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System School #3
The Accidental Contract
Melvin is lost when Kalli returns to Gaia.
After pushing his friends away, he turns to his newfound skills as a healer for some much-needed solace. Paired with an unlikely partner in crime, Melvin must once again rise to the occasion when an ominous message comes from another world. Kalli is dying.
Join Melvin and his friends as they explore another world in an effort to save Kalli and get out of The Accidental Contract.
Book 3 of this lighthearted and often hilarious LitRPG Series about how two kids from different worlds grow into their own while surviving things like classes, bullies, vampires, and worse.
After pushing his friends away, he turns to his newfound skills as a healer for some much-needed solace. Paired with an unlikely partner in crime, Melvin must once again rise to the occasion when an ominous message comes from another world. Kalli is dying.
Join Melvin and his friends as they explore another world in an effort to save Kalli and get out of The Accidental Contract.
Book 3 of this lighthearted and often hilarious LitRPG Series about how two kids from different worlds grow into their own while surviving things like classes, bullies, vampires, and worse.
599 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 10, 2023
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September 14, 2023
This is a solid younger skewing YA LitRPG. Some of the humour can skew a tad juvenile at times but on the whole this is a fun enough series with likeable enough characters.
This third instalment had Melvin and his school pals following Kalli to her world. The series went full fantasy LitRPG in a fun way! We ended up getting a fun story as Melvin had to help a bunch of the locals as well as look for a way to get his girlfriend out of her magical betrothal contract.
This series is a bit simplistic but it is very readable despite the flaws.
Rating: 3 stars.
Audio Note: I feel like Nathan Agin did a decent job with the audio.
This third instalment had Melvin and his school pals following Kalli to her world. The series went full fantasy LitRPG in a fun way! We ended up getting a fun story as Melvin had to help a bunch of the locals as well as look for a way to get his girlfriend out of her magical betrothal contract.
This series is a bit simplistic but it is very readable despite the flaws.
Rating: 3 stars.
Audio Note: I feel like Nathan Agin did a decent job with the audio.
June 12, 2023
Accidentally Disappointing? A Little, Perhaps ...
I must start by saying: Do not misunderstand me. I enjoyed this story, overall, and it moved the plot forward in some interesting ways, particularly as involves Melvin's real family. We did learn more about how things work, the mechanics of the System. These are all good things.
And yet I must admit I leave this installment a little disappointed.
To begin with is Melvin, the MC. For all his plot was moved forward, and his power grew exponentially, we saw him grow very little as a character. In this regard, he was essentially the same as in the previous book, Education. Perhaps I expect too much, but especially given his responsibilities and the much greater dangers faced, I would have hoped to see a greater degree of seriousness in how he considers things and acts on them. Instead, we have a character almost tragically limited in his ability to grow in this wise, and it's really only great good fortune that keeps him from truly experiencing such tragedy. One might say Kalli grows more, and yet she too shares that issue in much the same way. These two are now adults, with commensurate power and responsibilities and circumstances, and they should start showing it.
Unfortunately, this is how they're written, and that too is disappointing. Again, we advanced this bar nicely from a reasonable start from Summoning to Education, but then slipped the transmission into neutral. Indeed, the way characters seemed to be written even backed up some to the entry levels of the first book. The way situations were presented, new characters introduced lacked a more advanced vigor I would have expected in a third book.
The structure of it also seemed to slip, and I fault editing for this. Primary example: distinguishing between the different types of communications that characters engage in. Unless this is carefully and consistently followed, it will inevitably allow for confusion to occur. This happened multiple times, and sometimes even within the same phrase. That is not only confusing, but it also reduces what had been a strength to a distraction as the reader is forced to go back through again to try figure out who said what to who and how. That was not the only editing issue I noted - I was also somewhat irritated by the occasional reference to things not previously mentioned as if they had been - but it was certainly the primary.
But in the end, as I said, I still enjoyed it. It was very interesting to see how Emperor Melvin developed his nation - as a veteran of games such as Sid Meier's Civilization series and the like, I certainly understood and had an appreciation for the MC having that ability in his innate skillset. And one wonders how his nation will fare in his absence. How well will Kalli be able to handle that for him? These and many more questions like it will have to wait on answers from Corruption, which is an intriguing if not very hopeful title ...
Score for Contract: 3.75 out of 5.00
I must start by saying: Do not misunderstand me. I enjoyed this story, overall, and it moved the plot forward in some interesting ways, particularly as involves Melvin's real family. We did learn more about how things work, the mechanics of the System. These are all good things.
