Monster Core

Monster Core, Book 1

By: Dante King

Narrated by: C.J. Mission

Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

Dominic Thompson becomes an Infernal dungeon core and is given one task: honor the dark goddess by killing adventurers.

Choosing an avatar is merely the first step. To become the greatest, he must make the other dungeon cores submit to him. And that means shattering their jeweled hearts.

Or seducing their avatars.

Lucky for Dom, the dungeon’s avatars are beautiful monster girls. But they’re also the fiercest warriors in the realms, and there’s a fine line between murder and seduction.

Warning: Contains harem elements and mature content.

©2019 Dante King (P)2019 Podium Publishing

Unsure the author knows the direction of the story

Very minor spoilers,

As of the end of the book it's not a harem, not a duengon nor a monster core book. There is a premise of all but no commitment. No real dungeon creating to the point not sure the little bit which was created will be a major part of book 2. I have not read book 2 this opinion is from where it ends in book 1. There is a potential of a harem element in upcoming books but nothing approaching one in this one. It's called monster core but the MC is a dungeon core with orders to conquer other dungeons hence my confusion. As a dungeon interaction with the outside should be limited. I will attempt book 2, however I will read it instead of listening. Not sure it's worth the financial investment given after book 1 I'm not sure the direction.

hmm entertaining

well i didnt have high hopes for this and it did not disappoint as lots of action adventure and a moderately fucked up mc that makes an ok villian. that's the thing his just an ok villian Ralph was way more interesting but nope we have an edge lord with a harem who is just the best at everything. it's very basic but the good parts are really good.

Boxy ultrlight version?

This was an ok book for audible included. Not the best not the worst. Some cool stuff at times, but compared to Boxy in everybodyloves larges chests... well... you get the idea. Different leuages. If you need a holdover and your out of credits then maybe.

a nice little echi dungeon defender

a well written dungeon defender book that is well written story that blends the story and smut together seamlessly. it's just foreplay and broad strokes about the act itself but the author keeps it well paced. The book has a satisfying end and a promising future so wether you listened to this for free as part of your audible subscription or bought the book as a one off. you can feel content listening to the great narration without feeling disappointed because the story arc is split between two books.

Now I'll have to wait for the next one

Great book. I had thought it would be a harem, but maybe we will see it come out in the next book 🤔

Honestly it’s okay

This book at best is average. I did enjoy it but it’s easy to entertain me. Here are the flaws.
If you like one man punch where nothing can overcome him that’s your mc. It happens I’m okay with it. As he chuckles…….over 100 times. You need some more words than chuckles.

The other about the harem. Hey I went into it knowing it’s a harem. Guilty pleasure. However, some of the scenes don’t commit.

Cmon man there is sex in it. Don’t be shy about it. You can say cock and pussy. It’s okay . We’re reading this book to get dirty anyway.

decently preformed, bland story

Couldn't finish, doesn't really hold a candle to the Divine Dungeon series. nothing particularly original, characters lost my interest after five hours

A cheer for evil.

If you like storylines that exalt evil and amoral characters this story is for you. There is to much blood, death and sex celebrate in this book for me.

Amazing

The start of a great series, I cant wait to find out what is next.

Worth a listen

With mild harem aspects, Monster Core delivers a solid litRPG adventure with a main character likable enough to continually root for his success. While I wouldn't place this story at the top echelons of litRPG, it fits solidly in the middle and is most comparable to the Wraiths Haunt series in entertainment and story.

This boy knows nothing about females.

The voice actor is good.
The novel is about getting women in bed and well this boy have never done that.
The world building is fine but it is a power trip and womenising fantasy of the writer.
It was free i will not get book nr two.

Erm no, free is still to much

This book was amazingly bad from the first line to the 23rd minute.

You would be paying me to listen to this terrible drivel read by the narrator equivalent of a hammy amateur dramatics student.

Breath of fresh air

A nice change from the normal quality of dungeon core books. I think this book did a number of things well...

Firstly a good concept not expanded on as much as would be preferred but does leave it open to the second book quite well e.g some input from lilith or the other members of the pantheon in some way after the intro would improve the book.

The champions are satisfying even though the upgrades were kinda understated and add description of what they could do would be better.

Puck needs more "screen time" he's cool.
I feel like the convo between him and fellow champions would be really intresting.

in short enjoyable but could be quite easily better with a few simply changes.

3 Out Of 5

The book itself was narrated well. However the story was kind of hard to adapt to. it wernt terrible and I did get to the end. so that's a good thing. I'll the second a listen if it comes onto Audible.

Rip off of the Dungeon world series

Complete rip off of the dungeon world series. Just changed the story slightly. Why this is allowed is beyond me!

left me feeling powerful 👍🏼

I severely underestimated this book. I picked it up as a time waster till my tokens reloaded then I'd throw it away, but it hit me with a bang and now I'm hooked. If you are a fantasy and or anime fan give it a try and be surprised.

Good story✅
Fantasy ✅
action ✅
romance ✅
blood & gore✅
sexxx✅✅✅

🤪 Seriously. Why isn't this XXX rated❓

Decent enough but nothing special

Got this book for free and decided to give it a try.
It's decent enough and I like the concept (being a dungeon core vs the adventurer) but I wouldn't give it the 4.3 stars it is listed at.
The MC gets teleported to a fantasy world, gets turned into a dungeon core and instantly just accepts it. He doesn't resist, isn't weirded out by it. There is no path to acceptence at all wich feels a bit weird to me.
The voice actor does a good job, that and the oke story made it enjoyable enough.

young teens

book for the youngsters - too much so for my tastes. many will enjoy as it is a nice idea just not well crafted.

5/5

i certainly enjoyed the book and performance. different from other lit RPG being a dungeon protagonist. further still with an anti-hero angle, thumbs up 5/5

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Another story with a harem. Liked the story, not so mutch the sex. Reaction formation.