Oathbound Healer

Beneath the Dragoneye Moons, Book 1

By: Selkie Myth

Narrated by: Andrea Emmes

Elaine is ripped from this world to Pallos, a land of unlimited possibilities made real by a grand system governing classes, skills, and magic.

An ideal society? What is this, a fantasy novel?

Adventures? Right this way!

A grand quest? Nah.

Friends and loot? Heck yes!

Humans are the top dog? Nope; dinosaur food.

Healing and fighting? Well, everything is trying to eat her.

Join Elaine as she travels around Pallos, discovering all the wonders and mysteries of the world, trying to find a place where she belongs, hunting those elusive mangos, all while the ominous Dragoneye Moons watch her every move....

©2021 Selkie Myth (P)2021 Podium Audio

Good RPG Book, but tons of Chimes

I actually enjoyed this book quite a bit, I haven't tried the RPG book genre before but they made it interesting. I liked the setting, with a fantasy Romanesque theme but with a few twists and dinosaurs. The main character is likeable and it is nice to see her grow and encounter things that challenge her viewpoints or motives while she strives to be good. The beginning is a little slow but I understand why it's slow, it's introducing you to the system the world operates on and sets up a strong motivation for Elaine. The narrator is good but my only criticism for the book is that the the narrator says "Ding!" every time there is a system notification which there are a ton of them. Sometimes it can go on for minutes. Which I understand why but it can get annoying. It wouldn't stop me from reading it again, and I'm going to read the next in the series.

Negative Nancy has no complaints this time

Honestly was not expecting this story to turn out as well as it did. Normally I can find something in the story that just doesn't sit right, but even the flaws that I could identify feel right. Minor spoilers below, but no critical plot points.

So to kick things off, the author made a brilliant decision by not allowing the MC to keep all of her knowledge from her previous life. All to often in these types of reincarnation stories it turns into a situation where the old knowledge is so overwhelmingly powerful that the MC just starts to essentially metagame the whole thing and always makes the correct decision. This doesn't happen at all in this story, it genuinely feels like our protagonist is in that world and learning what that means.

Second, when it comes to interpersonal/social issues within the story no one side is villified like in other stories and when it does come up there are tangible events that occur. What I mean is that there aren't just imagined slights, as an analogy, it the MC isn't assuming someone is a vegan because they ordered a salad.

The one thing I think some people might get thrown off by is that the MC, who was 20 when she reincarnated, acts like a child when she is a child in her 2nd life. I don't really have an issue with this because your brain and body chemistry/hormones change as you get older. There are some smart and mature kids out there, but there is a reason why there are laws that require you to be a certain age before doing certain things, like drinking or running for president.

Amazing

Avoided the books for a long time since I didn't like the artwork or the premise, but I was so wrong. Read all the 12 books so far in a 2 week marathon.

Ding

I don't know if it was the dings themselves or the reader had very little inflection, almost monotone, and very little creativity from the reader.

The series is captivating

It's a adventure you just want to follow, every chapter and character has something you just want to know about or want to keep following.