Dungeon Diving 101

De: Bruce Sentar

Narrado por: Christopher Boucher, Jessica Threet

The Dungeon is a place of magic and mystery, a vast branching, underground labyrinth that has changed the world and the people who dare to enter its depths. Those who brave its challenges are rewarded with wealth, fame, and powerful classes that set them apart from the rest.

Ken was determined to follow the footsteps of his family and become one of the greatest adventurers the world has ever known. He knows that the only way to do that is to get into one of the esteemed Dungeon colleges, where the most promising young adventurers gather.

Despite doing fantastic on the entrance exam, when his class is revealed, everyone turns their backs on him, all except for one.

The most powerful adventurer, Crimson, invites him to the one college he never thought he’d enter. Haylon, an all girls college.

Ken sets out to put together a party and master the skills he'll need to brave the Dungeon's endless dangers. But he soon discovers that the path ahead is far more perilous than he could have ever imagined.

©2023 Bruce Sentar (P)2025 Bruce Sentar

my favorite series hands down

love the concept and genre, has great pacing and character development. I really enjoy that the spicy scenes are limited. I hate when a book will introduce a character and like 2 minutes later it's a spicy scene. this series does a great job at building the relationships. I'm enjoying the new narration especially for Des, Bruce is the best of the genre but I'm definitely bias but he also makes up the bulk of my library.

New VAs are a better combo

Lots of mixed opinions on the VA change, but in my opinion Chris does a much better Ken and I felt more connected to his character than I did when it was

There is a fair complaint that Jessica’s character range is not as impressive as Rozelyn (you will hear similar character vibes between this and Dragon’s Justice and Ard’s Oath), but I found her performance is great here.

Writing

I personally liked the writing displayed in the book. It’s got good detail and keeps you engaged the whole time

VA change

honestly glad for the VA changes Lewis Alexander's voice in this book hurt my soul

A fun listen!

First off, Christopher Boucher and Jessica Threet are amazing voice actors and I know when they are performing for a book I will be in for a great time. I have been a fan of theirs for a long time and seek out books narrated by them. It was how I found this series.

As for the story, I found it a fun take on the LitRPG genre with an anime twist I haven't quite seen in other books of the genre. There are minor anime tropes that I was able to vividly imagine because of how common the tropes were. Ken is a likeable protagonist and his relationship with his party seems genuine, as genuine as a harem story can get at least. All the supporting characters are distinct and memorable. I highly enjoyed the first book and had already purchased the second book half way through the first.

New Narrators.

So Des is the main girl with Fayeth close second in the main story. It's a fun Magic adventure school story with plenty going on. I'm happy he doesn't drag out his class being unknown. The spice and fan service are top and enjoyable.

coming from the ards oath series

coming backwards from Ards story this story was very enjoyable. It's not as polished as the latter series but it was really cool to be able to discover a ton of the bones that would latter develop in the Ard series were layed down here. The story itself is fairly solid so far and got me invested. One of the biggest strengths is the performance of Christopher Boucher and Jessica Threet who make a phenomenal duo as always and really do a great job of breathing life into the characters and drawing listeners into the story. will absolutely be continuing the series.

expectations were corrected very quickly.

my initial appraisal of this series was apprehensive at best, i had a bit of leeriness about if it was worth it or not and that apprehensiveness was proven wrong. the series is good and very entertaining well worth the listen and the credits.

Fun story

Fun story, good characters. MC can be a bit of a White Knight/Prude for someone raised by a lecherous old assassin with a harem.

The main, number one complaint is the damn audio mixing!! Bad enough when you're driving and the volume controls are at your fingers.
But it will go from quiet thoughtful volume to full blast exclamations in an instant! You can't leave it at a steady volume because you might miss something or wake up the neighbors.

like the direction

This feels a lot more grounded than the original. Didn't hate the old one but it feels a lot less like an anime script.