James A. Hunter P-Date: 2024 Genre: LitRPG Review: This was a heck of a lot of fun. There is really good character development and movement throughout. Of course where Mr. Hunter excels is the world building. He has developed a world with a myriad of possibilites. The only downer is the cover art. Lame-o. Where da frick are his Jorts? I want the next, NOW! Rating: 4.6/5 ..read more

Thunderplump Dakota Krout Publishing Date: 2023 Genre: LitPrg Review: These novels grow in the myopic development of Joe, without the character assets that made him such an interesting dude. Gone are the days of quests with buddies and the interactions therein. Now, we just hang out by ourselves, slowly advance in levels and work on becoming a city. That’s ok for a novel or two, yet any more than that and it becomes repetitive and boring. We are going to a new world in the next installment but I wonder if this is going to be a remix of the of the same shjt in a different setting. Rating: 2.5 ..read more

Thesaurize Dakota Krout Publishing Date: 2023 Genre: LitRPG Review: Another awesome installment by DK. The only downer from the other novels is that Joe is even more myopic and borderline NPD than usual. I like when he is questing with friends and actively supporting them. It is almost like the author just dropped developing other pivotal characters. Still looking forward to the next. Rating: 4.2/5 ..read more

by Dakota Krout Publishing Date: 2023 Genre: Fantasy/litrpg Rating: 4.7/5 Review: What can I say that I have not already said? This is a great series. Highly entertaining ..read more

Implode Dakota Krout Publication Date: 2023 Genre: LitRPG Rating: 4.0/5 Review: Once again, Dakota entertains and keeps you reading deep into the night. Number 8 is a continuance of a broadly swathed story line spanning a couple of planes. If this were longer, I would give it a solid 4.8. Next please ..read more

Dakota Krout  Publishing Date: 2022 Genre: LitRPG Rating: 3.3/5 Review: This took awhile to get off the pot. Must of been too much cheese. Speaking of grinding one out, we are along for the ride during heavy advancement theory with little action to quell the beast. The story line picks up at about the 75% level, then ends abruptly. Not sure if I am going to continue with this series unless there is some length to make up for the lack of movement. Even though I felt a bit ripped off, l had a fun time during fleeting moments. Usually this author delivers in spades but this one is lacking in ..read more

Asgard: A Divine Dungeon Series Dennis Vanderkerken, Dakota Krout Publishing Date: 2021 Genre: LitRPG Rating: 1.3/5 Review: I have never been disappointed in any novel that Dakota Krout was involved in…until now. This last installment started out well paced and cogent. Then it takes the usual turns of a stuttering story line and begins hopping around like a spastic rabbit. Artorian is a great character and carries the series yet turns to shjt with statements like “cheeky”, “adorable” and “smirking” being pounded into your sub conscious while he goes about his self-centered business as the ..read more

Artifact Dennis Vanderkerken, Dakota Krout Publishing Date: 2021 Genre: LitRPG Rating: 3.2/5 Review: This installment moved at a good pace yet was bereft of story line progression. I think there should be some logic to the story line that walks in step with character development. We just have to accept that we know Artorian and all his quirks but not at the expense of supporting characterization, world building and story line development. Sadly, what began as a cogent quest through Eternium ends up jumping from here to there without reason. The game player stat development was long winde ..read more

Algorithm Dennis Vanderkerken, Dakota Krout Publishing Date: 2021 Genre: LitRPG Rating: 2.3/5 Review: This installment kind of gets back to the roots of a nice cogent story line found in the first two novels of this series. And then it goes wonky here and there, so much that you are bereft of direction. Crazy tangents without explanation get so tiring. When you are engaged then suddenly whisked away to a story line that is uninteresting, that is a major fail. The diminishment phase of Artorian is really not interesting and allows for more jumps in the story line than a flea on a hot plate ..read more

Celestial Citadel James A. Hunter, eden Hudson Publishing Date: 2022 Genre: LitRPG Rating: 2.7/5 Review: Ah, the “Demon with a heart of gold” shtick never gets old. Flipping roles to round out true evil are the Celestial Heralds that represent insanity. I know its just a book but in these times it is a patterned reflection of reality that consistently knocks on the door of life. I wonder how one of the authors separates Christian life with writing about “Good Demons” and “Evil Angels”. This was, like the others in the series, entertaining. Pwner is awesome as is Gothic. The novel was shor ..read more