LitRPG Audiobook Podcast 069 - Noobtown Book 4, UnderVerse, Hero of Thera 2 You can read the full reviews and show notes if you visit us at: https://litrpgpodcast.com/litrpg-audiobook-podcast-069 “Hello everyone. Welcome to the LitRPG Audiobook Podcast. I’m Ray. I’ll be reviewing some recent and classic LitRPG Audiobooks for you. I’ll begin with: ” Dungeons and Noobs - Noobtown, Book 4 (01:24) Score: 8.3 out of 10 https://amzn.to/2LPJwMq A LitRPG Adventure (UnderVerse Series, Book 1) (07:45) Score: 8.2 out of 10 https://amzn.to/3axrLvK A Thousand Drunken Monkeys: Book 2 in the Hero of Thera Series (14:07) Score: 7.9 out of 10 https://amzn.to/3h9oHqR ------------------------- Dungeons and Noobs Noobtown, Book 4 By: Ryan Rimmel Narrated by: Johnathan McClain Series: Noobtown, Book 4 Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins If you have enjoyed the Noobtown series thus far then you will love book four. It is a total blast with revelations and resolutions finally occurring, and while some doors are definitely closed one or two really big doors open. I mean really big doors, like those of the Castle Church in Wittenberg , Germany where martin Luthor nailed his paper that held his 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation. Lil history there for ya. BTW, the doors really aren’t that big. Even more history for you. Would you be intrigued if I said that you might finally get to see what happened to Charles? That Badgelor is basically Santa claus? That there might be a demon door involved and may Jim goes through it? Well all that and more might be revealed! Honestly, it was a fun ride and I wish that Rimmel cranked out books like Ugland, because those to guys are fekking funny, and I appreciate great humor in my novels. Truly, though, there is some grief and struggles that Jim must endure. There might even be a bit of betrayals going on, yes, with a plural s at the end. Over all it seems like the series may be getting a refresh in the next book, as we finally get to see the big bad come to town and Jim is determined to meet the man head on. Badgelore is in the groove as well, and any of the team that made it out of the dungeon will be down to help. Am I saying not everyone makes it? No that would be spoilers, but the people who make it out would certainly be motivated to stop the inevitable doom that is coming. McClain is in sync with Rimmel in much the same way that Helligers is with Ugland. He does one hell of a portrayal of not only the various characters, but the world around them as well. He has perfect timing. And the bit about a lotta things being pumas made me crack up from just the way he said it, and from now on, I’m not going to use the word plethora. I’m using puma instead. Score one for the noobs! Final score 8.3 stars! Good things are here, but better are coming! -------------------------- Brightblade A LitRPG Adventure (UnderVerse Series, Book 1) By: Jez Cajiao Narrated by: Wayne Mitchell Series: UnderVerse, Book 1 Length: 20 hrs and 4 mins Holy Moley. Where do I start with this?? This book felt massive. I mean there is a ton of world building and character set up that brings a depth that you don’t often get in Litrpg just because of the way that you have to get into the game and then start trying to level up. Don’t get me wrong. I have some hard and fast rules that I live by, and one of those rules is getting into the game ASAP! Brightblade doesn’t do that. In fact, it takes its sweet time getting there, but in this case I can say that it is legit world building as it does so. We don’t get corporations or programmers in the background, instead we meet Jax, a gruff but well meaning guy whose life is sort of passing him by as he coasts along. Jax has an attitude and terrible dreams in which he kills and is killed every so often. Back thing is, he wakes up with actual wounds from his dreams. Turns out he is a rare individual who can cross over into another world, and in doing so he can maybe reopen the portal for all the refugees of a cataclysm in the magic realm allowing them to go home. Jax is an intricate and interesting character who is quick tempered and anti-authority. He then is placed into a position to help the very people he hates, and he eats a crap sandwich so he can potentially find his missing brother. When Jax finally makes his way to the magic realm he ends up doing a tower crawl. The book itself is like a punch in the face, or a sucker punch, because it never lets up, much like Jax. The world is so rich and vivid that I could literally see a real RPG based on it working incredibly well. The violence is fairly graphic, as it should be, sword cuts aren’t boo boos after all, Jax swears a little less than me, and the sexual situations are a little low, but enough that I wouldn’t let my kids listen. The narration...