And yet I must admit I leave this installment a little disappointed.
To begin with is Melvin, the MC. For all his plot was moved forward, and his power grew exponentially, we saw him grow very little as a character. In this regard, he was essentially the same as in the previous book, Education. Perhaps I expect too much, but especially given his responsibilities and the much greater dangers faced, I would have hoped to see a greater degree of seriousness in how he considers things and acts on them. Instead, we have a character almost tragically limited in his ability to grow in this wise, and it's really only great good fortune that keeps him from truly experiencing such tragedy. One might say Kalli grows more, and yet she too shares that issue in much the same way. These two are now adults, with commensurate power and responsibilities and circumstances, and they should start showing it.
Unfortunately, this is how they're written, and that too is disappointing. Again, we advanced this bar nicely from a reasonable start from Summoning to Education, but then slipped the transmission into neutral. Indeed, the way characters seemed to be written even backed up some to the entry levels of the first book. The way situations were presented, new characters introduced lacked a more advanced vigor I would have expected in a third book.
The structure of it also seemed to slip, and I fault editing for this. Primary example: distinguishing between the different types of communications that characters engage in. Unless this is carefully and consistently followed, it will inevitably allow for confusion to occur. This happened multiple times, and sometimes even within the same phrase. That is not only confusing, but it also reduces what had been a strength to a distraction as the reader is forced to go back through again to try figure out who said what to who and how. That was not the only editing issue I noted - I was also somewhat irritated by the occasional reference to things not previously mentioned as if they had been - but it was certainly the primary.
But in the end, as I said, I still enjoyed it. It was very interesting to see how Emperor Melvin developed his nation - as a veteran of games such as Sid Meier's Civilization series and the like, I certainly understood and had an appreciation for the MC having that ability in his innate skillset. And one wonders how his nation will fare in his absence. How well will Kalli be able to handle that for him? These and many more questions like it will have to wait on answers from Corruption, which is an intriguing if not very hopeful title ...
Score for Contract: 3.75 out of 5.00
November 14, 2023
Book three
Okay for me this series is just getting worse as it goes on.
It still has even more plot holes. It comes across as extremely childish and cheesy.
Oh hey sucks that you are an orphan, but hey no worries! Your mom, dad and little sister are all still alive! They hid in the woods!
All the evil was the fault of just one person so everyone else is forgiven. It's all the fault of that mean lady!
Kingdom building was done in a broader strokes fashion but it has absolutely no meaning.
I decided after finding the first error to just give up on this series and good editing, so you won't find much on Goodreads. You can still read more on Royalroad though.
3/10 I'm dropping the series as it is just to childish for my taste.
Okay for me this series is just getting worse as it goes on.
It still has even more plot holes. It comes across as extremely childish and cheesy.
Oh hey sucks that you are an orphan, but hey no worries! Your mom, dad and little sister are all still alive! They hid in the woods!
All the evil was the fault of just one person so everyone else is forgiven. It's all the fault of that mean lady!
Kingdom building was done in a broader strokes fashion but it has absolutely no meaning.
I decided after finding the first error to just give up on this series and good editing, so you won't find much on Goodreads. You can still read more on Royalroad though.
3/10 I'm dropping the series as it is just to childish for my taste.
September 18, 2023
DNF 66%
I don't know how I was okay with this style of writing in the last two books. It should be listed as "mid-grade" fantasy. The dialogue is juvenile and the world-building is overly simplistic.
What broke my will was the idea that a country could have laws that allowed toddlers to sign away their whole family and all they own, with binding legal contracts. Willy Wonka could own the world.
I noped-out so hard that I suffered whiplash.
I don't know how I was okay with this style of writing in the last two books. It should be listed as "mid-grade" fantasy. The dialogue is juvenile and the world-building is overly simplistic.
What broke my will was the idea that a country could have laws that allowed toddlers to sign away their whole family and all they own, with binding legal contracts. Willy Wonka could own the world.
I noped-out so hard that I suffered whiplash.
December 4, 2023
Extremely disappointing. It's like everyone loses all their braincells in this arc. Melvin flaunting Editing skills recklessly everywhere, signalling to the whole multiverse who he is. The tone in this story is all over the place, the worldbuilding is as grimdark as WH40k where every adult is an exploitative bastard but all the main characters are naive children that constantly make bad decision but never getting punished for it.
May 19, 2023
power creep and deus ex machina
Just a lot of power creep. Lots of deus ex machina. Lots of weird early 2000’s style relationshipping. MC and his love interest didn’t say ‘rawr chomp’ at any point, but they had that feel whenever they interacted.
