The Curse of Hurlig Ridge: 1st Dive

World Tree Online, Book 1

By: M. A. Carlson

Narrated by: Anneliese Rennie

In the future, androids have taken over most jobs, leaving humans with little to do and even less to motivate them. Enter the World Tree Online, a fully immersive virtual reality experience.

Join Byron in his first 30 days of a non-stop fantasy adventure in the cursed province of Hurlig Ridge, a land filled with monsters, mysteries, murderers, and treasure. The people of the province have been tormented for centuries by a pack of voracious wolves. Now, with the arrival of the adventurers, dark forces have begun to stir, accelerating their dark plans. Can Byron unravel the mystery of this curse before it’s too late?

Adventure and excitement await anyone brave enough to join the World Tree. Will you be one of them?

©2018 MA Carlson (P)2018 Spectrum Audiobooks

Good story

Overall it was a good book, but the constant repeating of entire sections of text because of a completed quest or looking at details from a sub skill got old real quick. The lack of a epilogue in the audiobook was also a little annoying.

The narration was probably the worst part of the audio book, Anneliese Rennie isn't a bad narrator but she really didn't seem to fit with this book. I could barely tell the difference between characters, or when it was a general narration rather than an inner thought of a character. That doesn't even get into the random pauses throughout the book.

A great LITRPG story

*This book was given to me by the author at my request, and I provided this voluntary review.*

4/5

Ive read a ton of LITRPG titles, so the setting and plot wasnt a shock to me. Where this was one different, was the interpersonal connections it had with the people and main character of the story. While there were plenty of stat dumps, it wasnt too much. I was laughing at plenty of points throughout the book and loved the couple of easter eggs that were dropped in - they were a nice touch. The only thing I was a little put off by, was the use of thought-process setups for a piece of dialogue -- which happened quite a bit. "I wonder what this this thing would "X" or do "X"" followed by the literal event, dialogue piece, or interaction occurring. This type of thing was rather tedious to read, but everything else was pleasing, so I kept on going! Glad I did too, because the subplots and the 'to be continued' kept me on edge wanting more. I was also curiou about the narrator - she did a good job with doing impressions and narrating, but I was a little unsure of the "tone" used for some of the dialogue she was reading (such as using flat monotone voice for a time when I would have thought it would be more excitable and higher toned). Anyway, this is a solid 4 star read for any reader who enjoys LitRPG, who will definitely want to come back for more dungeon dives with Byron and Co.!

SORRY!

So much fun as a Gamelit book! My son and I loved the story and the characters. The only problem was both of us wanted to listen when the other wasn't there! It got me to buy the other books for us to read so we could find out what was next. I strongly recommend this audio title.

horrible narration!

I was only barley able to get through this book. the narration is awful.
example:
My friend said that we should all go to get some drinks I like drinks they make me less thirsty I climbed into my car and buckled my seat belt.

played at 2x speed. and yes all natural sentence breaks are gone!

amazing

lots of goofy fun moments and an amazing story, especially if you are into online games