A Small Town in Southern Illvaria: An Isekai LitRPG
A Budding Scientist in a Fantasy World, Book 1
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Acaswell
About this listen
A young woman must navigate the dangers of a strange new world filled with magic and mystery in this imaginative and highly detailed LitRPG adventure.
When Alice Verianna went to sleep, she was just another teen from the Denver suburbs. She definitely didn't expect to be transported to a magical alternate dimension, inhabited by monsters and presided over by a mysterious System. Here, people resemble RPG characters and everyone has access to their own status screens.
Grappling with the mechanics of the elusive System isn't the only challenge Alice faces. It seems an underground organization known as the Society of Starry Eyes has taken a particular interest in other dimensions. If they find out about Alice, they will stop at nothing to hunt her down and forcibly extract from her the secrets of her world.
Now, in addition to pursuing her own scientific endeavors, as well as learning to harness the magic that surrounds her, Alice must determine the Society's ultimate intention—and how she ended up here in first place. Before it's too late . . .
The first volume of the hit LitRPG adventure series—with almost two million views on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love it, but...
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4 out of 5 stars 9
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book for DnD lovers!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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5 out of 5 stars
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enjoyable, i want more
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Anthony has been reborn! Placed into the remarkable game-like world of Pangera. But something seems a little off... What's with these skills? Bite? Dig? Wait.... He's been reborn as a WHAT?! Follow Anthony as he attempts to adjust to his new life as an ant in his new Dungeon home. He'll have to learn how to survive, level-up, and grow both himself and his bite-sized colony into a force to be reckoned with.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This was a slog to listen through
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4 out of 5 stars 24
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3 out of 5 stars
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mediocre writing
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Amazing Story, interesting magic system
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Good listen
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This isn’t a book where it’s all fighting and battles. She has them, in the beginning of the book she’s totally alone and fending for herself in the wild. But she is crafty and smart and tries to find ways to avoid most fights or finish monsters safely. She is SUPER intrigued with the magic system and the book is her integrating into the new magical world and learning about how it works.
In a world where most people are taking it for granted and not looking at the underlying facts that make it work. The world treats “the system” as a god. She wants to know if all the science from earth exists in this new world, or is everything she knew wrong now.
So there are big battles and overpowered immortals. But it’s at its heart a story about a curious girl trying to figure out her new world, learn as much as possible and survive in a strange new world.
Really interesting and not a stereotypical LitRPG
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endless monologue
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the rest of the book is pretty cozy, and the exploration of the world is interesting.
slow to pleasant
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It is ... something different - MC uses science to solve problems in a fantasy world. It's intriguing enough for me to ignore some glaring flaws: MC being too young and like to repeat herself, a lot.
Performance:
no complaints
breath of fresh air
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I do think the voice for the MC is good, but the range in other voices was hard for me as some of the characters didn't sound much different or to monotone for some situations. good listen overall though so I'd recommend if you're interested
Good story
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Meh*2
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Fun story but…
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Repetitive and slow
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