It’s an ok isekai, but it’s not much more than that.
Just a lot of power creep. Lots of deus ex machina. Lots of weird early 2000’s style relationshipping. MC and his love interest didn’t say ‘rawr chomp’ at any point, but they had that feel whenever they interacted.
It’s an ok isekai, but it’s not much more than that.
May 22, 2023
meh
The story is okay, and the same regarding other aspects. If food it would be gas station food. Written for childlike minds
The story is okay, and the same regarding other aspects. If food it would be gas station food. Written for childlike minds
January 14, 2024
Comparing to the previous books in the series, character dialogs are more irritating than interesting
June 9, 2023
Still fun, more twists and turns than a country road.
Evil mages, armies of goblins, wraiths, ghosts, a prophet, and planetary gods. What a fabulous cast of fantasy characters. Just a fun and interesting story. Still its a coming of age tale and the MC is just a kid, no matter how much mystic power a manipulator or a syphon may wield.
My only pet peeve with the story is the same challenge as with most people. In the words of the warden from the movie Cool Hand Luke “what we have here is a failure to communicate.”
Spoiler alert: Mel & Kalli failed to communicate early with people that can help them. Specifically to her parents very important info: the contract, the missing cat, the shadow peeps and most important that Lady Mardella (who I suspected early from inferences to be “the puppeteer”.) of course it does flow with the story because they are both inexperienced teens, trying to figure out not high school, but how to prosecute a war on another planet. Quite a bit on their plates!
Evil mages, armies of goblins, wraiths, ghosts, a prophet, and planetary gods. What a fabulous cast of fantasy characters. Just a fun and interesting story. Still its a coming of age tale and the MC is just a kid, no matter how much mystic power a manipulator or a syphon may wield.
My only pet peeve with the story is the same challenge as with most people. In the words of the warden from the movie Cool Hand Luke “what we have here is a failure to communicate.”
Spoiler alert: Mel & Kalli failed to communicate early with people that can help them. Specifically to her parents very important info: the contract, the missing cat, the shadow peeps and most important that Lady Mardella (who I suspected early from inferences to be “the puppeteer”.) of course it does flow with the story because they are both inexperienced teens, trying to figure out not high school, but how to prosecute a war on another planet. Quite a bit on their plates!
February 22, 2025
What a disaster. The story was over the place. Melvin follows Kallie to her world for them to end up building a kingdom and helping random people. The faction building was absolutely meaningless as it was never meant to last or really help. The magical contract system was a bunch of random bullshit, as in the end Melvin was supposed to marry someone, who never even signed anything.
All the terrible people were forgiven as it was only one bad lady pulling the strings. The fact that the others also tried to blackmail or kill them seems to be meaningless. In fact, they even teased to forgive the „big villainess“ in the end, only a day after she tried to kill everyone.
Kallies biological family suddenly crawls out of the forest after who knows how long. Turns out she is a princess and her mother immediately tried to manipulate her and marry her away for influence, but Kallie still decided to stay with them in the end instead of leaving with Mel. It’s family after all.
All the terrible people were forgiven as it was only one bad lady pulling the strings. The fact that the others also tried to blackmail or kill them seems to be meaningless. In fact, they even teased to forgive the „big villainess“ in the end, only a day after she tried to kill everyone.
Kallies biological family suddenly crawls out of the forest after who knows how long. Turns out she is a princess and her mother immediately tried to manipulate her and marry her away for influence, but Kallie still decided to stay with them in the end instead of leaving with Mel. It’s family after all.
June 8, 2024
This book continues the story of our teenage hero. He still hasn't read the book about how to use his class. He gets told how each trait spreads his power out, cleans them out once and then plays gotta get them all.
His emotions are all over the place with people he slightly knows breaking him upon death, refusing any compromises etc. He basically is best friends forever with people he has spent a grand total of 50 hours together with over a few months. The reasoning for why he does things makes no sense, thus the plot makes no sense.
He keeps getting more and more strange items and powerful people stuck to him. Yet they just take up space and don't really add anything to the story. Only there to foreshadow the next book instead of letting time pass and the scale increase organically.
His emotions are all over the place with people he slightly knows breaking him upon death, refusing any compromises etc. He basically is best friends forever with people he has spent a grand total of 50 hours together with over a few months. The reasoning for why he does things makes no sense, thus the plot makes no sense.
He keeps getting more and more strange items and powerful people stuck to him. Yet they just take up space and don't really add anything to the story. Only there to foreshadow the next book instead of letting time pass and the scale increase organically.
