Shattered Sword (A LitRPG Adventure)

Eternal Online, Book 1

By: TJ Reynolds

Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau

A broke gamer. A deadly online world. Can Dhalia level up fast enough to keep the debt collectors at bay?

Dhalia has to pay off her dead father’s bills or risk her life in the lithium mines. Which...no thank you. Besides, the world is run by tech, and this gamer girl is determined to explore the virtual world her father was so obsessed with and get rich while she’s at it.

So, she sells everything and rents a premium VR pod to play Eternal Online.

Enter the toughest realm available? Check.

Discover the fastest way to loot without dying...in progress.

But when Dhalia finds an epic quest chain that others have overlooked, she thinks she’s struck gold. What she doesn’t expect is to make friends with two deadly warriors and one powerful creature, or find a world boss gunning for them all.

Experience the start of an Epic LitRPG adventure perfect for fans of Travis Bagwell, Carrie Summers, and Outspan Foster.

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Well written LitRPG

The characters were realistic and the story was compelling. I am looking forward to the next one.

loved it

Great story, and can't wait till part 2 comes out. everything was believable about how she had to do, and how she came to care for the NPCs

Fun story 4.5

The book starts with some of the LitRPG common tropes. Gamer owes a ton of money enters the game hoping to make money in order to keep playing and out of indent service. Enters game with potential OP item and eventual special quest and perks.

But despite that, the main character is interesting and likable. She performs side quests along the main and gets into common troubles. NPCs and secondary characters are well done and don't feel forced. Enough leveling and skills to satisfy, but not so many stats that bog down the audio experience like many other titles in the genre.

The narration was very clear and well done with a wide array of pitches and accents.

The only part that took away from my experience was the pseudo swearing. Instead of swearing the MC says random words that often end up being vegetables or other foods. Other characters in the book don't swear except for the extremely rare occurrence, and is handled in this same fake swearing. It wouldn't be so bad if it only happened once or twice, but it happened often enough that it got old pretty quick.

OK story that lags here and there

the premise of the book is decent but this is obviously a first ever book by the author. it was good enough that I'll give #2 a try

Pleasantly surprised

Barreled through the first book and I'm already well into the 2nd. This series is one of my favorites now, if book 2 stays the course. There is a plot in and out of game which is always a plus. Andrea elevates the audiobook to another level, as she always does. Will read the whole series once completed.