A Small Town in Southern Illvaria: An Isekai LitRPG

A Budding Scientist in a Fantasy World, Book 1

De: Acaswell

Narrado por: Alexandra Ryan

A young woman must navigate the dangers of a strange new world filled with magic and mystery in this imaginative and highly detailed LitRPG adventure.

When Alice Verianna went to sleep, she was just another teen from the Denver suburbs. She definitely didn't expect to be transported to a magical alternate dimension, inhabited by monsters and presided over by a mysterious System. Here, people resemble RPG characters and everyone has access to their own status screens.

Grappling with the mechanics of the elusive System isn't the only challenge Alice faces. It seems an underground organization known as the Society of Starry Eyes has taken a particular interest in other dimensions. If they find out about Alice, they will stop at nothing to hunt her down and forcibly extract from her the secrets of her world.

Now, in addition to pursuing her own scientific endeavors, as well as learning to harness the magic that surrounds her, Alice must determine the Society's ultimate intention—and how she ended up here in first place. Before it's too late . . .

The first volume of the hit LitRPG adventure series—with almost two million views on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!

©2023 Acaswell (P)2023 Podium Audio

From the perspective of a dedicated researcher

I will keep this short, the MC isn't a monster hunter, adventurer or murder hobo. She is a researcher in mind and spirit. Originally from Earth, she finds herself on a new world and struggling for survival. In these Isekai stories we normally get MC's that either whine about what's not fare and become OP due to extreme plot armor or we get MC's that decide to get stronger as fast as possible so they don't have to worry so much about old monsters bullying them in their new "might makes right" world. With some crafting thrown into the mix of course. But that is not this story. This is a story about a girl that will defend herself but will not go looking for danger. She doesn't level to get stronger, she levels for other reasons. It's a completely different perspective and I really enjoyed it. Well done!

I love the slower pace and in depth look into the system this novel takes.

I love the slower pace and focus on the system. It’s one of my favorite parts of this genre so having it be a huge focus with a scientific lens is amazing.

However!

Start off was great. World building and uncover progresses together with main character learn about it. interactions are nice. Main character growing is visible. Even though you can see her actually be a hard working girl, the way the story flows sounds more like she has a hidden Luck stat perk that helps her a lot.
My biggest issue for the author is the use of word "however". In the 2nd half of the book it was like every other sentence started off or used "however". It was present so much that by the time I was in last 5 hours of the book, every time I heard the word, I had issue focusing on the story.

Unique take on an isekai

Looking forward to the second one. I think the pace was a little slow. Just a bit too much internal dialogue. I also got a bit fed up with the full status screen readouts towards the middle. I typically haven’t minded these in other stories but this felt too long. Might recommend rethinking how to either make these easier to skip in audible by using more of those 0.5 chapters. Or just reading the relevant parts that changed.

A good slice of life

This a good slice of life fantasy story. I will be getting the book. The narrator was excellent and very expressive.