Warrior of Mist: A Post-Apocalyptic LitRPG

Mists of Redemption, Book 1

By: M. L. Reid

Narrated by: Laurie Catherine Winkel

A hero's journey teeming with monsters and mystery is thrust upon an ordinary girl, who must struggle to stay alive, feed her family, and save the world.

It wasn't the day the Gates appeared that changed Jynn's life; she'd only ever known an Earth where hordes of interdimensional monsters terrorized humanity. No, Jynn's life changed forever when she graduated from high school and tested positive as a Hunter: a breed of enhanced humans evolved to challenge the monsters who are ushering in Earth's apocalypse. The only problem is . . . she has the very lowest stats possible.

Struggling to compete with the more powerful and skilled Hunters and barely able to support her family with the scant kills she does manage to log, Jynn knows she's fighting a losing battle. When she's suddenly kidnapped while on a Hunting trip, a mysterious System offers to make Jynn stronger if she agrees to become a pawn in its quest for revenge. Without regard for the consequences, she jumps at the opportunity.

Now, fused body and soul to a System dictating her every move, Jynn endeavors to balance her new mission with her responsibilities as a Hunter. And as she levels up, defeating monsters and developing new skills, she'll soon discover the weakest Hunter in history might be the only thing standing between Earth and its total destruction.

The first volume of the hit LitRPG adventure series—with almost 600,000 views on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!

©2023 Michelle Reid (P)2023 Podium Audio

Like solo leveling, but not 100%

It IS just like Solo Leveling at the beginning but with some decent changes towards the end. Decent listen.

cliche and predictable. would be written better by an ai.

litrpgs are my guilty pleasure. but it someimes feel that if you've read one of them, you read them all. this one has the same tropes, the same storyline, and the same plotlines as so many of them. it starts of like solo leveling, except it takes 10-13 audiobook chapters for the character to get a power progression system. then, the mc is barely able to hide it, qhich is a plothole because she goes flaunting it around. the twist, and the center of the plot, is really disappointing and made me drop it halfway, even after convincing myself to try it to the end. it was so bad, and so cringeworthy, I don't want to think about it ever again. it feels like the story was written by an artificial intelligence who just read tons of progression fantasy novels. if it does it's a fairly good one, because the writing is decent. everything else isn't. it's unimaginative, follows a formulae, and lack a soul because of how similar it is to other tropes. either the writer thinks the target audiance are a bunch of children, or it's a machine. either way, spare yourselves.

Such a cool world!

Such a fun book! I don't have a lot of experience with LitRPG, but I really enjoyed this!

a great start

I went right to the next book. No greater compliment to a first book, in my mind.

love the narrator

wonderful voice acting really brought the book to life and added extra dimension to the story. there's a video game trend in fiction right now and the book hit all the troupes but was nonetheless very enjoyable. I didn't see the twists coming and I like it when that happens. the book features sympathetic characters that have

Enjoyable

I rate this litrpg 4.1 - 4.2 stars
Was entertaining just kinda slow. I didn’t mind a bit of the mc’s dramatic soliloquies; indeed it would draw out the characters passions if not for it being over done stuck on repeat. Still I feel the authors got the talent but don’t feel I’ve seen the IT so far. Though reminds me of my feelings with the author Ivan Kal. Where I’d never have guessed he’d write one of my top litRPG to listen too based of one series opposed to the other.
Anyways. The system and power progression is very simple but decent. There’s allot to the story and world progression but feel it missing something.

Ps. As for power progression I really like to actually see the characters literally feel the effects of getting stronger swifter. Etc. Sure it would be nice to have it confirmed when checking your stats. But to many books lately have characters go oh look my strength gained 6 points sweet now I’m strong. Even if they go on to prove said strength by picking up a builder or whatever I just can’t stand when they don’t actually go through littéral change the moment they plug in the stats. This books gets a medium to low rating in showing the characters actual body spirit/magic progression. Not many stats to choose from. And doesn’t even say what she’s choosing her free points on. By Ya eventually says the total. But cmon. Okay that’s all. Hope it helps you decide

Great Storyline

I like the concept of the story and level building system. Compared to others, she’s literally on her own doing this and she’s killing it.

just go listen to solo leveling

This is a pretty bad rip off of solo leveling but does it worse. From being rated as the lowest ranking hunter, mother falling into a coma due to the portals opening, having to fight to pay medical bills and support younger sister despite being so weak.then becoming the only person in the world who can level up. daily quest you have to complete or else you get punished. you are better off going with solo leveling better story and better MC and side characters

solid litrpg, no real red flags

Solid exception to the long series of red flags most examples of litrpg tend to exemplify. The power ramp is slower than expected but that's largely because I started this one looking to fill space as I wait for more solo leveling

Strong female MC, after she finished woe-is-meing

The narrator did an excellent job. I imagine that getting through the woe-is-me part was made bearable *because* of the narrator.

Jhinn has grown up in a world where everyone is either a normal human, or a hunter/healer/mage, and you find out when you turn 17 which category you fit. Those who test as hunter/healer/mage leave from testing to go immediately to Eden, the hunter town outside the city walls. Do not pass go, do not say good-bye to family, do not take any belongings with you.

The worldbuilding is unique -- light, but still neat. Interesting monsters (example: evil rainbow caterpillars, and yes, you will shudder). A terrifying villain premise.

What made me want to quit listening:
Jhinn has unrelenting bad luck for the first half of the book, zero friends or interest in making friends, cannot communicate or stand up for herself and collects enemies like she's in a competition.

What made me keep listening:
She gets a clue and gets tougher and finally connects with a few people so she isn't as isolated. Meets a hot OP guy. No romance, just an interesting character.

What bothered me most:
I (a female) have listened to dozens of litRPG series with OP male MCs. Didn't realize how much it would bother me to listen to such an underpowered female MC flounder through chapter after chapter, chained in by limiting beliefs like, "if the system says I'm only an 8, that's all I can ever be." So glad the author took us through her journey toward a strong protagonist.