Minute Mage

A LitRPG Adventure

By: Reg Rome

Narrated by: Brian Wiggins

When you steal Time Magic, prepare to run for eternity …

Arlan can go back in time by one minute, once per day.

Fail a challenge? Say something dumb? He can get a redo as long as he acts fast.

And every time he levels up, he can go back a little further.

But, even with his growing power, Arlan has never been in more danger. He was left stranded in the middle of a monster-infested forest, nobody to rely on but himself as he fights to build strength.

And his time magic wasn't given to him freely.

He stole it.

And its original owners would go to any lengths to take it back.

Don't miss the start of a new LitRPG adventure filled with time magic, three-dimensional characters, a crunchy LitRPG system, tactical combat, and power progression where level-ups are hard-earned and bring with them meaningful change in characters’ abilities.

©2023 Reg Rome (P)2023 Recorded Books

great

I really like this it's a fresh take on time travel. I normally don't like time traveling but this surprised me I recommend this book

Great performance

I really didn’t care for the main character to much but the devil kinda got me hooked

Pretty ok

Not bad but I’m not hooked after 20 hrs. Overall an ok book, but it struggles with a inconsistent tone.

book is good, Just have a mild criticism

when the Girl is finally told about the time loop she said that the system has controlled every aspect of existence exept time. therefore it couldn't control time. wtf. why would time be an exception if it can control minds bend space and summon and control demons?

The author broke the K.I.S.S. rule of writing.

I think people should get this book because this guy can write and to see an example of too much information. The characters are well thought out but every action is explained in such detail, and then contemplated how it’s the best action to be taken. I often found myself wanting to skip minutes even entire chapters, just not to have to listen through the superfluous dialogue or monologue.  
The narration was as good as it gets in my opinion, but in some ways, it just highlighted the superfluous nature of the story.
My English teacher said you could write the best story ever but if you break the K.I.S.S. (Keep it simple stupid) rule. You will lose the reader at some point this book was a perfect example of that.

good

was good enough that it made me want to go read the rest of it on royal road.

Demon/Devil Names

The naming convention of the demons/devils is well thought, but it’s also a cruel punishment for the readers and narrator when these double digit syllable names crop up as often as they do. Time Skip these names…. It’s like you could have a commercial break while the poor narrator is reading one, come back, and it’s still going. Cutting them out or abbreviating them would just make everything so much better. They make me want to forget the scenes with them which is a shame since the main devil antagonist is so interesting in the end.

Then, there’s a little peculiarity with the first demon being a “legendary” level 14. That just seems like an oxymoron, but it’s silly how the level 9 MC already has a stronger version of his power since he can go back further. I don’t recall it being explained why he remembered the demon’s time loops either. MC wasn’t even curious about it.

Or when it’s so out of the realm of possibility to fight a level 38, but within like a chapter, they unironically kill a level 44.

The health system is really interesting here!

Overall, pretty good! I really liked the voice he used for "Zagdul" or however it's spelt. Really funny take on "chronomancer" and excited for the next book, even if it is nearly half the length.

Well-written

I almost didn't buy this book because of the few reviews and because the author was college-aged. Turned out that I don't have any complaints about the writing; it's quite a cut above most in this genre. The MC is cheerful, optimistic, and funny, but also refuses to be manipulated by others, which is refreshing.

But my fondness for the book waned after about 2/3rd of the way through. The excessive internal monologuing of the MC started getting irritating and if, this had been physical book, I would have started skimming. There really wasn't much chemistry between the MC and his two-dimensional female sidekick, so it was hard to find plausible the budding romance. And, most importantly, I didn't like the chapters from the perspectives of the bad guys, which featured a lot of murder and torture of relatively innocent people. The one interesting minor character, whom the author seemed to be setting up to play a larger role in the future, was casually murdered by a demon, so that was a missed opportunity.

So, while the author clearly has talent, I'd like to see him construct more than one likeable character, spend more time on good dialog instead of internal thoughts, and give our characters the ability to stop evil rather than letting it run amok.

Story feels imbalanced

A lot of times when I read a book, I tend to naturally tune out the flaws and less than ideal elements. If the book continues on without any major complaint and so long as I have a good reason to enjoy the story, those flaws never end up surfacing to become relevant. Unfortunately, those flaws were triggered for me.

It is in my opinion that anytime a character in a story is killed, it should ultimately have the effect of enhancing the story to make for a more compelling plot.

Yeah, that didn’t happen.

Basically a minor character was being built up only to be torn down with quite literally a single over powered punch. It genuinely kind of felt like a betrayal by the author of the that character.

So, after that happened, I kind of started looking back at the story that led up to that moment; and started reflecting on the base elements of the book.

The litrpg system, while not my favorite, was good. A unique class given to the MC with nice progression elements for, not just the MC, but also for the general populous.

What baffles me though, is the rather absurd, imbalance of power between the demons and humans. This wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing if there were some form of checks and balances, but from what I can tell, there aren’t any.

First off, generally, humans are way under leveled then I think they ought to be. The MC is already higher than level 10 by the end of the book and I don’t think he’s been leveling more than a few months at most. Even considering his unique advantages, I find it hard to believe that from an entire Kingdom, one of there strongest individuals hasn’t even reached level 30.

And they die in a single punch.

Literally the biggest reason why the MC isn’t dead by the end of the book, is entirely because of the demon society’s version of bureaucracy, and very little to do with what MC is capable of.

I think this lopsidedness would have been fine, especially if the story leaned more into humor, but with the one-sided slaughter of humans mixed in I find myself more ticked off than entertained.

I really did enjoy most of the book, but the overall story kind of ended up falling flat for me.

Also, i genuinely felt bad for the narrator having to say the absurdly long demon names just for the sake of a little humor on the author’s part. (literally 24+ syllable names)