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Life in Exile, Book 2

De: Sean Oswald

Narrado por: Peter Berkrot

Despite monsters and a small army of goblins and skeletons, Dave and family have survived their first few weeks in the harsh world of Eloria. Well, for the most part...

Eight-year-old Sara has been captured by the goblin scout, Krinnk. Nobody is sure if she was taken to be a snack or some twisted desire to protect her. Dave has found a new lease on life, a new connection with his family and a new sense of purpose. Neither he nor Emily are going to let a monster get away with their little girl.

But things are never quite as simple as they seem.

Their victory in the Battle of Eris' Rise has launched the Nelson family onto the stage of politics torn between the human kingdom to the south and the moon elves to the north.

Worse, the powers that created the death knight in the first place have more sinister plans in place and Dave's actions have marked him as an obstacle to be removed. He can only trust that his family, along with the new friends and allies they are making, will be sufficient to help them find their place in this new world.

Continue this epic LitRPG adventure with the second installment in the Life in Exile Series. It's perfect for fans of C.M Carney, Blaise Corvin, and Charles Dean.

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Great second book - almost better than the first

So one thing I love about this series is that rather than following a single main character, it tells the exploits of an entire family. Each of the Nelsons are unique and take turns telling their own stories.

I think my favorite character so far is Sara, who manages to thrive despite an aversion to violence and willingness to befriend monsters. This makes her an atypical hero, which is something I appreciate in storytelling. I'm interested in finding out what happens to Krink as the story continues.

Emily allows herself to be controlled by her emotions, pushing her family away one minute and wanting to protect them the next. It's frustrating to watch, but also believable. Lots of families are this way. Emily shows a desire to improve the world by introducing them to modern American values like individualism, class equality, and (to a lesser degree) feminism, but her efforts are often counterproductive.

Dave is much more like a typical LitRPG protagonist. He loves gaming and is frustrated by the fact that everyone seems to have a special class except for him. It was fun to watch his growth as a character and as a person.

Jackson doesn't appear much in this story since he's off at school. What little of his story there was, however, was interesting.

The narration was very good, it was easy to tell who was speaking by accent alone. I recommend this second book in the series and I'm looking forward to the next one

Great follow-up to the first

This book picks up right where we last saw the Nelson's and takes on more and more perspectives which helps to tell the story. I can't wait to listen to the next book

must have!!

You must by this book! You must by this book! You must by this book! Awesome Amazing Astounding!

Exciting Book

I have enjoyed this series so far. There are many good characters in the series. It moves along very quickly which is fun. The writing sometimes leaves a little more mystery to be desired, especially transferring between different parties. Looking forward to the next book.

Thoroughly enjoyed this!

Sean Oswald does a nice job bringing us into the personal worlds of the Nelson's. As the plot line switches between characters I find myself enjoying each one even as I am leaving a plot line I am enjoying quite a bit. I highly recommend this book and the series so far.

At least as good as the first book

I am really enjoying this series. Ignore the bigoted reviews that are slamming this book. Yes this book deals with racism but it is certainly an excellent story to open up discussion between everyone.

I received this free review audiobook and I have voluntarily left this review.

Excellent

A riveting story with twists and turns but most of all excitement. The narration adding a drama yet grim tone to the book's telling.

Slight issue overall excellent

Slight issue I am not sure if either A the narrator just doesn’t let the listener know that there is a time lapse or if B the author doesn’t state it There are multiple times up to around chapter 12. that half of multiple chapters will lead up to events that are currently taking place. After chapter 12 I think is about when it seems to catch up full circle with everyone and move forward. Only issue I felt worth mentioning

bouncy

good story just too much bouncing around for me. like half of the start was flash backs to missed parts of the story the could have just been the start of the book.

Cant wait for the next book

Negative reviews have to really dig to belittle this series. Yes, the main characters have religious views but they dont present in the book as anything but a characters trait. There is no preaching or attempt by the auther to make the books about religious views. Some of the interactions are a bit shallow but its a lit rpg book, supposed to be fun not Dickens. My only notable complaint is that the jumping from each characters view point can become repetitive and make it hard to follow. However I dont feel its bad enough to downgrade my rating. Take it for what it is... one possibility in the millions of possibilities for a lit rpg. Just enjoy and dont listwn to the trolls.