Oathbound Healer

Beneath the Dragoneye Moons, Book 1

De: Selkie Myth

Narrado por: 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

really enjoyed this one.

to keep this short, it was a fun story with a decent level of realism that allow my suspension of disbelief to easily take and made me want to hear more. The timeline kills me in alot of stories, to much happening to fast or outside even mild rational pacing, but not here. the timeline feels organic and considered.

the narrator did an excellent job balancing the behaviors and gave enough inflection that the MCs differnt stages felt real.

loved it.

so first off. the system notification got to give the narrator props for that. amazing job. also they get annoying at times but i understand the need for them narrator makes it good.

spoiler* the "lesbian comment" well theres only 1 mention and thats in book 3 i beleive. not much happened.

I have not finished this series of books currently moving to book 4. i have however enjoyed her growth from infant to 18 now.

there was a comment that said she acts like a kid even though she remembers things. the auther wrote in when MC says, Even though i have this knowledge starting from infancy i was not able to do much and when you're treated like a kid you tend to act like one.

I just want to say thanks to the author for an amazing series and the Narrator for a wonderful performance!

Why aren't more people talking about this series?

This is probably the best female Isekai MC I have ever read. She is progressive without being obnoxious and kind without being a doormat. Much of the early book doesn't even really include her Isekai heritage but she uses it well all the same. I will definitely be continuing though the end felt incomplete like a few other LitRPGs I've read. It feels like it simply slowed down and ended rather than reaching a peak and resolve. I guess this is becoming more industry standard for the genre.

Edit: Correction I tried to read to other books and my mind kept wondering back. So I am continuing it right away.

Great book!

The narrator was amazing! She went from voicing a small child to a teenager flawlessly. Can’t wait to hear more from her!
This was such a fun book to get into, and I’m so excited that there are so many others that follow. Definitely recommend to other litRPG listeners

worthwhile Isekai adventure.

The book has a purdy slow burn in the beginning... and yes it's a Isekai adventure, Elaine our MC dies and finds herself bargaining with a god to keep her memories. Little does she know that she has'ta grow-up all over again... and yes she gets some stats but the adventure really ignites when she runs away from home. Although I like Elaine well enough, I love Artemis her mentor and best friend. Also Silkie Myth plays around with the idea of equal rights for women in this new world, but they don't take it very far... other than having Elaine run from an arranged marriage. Perhaps it'll be a concern for later in the series.
I found Andrea Emmes an apt narrator.

I love farreting out the quotes that amuse me, here's a couple of 'em:

"We can say it's a new skill of yours, loose a body part, get an old friend for dinner."

"It was becoming clear that violence was cold and calculating here, and exterminating dozens if not 100s of bandits in a night was Wednesday."

Great context and wonderful writing

This book considers the human experience of a person moving between worlds. It doesn’t mean hand wave the transition in experience and explain how one might emotionally change from this experience.

The system is thoughtful, the interactions between characters make sense, I would read this over most all other litRPG it is not a power fantasy, it is an exploration of experience. 10/10

Entertaining

Interesting enough story though I'm not sure why the levels need to be that high for stuff to still seem weak but not story breaking. Some interesting characters but a lot of unnecessary character aspects. Hopefully the main character gets some actual maturity because kid/teenage mindset excuses only so much behavior when you still have past life memories. She comes off more annoying since she knows what she should be doing or at least trying to but she is being blissfully ignorant.

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.