Dungeon Item Shop: Volume 2

De: D.M. Rhodes, Razzmatazz

Narrado por: Andrea Emmes

Duración: 18 h y 2 m

Resumen del Editor

[I was reborn too weak to become an adventurer, so I opened an item shop by the dungeon instead!] [Book 2]

After the chaotic events of the night of the witches’ moon in the north, the witch Fresh and her friends are forced to escape from the fervently zealous and corrupt city with the Holy-Church nipping at their heels. They make their way through the great wild-lands, moving towards the distant western city, the city in the mountain, high in the peaks—one of the world’s last remaining natural high-magic zones.

Surrounded by the casters and sorcerers of all kinds who dominate the frigid city, hewn into the lofty peaks and powered by obscure magical technology, Fresh, Jubilee, Basil, and Shamrock must work to reestablish the Dungeon Item Shop in a fully new environment with an entirely new clientèle, base of resources, and challenges brought to them by their dire situation.

A new dungeon, a new city, and a new shop all come together to create a unique challenge that the unlikely friends must face as the world around them begins to slowly churn into motion, working to grind them down. However, everything is not as peaceful and serene as it seems in the distant heights, far above the troubles of yesterday, as is evidenced by the generational rebirth of a dying species in the world—fairies, who now only live in the mountain region and are entirely unable to leave it, as it is the only place left where they can be sustained.

The dying species, much like Fresh and her friends, find themselves wildly out of place in the hard city of rock that they’re forced to live in and are slowly ground down to their cores.

Is there any warmth left to be found and kept for any of them at all within the illusions of the comfortable, fire-hearthed homes of the mountain’s underground, or are they all destined to be hardened down into cruel coldness by the heartless game of survival that they’re all forced to play against one another?

Find out in this wholesome, dark fantasy adventure written by renowned and trending author D.M. Rhodes!

©2022 D.M. Rhodes (P)2022 Podium Audio

Love the story and voice

I love the narrator and story. it's so good! Characters are fun and it's a great LIT RPG

so good

so good the writing and story and the characters All great but I did expect a bit more violence

loved it

it was good, I want to know what's under the mask and who she is. I Want the armor to come off, good job sucking in the detail junkies like myself, thanks. I want the fairy back though he was nice.

uncanny

I can't tell if I like these vibes or not. This feeling of a cozy hug, from someone wearing something sharp, so I gotta be careful about it. I'll keep reading tho.

If you loved Vol1. You will love this.

Why mess with a good thing? Follows a similar plot to Vol1. But filled with loveable antics and new characters. Looking forward to September 6th for Vol3.

Great for car rides!

I absolutely love the narrator’s voice for this story. The sections go by quickly, as this was originally a web series. This means it’s easy to listen to a chapter (about 10-15 min per) as you commute to work or errands.

Quality of recording is superb, as is the performance. Ms. Emmes brings the world to life, able to showcase a variety of voices and tones for clear, distinct characters.

Story-wise this is part 2 of 4, and balances slice of life with mystery and an overall thematic drama. Parts of that mystery unravel here, though they are not solved until later. Character development is well in this book. I listen with my wife, and she went in disliking a character only to appreciate how much growth that character underwent. This is true for all party members of he protagonist- while the overall plot is slow, the characters do develop in natural, organic ways.

Please note that several things are left off screen and the narrator closely follows the main character, as in the last novel. Very close/limited 3rd person, so limited that the main character’s low intelligence score affects what the narrator perceives. There’s a lot of reading between the lines, rereading, and figuring out on your own. Me. Emmes’s narration style helps listeners work around a limited 3rd person pov.

Better than v1

I liked this volume better, I think because we have a full cast now (and all getting along together better)

like wandering inn but not as good

the characters in this closely mirror the wandering inn. not sure which came first but wandering inn did it better.
not sure what the deal is with labels on audible. it would be nice if an author is getting political with self identification then a novel should start labeling as what it is. have some conviction.
anyhow good not great. the plot is great. personalities okay. pacing is a real slow burn.