to show the intelligence level of the MC. She doesn't even know if MC is actually smarter or has higher IQ than her. Why are is the author just forcing the characters to keep berating the main character. Who does this appeal to? People who liked getting stepped on?
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The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
- Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 6
- By: Matt Dinniman
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays, Patrick Warburton, Travis Baldree, and others
- Length: 26 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6,502
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,465
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5,464
As management reels from the unexpected conclusion of the seventh level, the surviving crawlers stumble onto the eighth and find themselves scattered. It’s a map based on Earth’s final days before the collapse, where ethereal, intangible ghosts of humanity go about their lives, oblivious of the impending doom. Living amongst these ghosts are monsters based in Earth lore. “Legendary” creatures tied to the geographical location they inhabit. Each team of crawlers is given a task: Find and capture six of these beasts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mayhem & Intrigue… Oh my! 😼
- By C. White on 09-01-23
- The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
- Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 6
- By: Matt Dinniman
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays, Patrick Warburton, Travis Baldree, Annie Ellicot
Raoul is the greatest crab
Reviewed: 04-22-24
I have never laughed as hard as I have when the part with Raoul and Alpha Carl came up. Splendid work by Jeff Hays for the narration through and through.
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The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
- Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 6
- By: Matt Dinniman
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays, Patrick Warburton, Travis Baldree, and others
- Length: 26 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10,363
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8,925
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8,924
A pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, and the man they shattered along the way. A rapidly deteriorating AI system. An inconvenient tiara upon the head of a friend.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mayhem & Intrigue… Oh my! 😼
- By C. White on 09-01-23
- The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
- Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 6
- By: Matt Dinniman
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays, Patrick Warburton, Travis Baldree, Annie Ellicott
Raoul is the greatest crab
Reviewed: 04-22-24
I have never laughed as hard as I have when the part with Raoul and Alpha Carl came up. Splendid work by Jeff Hays for the narration through and through.
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Revelations
- Necrotic Apocalypse, Book 6
- By: D. Petrie
- Narrated by: Travis Baldree
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 365
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 315
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Story5 out of 5 stars 315
Digby secured a fragile peace agreement between the empire and Las Vegas. While it’s been only two weeks since then, the city has thrived. A lot can change when no one is trying to smite you off the face of the earth. Unfortunately, more success just means more to lose, and with Henwick hell-bent on finishing what he started, Digby needs power. Enough to protect himself, his friends, and the all-too-fragile peace.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Felt a lot more Ya than the rest of the series
- By RogueNPC on 05-02-24
- Revelations
- Necrotic Apocalypse, Book 6
- By: D. Petrie
- Narrated by: Travis Baldree
Very much a filler book
Reviewed: 04-17-24
I felt like a lot of this story was very forced. The whole Santa thing felt super random. Most of this story could have been skipped with no affect on the actual plot or character development. The entire treaty thing was also kind of weird, considering Henwick could just lie at any time and was even breaking it himself. The power scaling in the series has gotten pretty bad. From digby's flare doing massive explosions to defeat the strongest enemies, now is used to kill a couple of vampires and did nothing against a regular Florida zombie. Henwick also just refused to ever use his actual power when we've seen him annihilate an entire encampment. And lastly, I love Parker's development and is honestly my favorite character, I liked what happened with her. All in all, probably the weakest book of the series, but still entertaining because of superb dialogue and writing.
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The Fourth Realm
- A Military Portal Fantasy LitRPG Series
- By: Michael Chatfield
- Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
- Length: 22 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5,123
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,545
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4,533
The battlefield realm: a realm where sects rise and fall. Where the ground trembles under the feet of fighters from the higher realms. Where riches are gained and empires lost. This is where Erik and Rugrat must go, if they want to increase their strength and the strength of Alva. They say that fortune favors the bold. This is the ten realms. To the victor go the spoils. The fourth realm will change their lives...or end them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book - bad audio recording
- By Louis on 02-25-20
- The Fourth Realm
- A Military Portal Fantasy LitRPG Series
- By: Michael Chatfield
- Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
Battles are way too drawn out and long
Reviewed: 04-02-24
Battles that are necessary and move along the plot are perfectly fine. But when 80% of it is describing the small individual actions of every single soldier or repeating the same battle actions or tactics over and over, it helps no one but pad the story word count. The fourth realm siege is important, but it could've been heavily reduced. 80% of the things that happen in the battle are irrelevant and don't provide much to the story. Note key elements like turning points in battle, how each character utilizes their role. I got sick of hearing 15 minute sections of battle that could've just been described as "The army fought and were getting pushed back, but held on long enough with only a few casualties." You could've removed most of it, and it wouldn't have affected the plot at all.
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