Dominion of Blades

A LitRPG Adventure

De: Matt Dinniman

Narrado por: Andrea Parsneau

For over 30 years, Dominion of Blades has been the hottest online role-playing game in the world. Any gamer with an immersion rig can enter the world of sword and sorcery, of goblins and dragons, and they can hack and slash their way to glory. But the game is too real for some, and after an epidemic of real-life fatalities, public use of the immersion technology has been banned, causing the game to be shut down.

Jonah wakes to find himself in-game, level one, with no memory of how he arrived and no way to eject. With only two companions, trapped in a world that once hosted millions, Jonah must battle his way across a treacherous landscape, fighting virtual monsters, all too real pain, and a very human enemy in a desperate bid to survive.

©2017 Matt Dinniman (P)2017 Matt Dinniman

Absolutely fantastic!

What did you love best about Dominion of Blades?

It's a unique take on the the new genre LITRPG. I loved the the characters and the plot has some great zingers for you. I'm not going to go into the story because I hate getting spoilers when I read reviews. The author and narrator did a great job.

What did you like best about this story?

The little plot twists throughout the book keeps you guessing.

What about Andrea Parsneau’s performance did you like?

She is very talented! She did a wonderful job!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I did just that! Couldn't stop!

Any additional comments?

Hoping for book 2 lol

Crawlers, Run!

If you are here because you enjoyed Dungeon Crawler Carl then run, don't walk, away from this series. G-d d*mm*t, Doughnut! What the hell did I just listen to?

It would have been a 5 star but pointless torture

The title of this review says it all. I thought that it was needlessly untasteful and didn't add to the book.

This book is amazing

This book has been in my wish list for a good minute halfway through it and I'm so glad I brought it, this book is the first time I've listened to Andrea Parsneau and she does an amazing job I'll probably buy another book narrated by her after I'm done with book 2.
edit. just finished and it gets so much more epic

Different but good

A very interesting story, narrated by a master story teller. Not sure if book two is out or not, but I am interested to see how this story ends. Undead hordes, dragons, ai's, and so much more.

Fantastic! Instantly one of my favorites.

Short version of this review: "Book is amazing, narration is amazing, why the heck haven't you started listening yet? Here's the why ...

I honestly don't think I can praise this book enough. It really just gets so much right. The story has depth, the characters have realistic complexity, there's tension of an ominous bigger plot line looming, there's well-timed comedic relief, there's emotion, and there's moments to make you just plain cringe. This book also avoids the harem element so prevalent in the litRPG genre. I don't mind harem stories, but this is a nice departure. I thoroughly enjoyed how we learned of our characters and both worlds in bits & pieces as our major characters do. And then there's Poppy. Holy eff, is Poppy ever an eff-ing fantastic character. The closest thing to a complaint I have about this book is I have finished it and am longing for more.

Narration is by Andrea Parsneau. That alone should be all you need to know. She's one of the best narrators in the business. She has a great cast of voices, great pacing, emotion, energy, etc. There's really nothing more I could have asked for with the narration.

This audiobook is very highly recommended.

I received this audiobook for free in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Great book.

So much better than I expected as I have never read a LITRPG book and had no idea what it would be like. I really loved the themes and the characters. Excellent narrator as well.

Great story, average narration

Was brought into the LitRPG by Dungeon Crawler Carl, so I have nothing else to base my opinions on. DOB was a good story, a little off pace at times, but we'll worth my time. The narration did not fit, and I had to play it at 1.5x speed to help with the pace of it. All in all though, good performance, good story...worth the time.

He did it again (I guess this was the first time)

If you just finished Dungeon Crawler Carl and have been disappointed by the rest of the LitRPG sphere while waiting for the next book, this series WILL scratch that itch. Matt Dinniman knows just how to make that little eight year old in me squeal with excitement.

A good LitRPG story.

One of the better LitRPGs I've listened to on Audible. The story is engaging and the characters are interesting. The characters have substance and aren't just there to check a box. Some might complain about the LGBT things in this book, but this is what good representation looks like. The characters are fully fleshed out and aren't just walking avatars of their particular group. Dinniman creates an interesting world with interesting characters with my only real complaint is it's a bit light on the RPG side with very little focus on stats/skills/spells and levels. Overall excellent with decent narration. I marked the narration down a bit because there are a couple of grating voices. One character and their mount are voiced in a nasally annoying way. But overall it's not bad narration.