Hidden Wishes Books 1-3

A Gamelit Urban Fantasy

By: Tao Wong

Narrated by: Patrick Zeller

One faithful day, Henry Tsien finds a briefcase and a ring within it. Within hours, his world has changed, as a helpful jinn introduces him to a hidden world. What can an old-school gamer given magic do in a world filled with age-old, hidden, supernatural creatures?

The Hidden Wishes series is an urban fantasy take on the gamlit genre. It is much lighter in terms of "statistics" and its game system. This is the full trilogy of the series.

Books include:

• A Gamer’s Wish
• A Squire’s Wish
• A Jinn’s Wish

Enjoy the entire Hidden Wishes series in just one book!

©2020 Tao Wong (P)2020 Tao Wong

Great story, great performance!

A super interesting take on the gamelit genre with well developed characters that are easy to care about. Mix a novel approach to magic theory, a beautiful, all powerful jinn, an amazon warrior goddess, and a naive but well intentioned gamer geek and add in a heaping helping of interesting other worldly supporting characters for a fast-paced, story that I couldn't put down.

Short but good!

Excellent narration. Sorry started our strong then rushed to conclusion but besides that good! Interesting subject.

was good until...

it was good until the ending they dropped the ball at the ending and not explaining some of the characters back story's at all just kind of dropping them off likewise didn't want to know them. But I'll rather have a ending then not have one at all.

The story

Brought the possibility of this story becoming reality. I really enjoyed these characters. The possibility of real manic a little closer to possibility.

Not his best work but OK

The narration is at times a bit flat and hurried and becomes monotone. I had to rewind a number of times as I zoned out. Other than that OK.

The characters are also a bit flat and I never felt like I knew them, and that detracted from the book. Also it is a bit hurried as a story although the premises are good and I liked the overall idea.

As a compilation it’s worth the credit, but I’ve listened to better works by the author.

Unique Take on LitRPG

This series presents a interesting version of LitRPG. The protagonist finds a Genie's ring and wishes to gain magic. In order for this to work (and stay within the allowed power of a wish), the genie sets up a system wherein the protagonist gets a game interface while progressing in the real world.

The stakes start low, but rise very substantially by the end of the series, and the action involved in that is handled well.

There are sections that are a bit of a slog (for good story reasons), but the rest, specifically including the climax are quite good.

If you're looking for something LitRPG-adjacent, but with a twist, this series is recommended.

All 3 are really good

Tao Wong is quickly becoming a favorite author. The narrator could be a little more energetic. It was a little more monotone than I normally like.

fun listen

Very fun listen, the ending was great. loving a 15 word review is a pain. the book was excellent

Brilliant and very entertaining!

This trilogy really leaves you wanting more! Also,
really enjoyed the Easter egg references to Tao Wong's other works!

Stats - Who needs them?

I enjoy LitRPG books. I really do. And this one has a unique angle that is refreshing. But why, WHY do we have to spend SO much time reading stats. They are the exact same, but maybe one thing added. What about just saying the new thing and not all of them time and time again?