Gladesbale Grove

A Low-Stakes Cozy Fantasy LitRPG

By: Edwin M. Griffiths

Narrated by: Garrett Michael Brown

A new low-stakes Cozy Fantasy Adventure filled with wit, charm, lovable characters, and magic.

Welcome to the new caretaker of a Druidic Grove.

Being a cog in the machine of an uncaring corporation has dulled Shawn's desire to see his dreams come true. He has accepted that he will never be a park ranger, fire watch, or anything fun. Instead, he works his keyboard to clean up other people's messes.

Working late one night, Shawn is visited by a strange woman... With wolf ears and samurai armor. She says his soul belongs to her, but the last time he checked, his company didn't have a LARPing department. He watches the clock as the time of his prescribed death draws sooner. Turns out, she was right.

Shawn is thrust into a strange ritual with a bunch of weird forest creatures. "Plant the seed!" they chant. And plant the seed he did. Now he finds himself in a fantasy world with druidic powers and a new name and body. Rud is now the caretaker of a sapient tree and the grove it encompasses. As if interacting with the local 'mortals' wasn't hard enough, he'll need to recruit help from intelligent forest creatures to make this work.

From the bestselling author of Newt and Demon comes this new low-stakes Cozy Fantasy LitRPG adventure oozing with wit, charm, and lovable characters.

What to expect:

- Druid MC who is not overpowered.

- Sapient tree that generates production buildings and grows with the MC.

- MC helps others fight, but does not engage in combat himself.

- Low-stakes and cozy, with LitRPG Elements.

- Lots of talking animals, healing nature, and helping people.

- Tea. Lots and lots of growing, brewing, and selling tea.

- A house made from a mushroom. (A really big mushroom).

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Need more Audible

Awsum Author, I wish more of his books were in Audible, I purchases & listened to all available, some disappeared from my library, I tried using (text to speech) on the kindle , but Ai voice generation still sucks... So Mr. Griffiths please do what needs to get done to have your wonderful stories made into audio versions

Love this author

I like the characters & settings & relationships. When the grove tree goes into a “growth” hibernation, I feel as lonely for her as the main character. I love the lack of melodrama & trials & other tropes. Just a slice of isekai life.

Good enough voice acting, better than most.

Great story that lasted nearly two twelve hour shifts. Voice acting is varied enough to actually help notice different characters.

it's a unique cozy read with a little action

I thought this might be a cozy fantasy read. someone to relax to. it is that but it has some action thrown in as well. the plot is also very good. the mc fading power is kinda slow but that goes with the theme of the cozy vibe. it was a very good read and I hope the next book comes soon.

Cozy Fun

Shawn works a job he really doesn’t like; he always wanted to be a park ranger, or in a watch tower protecting the forest, but that is never in his cards. Until the day the strange woman with a cool sword and wolfish ears tells him his soul belongs to her. When he dies right there, working at his desk, he is transported into a ritual of planting a seed. Then the wolf lady, Mint, explains to him his duties as caretaker of the sacred tree and the grove around it, and everything just evolves from there. Soon their band of three, Mint, the Guardian of the grove, Shawn, who is now the caretaker druid, Rud, and the sacred tree, becomes more as they help others get back on their feet, or those who need to have a purpose. All the while, the tree grows in height and mass, but also helps Rud grow himself.
I really like this book, and the characters it encompasses, my favorite being Dean. Dean does a lot of things that he doesn’t really like to do, but knows it is in everyone's best interest, so he relents. I was lucky enough to be able to listen to the audio version, with a wonderful voice actor, Garrett Michael Brown, who will transport your mind right into the story like you are part of the group helping. This is not exactly a fastest-paced story, but it is cozy for now, at least. There is action, and there is suspense at times, but really this is a nice get comfy in a nice chair with a warm blanket with some tea, see what I did there, read or listen to the book, and you will.