Champion's Trial

A Summoner Fantasy LitRPG (Bonded Summoner, Book 1)

By: JJ Bookerson

Narrated by: Anne Marie Lebeaur, Jack Smith

Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

Delving dungeons by day, relaxing with cute monster girls at night.

When a God of War barged into his apartment, Jake had no idea what to expect... but it wasn't being forced into a never-ending war against evil invaders, or that the battle would strangely resemble the MMORPG games he loved.

Working hard and building himself up from almost nothing, Jake would need every bit of knowledge and preparation to master his new class of Summoner. Joined by a sly Demoness with an ancient past and a shy Valkyrie hoping to prove herself in battle, they'll find excitement and enjoyment as they level and grow in power.

Will Jake be strong enough to face the challenges of an evil labyrinth, or will he die and be separated from his new family forever, waiting to respawn in the void?

Bonded Summoner Book 1 has already been enjoyed on RoyalRoad and Scribblehub, with over 350,000 views between the two platforms. What are you waiting for?

Contains: LitRPG system, crafting, cultivation, dungeon crawling, dating, and an infinite universe.

©2023 JJ Bookerson (P)2023 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

Great LITRPG

Liked the book alot. I would recommend giving it a try. Good dungeon style growth.

Awesome!

Wow! I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book! I already downloaded and started listening to the next one

Story with potential

I made it through book one of the series. The premise is there for a good story. But the narration was horrible. It reminds me of the generic voice used in YouTube shorts. I’ll not be picking up book two.

Not bad.

Not bad it covered all of the key points that made other stories just like this, (and I do mean just like this, almost as if they were the exact same story just told differently) At least this one addressed many of the issues I had with other stories like this one. Issues like why would anybody go along with being imprisoned and forced to fight.

narrators lacking

the male narrator is very monotone and adds no life to the story. the female narrator almost sounds like Ai voice generated at times with how she mispronounces some words like nascent and carapace.

Check This One Out

Right up front before you read any further just know that I recommend this book to anybody thinking about giving it a shot. A little context for my review. I tend to take it easy on the first and last book of any series as not every series makes it to “The End” and the first of anything can be a shaky endeavor. For this story everybody is new to me. I have never come across the author or the narration team before. The author appears to be relatively new. He's only got this story up on Amazon and audible. If you get to the ending of this one and are looking for more than book two is available in eBook form and book three says that it's got an August 1st release date for this year. These are answers to the questions that I usually have at the ending of a good book. The author is also on (Redacted for Amazon) if you want to check out chapters of the story early. Similar to the author, the narration team has a handful of performances available on audible. Actually, there wasn't anything that interested me, but I did enjoy their performance for this story and would look forward to more from them in this genre. I do not want to risk spoiling anything for anyone so I will simply say that I was entertained and am interested in what comes next. Lastly, I'll just say well done to everybody who had a hand in bringing this story to us, the Audible listeners.

Monster Girl heaven

Great start to the series. As an avid fan of isekai and monster girls I give this the highest quality of my recommendations. From the voice work to the world building I was never let down

A decent Lutron let down by sub par narration

The story, for what it is, is pretty good.

The narration, on the other hand, is just not there.
I would struggle to call it bad— it isn’t quite monotone, and the attempt is there to distinguish voices. The problem is that the tone is too muted, and emotion and tone seem entirely disconnected from what is going on in the book.

It’s almost like the narrator is more focused on precise reading(full stops at every period for example) than enjoyable reading.

Its good.

Book is pure gold. About 20% adult and 80% story.
Story is well thought out. Mc is not a whiner. I like the world building. There are a few plot armor moments, but nothing major.
Narration is solid.
I already got the second book. Will get the rest when they come out.

This was a pretty good read even for the second time around.

I liked the premise, and the overall story.
I could do with a little less of the teasing and bashing of the MC but I’ll definitely look into more of the series