The Guild Core 2: Core Sworn

A Dungeon Adventure

De: TJ Reynolds

Narrado por: Steve Campbell

Find a dungeon.

Build defenses.

Fight the monster that comes....

Kai is finally becoming the hero he's always dreamed of. As the enemy pursues, he's forced to accept his complicated identity and the power that comes with his blood.

Rhona can endure a blow to her pride. But when that blow comes from the vile Hastings, she has to strive to match his savagery and save her friends.

Ban discovers the ultimate prize for an Earth Core. Secrets, magic, and an incredible housewarming gift can be attained in an ancient keep once home to his ancestors. But can he defend the territory he's taken?

Listen to The Guild Core's second installment, where our band of heroes endures to restore the world to an age of dragons, heroes, and honor.

The Guild Core 2 is a novel by TJ Reynolds Fantasy LitRPG author of Eternal Online books one through three. The Guild Core was inspired by the Divine Dungeon series, the Wheel of Time, and classic films like The Labyrinth and The Neverending Story.

This story takes place in an epic-fantasy world governed by gaming mechanics. It contains light to moderate LitRPG, gamelit, cultivation, and dungeon core elements. Features realistic violence, three MC POVs, and more than a few quaint jokes. Language and adult content is appropriate for teen listeners.

©2020 TJ Reynolds (P)2021 TJ Reynolds

good

good addition to the series. good world building, prose and descriptions. well fleshed out characters. the climax and resolution of the story was well executed. an interesting story

Rediculously good

This book is so good! If you love a book with adventure, magic, a budding romance (maybe), and a dungeon core who kicks butt and takes names, then this book is for you. I only gave 5 stars because it wouldn’t let me give more!

Amazing narration!

I loved the narration especially! Amazing voices that you never get tired of even after 3 books!
The story is fairly good, at times it felt as though the author went for quantity of quality, but still a good series with a deep world that is definitely worth a shot!
I received this book for free and have left an honest review.

Book Two Was Fantastic- ADULT read

Parents: Again easily mature R level content, references and lots of battle gore. The level of bad Language is still present (no f-bombs), violence is heavy and lots of gore, and the sexual content is there and could be potentially triggering for sexual assault victims with a reference to rape.

If you enjoyed the first book, buckle up! This one is quite the adventure and has plenty more twists and mystery than the first book. Fast paced and action packed, this book sucks you in and leaves you hanging and chomping at the bit for the next book. A worthwhile read to be sure!

Narrator is amazing and has solid pacing and good differentiations

—I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

As good as book 1

If you enjoyed the first book, you will likely enjoy this one as well. Here the focus is on larger conflicts, as well as progression. We see a bit more of the world and experience greater villainy. Our main characters are in a struggle for nothing less than thier continued existance.

Another great job by Steve Campbell. he is a nice fit for the genre, has good range of voices, and exhibits plenty of energy.

I was given a free review copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this honest review.

great second book of the series!

great story and narration!

the gang is back and things are heating up! with a new home and an army on the way they will have to hit the ground running to survive!

Steve does a wonderful job with the narration!

I really enjoyed this book and can't wait to find out what happens next!

Great listen.

This story really takes off in this second entry into what is a great trilogy of books. Our heroes get deeper into the plot and learn more about their enemies and the past that they must contend with.

Steve Campbell does a fantastic job of bringing the words on the page to life, from frantic fights to warming dialogue. Fully endorse this audio book as one to pick up, along with the other two.

Better than the first!

I wasnt a big fan of how slowly the MC was maturing in the first installment but this book has attuned me to the authors pacing and Im thouroughly satisfied with how events turn out. Stats and skills are quickly explained and easily understood, as he does a great job of compressing this info without becoming repetitive. Lots of fun suprises to be had. Narration is still amazing. No complaints. Cant wait to devour book 3.

A great follow up!

This was a great follow up for book 1 and continued the story on its own. I really liked getting to know some of the other characters in a deeper manner. It isn't always about the main character! It is a nice change. The narration was well done as well.

*I requested this book and am voluntarily leaving this review

This series just keeps getting better!

The second book in any new series is always a bit of a concern, since the sophomore slump is a real thing, and readers are often leery of a step back in book two. This is not a concern with the Guild Core 2: Core Sworn, though, as the story picks up where the first book left off and takes all the elements that worked so well in book one and makes them even better, all while adding new story and character elements.

The characters in this series are the true selling points. The world building is fun and creative, but the characters are definitely what move the needle. Kai, Rhona and Ban are such a fantastic group of protagonists, and they play off of each other so well. Kai, as the innocent young half-dragon, has so much potential, and he really starts to realize it throughout the story. The author is careful not to make him overpowered or just too perfect, and plays on his relative newness to cultivating power to keep him relatively in check.

Rhona and Ban, on the other hand, are much more experienced, even if Ban has some catching up to do because of his core being shivered during the Dragon Wars. Rhona’s path is very interesting, because she must fight against a lifetime of training both at home and the army to do the right thing, even if it hurts her country’s ambitions. Ban is just desperate to settle down and put down roots, in his case almost literally as he is looking to create a new dungeon in which he and Kai can be safe in. It’s a really interesting arc, and one I really didn’t expect to go in the directions it did.

The villains are definitely not what I expected, especially Hastings, who was much more complex and powerful than I would have expected. There is also an unexpected threat, not only for the protagonists, but also the world at large that came out of left field and just dove right into the story. Its definitely a threat I suspect will be a constant menace in future installments, and poses a grave threat to the Guild’s mission to repopulate the dungeons with new cores.

The audio book version narration is performed by Steve Campbell, who does a fantastic job of bringing this story to life. He has excellent narrative pacing, and his character voices are all distinct and consistent. He gives each character a life of their own, and the listener is never in any doubt which character is speaking. I’d highly recommend the audio version.

This is a series I can’t help but recommend. It has so much to appeal to fans of traditional fantasy, as well as LitRPG fans. If you like a good character driven story, you can’t go wrong with this series, or this book. I highly recommend checking it out.