May 24, 2023
Melvin takes action in this book when he gets a message from his heart, his life mate Kali! The message was simple, stating that she was dying from the plague and not rescue her or he would die too. Well that's not how Mel does things. And he would cure her or die trying. It turned out that the plague was man made. And he was the Chosen One to stop it before everyone died in the dark lands.
So pick-up this book and find out how Mel became an Emperor. And how a accidental contract was formed and how important it was to get out of it!
Kos Play writes with a deft hand and along with Nathan Agin narration they make a perfect match up to tell this story!
So pick-up this book and find out how Mel became an Emperor. And how a accidental contract was formed and how important it was to get out of it!
Kos Play writes with a deft hand and along with Nathan Agin narration they make a perfect match up to tell this story!
August 26, 2023
Recap: Goes to Kali's world with his friends to save her from covid (plague), turns out their is man-made as well. Saves Kali and villagers(VILLAGES). Unites the Dark Lands and becomes an Emperor. Kali turns out to be a princess and her parents are still alive. He meets a bunch of gods on Luna and brings them to Kali's home planet. Gets tricked into releasing a mage when he tries to defeat an evil arch mage (she is now imprisoned in the ring) and the mage is in her body. He comes back to Earth and Stephanie's ghost is set free.
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May 27, 2023
Wonderful third book to an awesome series
I am so glad I stumbled about this series a while ago. I enjoy it a lot. It’s fun, light hearted and an easy read. The LitRPG elements might not be so strong but the dynamics of the mc his girl friend and group of friends is a welcome change to many other series.
This one is a bit darker than the first two books but I am already looking forward to book 4 and excited to see that this will be a five book series.
I am so glad I stumbled about this series a while ago. I enjoy it a lot. It’s fun, light hearted and an easy read. The LitRPG elements might not be so strong but the dynamics of the mc his girl friend and group of friends is a welcome change to many other series.
This one is a bit darker than the first two books but I am already looking forward to book 4 and excited to see that this will be a five book series.
May 29, 2023
Melvin an his classmates go to the planet Gaia to rescue Halli from dying .
Melvin an his classmates race to Gaia to rescue Halli from dying from the plague in the dark lands . Once they leave earth it only gets tougher as they learn to live on a foreign planet . recommend reading excellent series .
Melvin an his classmates race to Gaia to rescue Halli from dying from the plague in the dark lands . Once they leave earth it only gets tougher as they learn to live on a foreign planet . recommend reading excellent series .
May 17, 2023
Good
A good entry into the book series, I am looking forward to seeing what happens in the next book released.
A good entry into the book series, I am looking forward to seeing what happens in the next book released.
May 18, 2023
Great read
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who like apocalypse type of books with lots of action
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who like apocalypse type of books with lots of action
May 21, 2023
Fun Read
Amusing story, young adult LitRPG, but with no stats. Keeps for a fluffy, light hearted story that is a jewel of a book.
Amusing story, young adult LitRPG, but with no stats. Keeps for a fluffy, light hearted story that is a jewel of a book.
July 10, 2023
exciting
This was a very busy book of adventure, magic, drama, supernatural, violence, and romance. I am eager for the next book in the series.
This was a very busy book of adventure, magic, drama, supernatural, violence, and romance. I am eager for the next book in the series.
September 6, 2023
the plot finally becomes absurd. the illogical twists become to bad, I stopped the series for me
September 30, 2024
I am still really loving this series. Melvin and Kalli have really started something unusual here. Their friends are also so much more interesting in this novel.
April 8, 2025
1 star - DNF. The previous books also suffered from being childish but I've had enough by this point. DNF early into the book.
May 27, 2025
The toilet humor continues. And increases.
June 12, 2025
Fun read
Good read. I laughed a lot while reading this book. Now I need ten more words to finish this review.
Good read. I laughed a lot while reading this book. Now I need ten more words to finish this review.
May 18, 2023
Exciting Read
Mel is mournfully separated from his love and bond mate, Kalli. He takes action, and teleports to her on Ghia. Plague, prophecy, Empire, reconstruction of a ruined Kingdom ensue. Many questions are answered, but more are raised. I like the action, humor, mystery, and romance. I look forward to the next book.
Mel is mournfully separated from his love and bond mate, Kalli. He takes action, and teleports to her on Ghia. Plague, prophecy, Empire, reconstruction of a ruined Kingdom ensue. Many questions are answered, but more are raised. I like the action, humor, mystery, and romance. I look forward to the next book.
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May 21, 2023world building is not my thing - didn't finish - therefore no rating.
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