Cinder X Bella

Damsels of Distress, Book 2

De: Dakota Krout

Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller

Dakota Krout presents Book 2 in the Damsels of Distress series.

©2025 Dakota Krout (P)2025 Tantor Media

very good though frustrating

this was a very well done book and fantastic performance!

Also,the puns and alliteration were on point for this one.
Krout is one of my favorites due to his unashamed usage of puns and alliteration, I thought book one wasn't as pun filled as a typical DK book, but this is much more to what I expect from krout

one warning though: the stepmother has serious umbridge vibes. so if, like me, you found order of the phoenix hard to get through because you just wanted to punch umbridge in the face... yeah this might be a tough one. it took me a while to get through this because I kept walking away from it because I was pissed off. but I never walked away for good, always came back to find out what happened next.

my only critique would be that I wished that we saw more of cinder. basically just pops in at the end, I wish we could have gotten to know him more.

all in all, a solid use of a credit, can't wait for the next one!

Righteous Anger.

Dakota Krout did an amazing job with his adaptation of the beloved story of Cinderella. I love the way he integrated the skills of CALS world, into the characters of this classic fairy tale.
In a story of “it’s gonna get worse before it gets better”. Dakota definitely played on my heart strings as much as he could. Almost to the point of me wanting to walk away from the series as a whole.
However I’m optimistic that this was the worst of the series, and am looking forward to seeing how the rest of the “Damsels of Distress” interact.

Rarely hated characters more

Dakota really put the evil in the evil step-family in this gamafied Cinderella retelling. a strong beginning and a satisfying ending sandwiches a middle that makes you uncomfortable and upset in the best of ways. As always, narration was on point, and characters believable flawed creatures.

LitRPG fans, don't shy away- there isn't enough romance to make you cringe and there's plenty of system exploration.

Best book I’ve read in a while

I loved the richness of each of the characters, how fantasy felt grounded in reality, and the fantastical twist on a Cinderella story. Everything about this was pure gold. X.

Loved it!

It it a really good adaption between fairy tales and video games. Well done! I cant wait to see what the other stories bring, and any possible future books!

misery. pure and unadulterated.

so, the first, I want to say 70% of the book? was the main character suffering. and it got my goat. I was ready to lash out and I genuinely started pacing and visualizing ways to attack the evil stepmother. even now that the book is over I'm still mad. a genuinely nearly gave up about halfway through. it was very difficult to push through the suffering that you feel by proxy. the worst part is you can't even skim through it because so much detail and important hints for future stories are littered in every other sentence. you skip forward 2 minutes and you're like what on Earth happened?! so you're forced to just sit there, stewing in your rage. so I will not in good conscience give this book five stars even if it is worthy of it. I did not like just how completely miserable this book made me just by listening to it, even as I couldn't willingly stop reading. it's really well written. Dakota Kraut is the best. I love everything he writes even this. I'm just angry. lasting emotional damage.

well well well....

Celestial feces it was so good.....

no cause like 💗💗💗💗 yk was just 👌👍💀🫠😘😱😢😮💘
*dying noises*

Just sooo good.

No need for long series that loose their luster, just a complete book that has an arc. Perfect, just perfect. Sometimes this author can just hit it out of the park.

Well written

Great work! Did however have to put the book down and cool off after basically every scene with the evil stepmother and Bellas father, made me absolutely livid.

incredible

book has great voice acting writing and terrible puns all positives Fifteen words? is it fifteen now?