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Zizawah
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful!
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2023
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The book is mostly about the Master trial for the Steps - 7 trials in total - 7 steps. All I got to say is how amazing the journey is. It's beautiful in world building, characters, the trials themselves, the poetry of the insights. Just beautiful. My heart became fuller and fuller until it burst at the end. That was a powerful finish to a most beautiful journey. One of the best books in this series!
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reese martin
5.0 out of 5 stars much better than book 6
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2023
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The Ruwen-Sift dynamic has reached a high point following the low of book 6. They no longer being massively annoying paved the way for the story to flourish and emotional beats to land.
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Fred
5.0 out of 5 stars Overall a worthwhile read
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2023
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I gave this book five stars because when judged in a vacuum it is a very fun and entertaining book that deserves five stars. Outside of a vacuum however…

I don’t think I am alone when I say that the expectations and what I was looking forward to the most before reading this book was the MC’s return to Grave and the progression of that portion of the story line. I did know that the trials were going to need to be resolved first but in no way did I expect an entire book to be dedicated to them. So given that (Expectations - Reality = Disappointment). I do find myself a bit disappointed. I don’t know how much of my expectations are my own to blame or the authors. So I decided the fairest thing to do is rate the book in a vacuum and only consider how good what the author chose to cover was. Which in my opinion was really good. Had the author not ended the story where he did and chose to give us the build up and resolution of one major event from the upcoming Grave story arc. This book would have been a strong contender for best book I’ve read this year.
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JTorleif
4.0 out of 5 stars So very bittersweet
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2023
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Why does Gunder assume that his family isn’t in the queue? And wouldn’t it just be expedient to bring him into one of the dungeons and keep him there until you figure out what to do with him?

I loved that Ruwen was reminded, even if he doesn’t quite believe it, that he’s not responsible for the choices that others make. The foreshadowing that led to this point was excellently done. And I loved the accomplishments that Ruwen shared with all of his fellow Clan.

This book held so much joy, and such melancholy. I certainly hope that Ruwen somehow consumes the Aspects that Lalquinrial made while ascending to the divine realms. It would be delightfully ironic that he is efforts to prevent Ruwen from advancing become the very impetus for his advancement. And the 4 Aspects just need to die - I don’t think that Ruwen has any qualms left over bringing them permanent death any longer.
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Chris Voigt
5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn’t stop reading.
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2023
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Usually long series like this lose steam about the third or fourth book. This one just gets better. I haven’t like a book as well as this one in years.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but ugh. 3.5 stars.
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2023
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The character building of the MC has been consistent throughout the series, but I'm not a big fan of the blind altruism of a protagonist who cripples his own development for the sake of saving others from themselves. The character is young, gets easily distracted by his desire to signal the virtues of his selflessness and in doing so causes further hardship to his friends and those relying on his not losing sight of the big picture.

Spent entirely too long focusing his attention to the arbitrary rules of his clan, the incredibly well written crescendo of that moment of slapping down the assumptions of the elders was entirely too quickly undone by impulsive teenage needs.
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OldManSlayn
5.0 out of 5 stars Great novel
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2023
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I don’t normally leave reviews as I am more of a reclusive hermit. But I want to thank you for another great novel. I look forward to more of your work. I grow more attached to the characters as the story progresses. I can’t imagine the amount of work you have poured into this nor the difficulty required to keep up with all the small details.

Either way Thank You for sharing your stories and creativity with the rest of us.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2023
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I've read a lot of books similar to this series, and only the early books from the ten realms come even close to this level of world building. The author has done something that I think few authors ever do while writing gamelit or litrpg fictions. He maintains a very strict sense of danger while also still managing a great power scalinging fantasy. On top of that, the attention to detail is almost disgusting. Most authors have extraneous details that get added in and are never reused or revisited. Not here. Ruwen has an inventory and nearly perfect memory, and he remembers to use it. It's truly a beautiful thing when you don't have to shout at your book what the character should be doing because you have a better track of their inventory than they do. I'm pleased. That is all.
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Furio
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best fantasy series
Reviewed in Italy on March 5, 2023
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This novel is a good continuation to a very good series. There is good balance of the dramatic and comic elements , the MC sometimes is a little too naive to be real, but since he is very young this can be accepted.
The secondary characters are all very interesting and well depicted, with the possible exception of the MC girlfriend that is infinitely boring. The couple dynamics were interesting in the firsts novels but now there is a complete unbalance between the growing complexity of the MC personality and that of his girlfriend.
Usually in the novels the boring girlfriends die young leaving the MC free to cry them on the shoulder of a more adeguate partner, but in this case it is difficult.
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Scott Harris
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Reviewed in Australia on June 25, 2023
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good
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Gazzmann
4.0 out of 5 stars A great continuation
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 2, 2023
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I'm loving the characters and story more each book and cannot wait to see what happens next. There are some mistakes here and there but they are just bumps in the road of a good story. Cheers!
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Technopath
5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks would be proud
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2023
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Great read with lots of philosophical themes and an ending that leaves me wanting book 8, knowing it will probably be Christmas before I see it.
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Softwater
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
Reviewed in Canada on March 18, 2023
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Almost an interlude as the MC gets redirected 90 degrees from his story ARC. Not the best book in the series. BUT.. If you are a Martial Artist or Hobbyist or Student or Teacher this book will sing to you!
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