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Edge Cases #1
The Fabric of Reality
Four friends work together to break the system and make the world a better place in this cozy, fun-filled fantasy-adventure filled with twists and turns.
In the Prime Kingdoms, the system dominates everything. It dictates one’s strength, skills, and power. It spawns dungeons and guides the actions of their monsters. But every system has its limits, and it’s about to push four oddball adventurers to theirs.
There’s Derivan, an enchanted suit of armor in the middle of an existential crisis. And there’s the tanklike half-orc Misa, who loves exploiting the system but misses her family—unlike the anxious-but-lovable Vex, a lizardkin wizard who’s run away from his own. Then there’s Sev, a cleric who would rather have tea with his god than worship him. None are prepared when a simple quest goes off the rails, interrupted by the appearance of a mysterious dungeon linked to each of them.
Something is deeply wrong within the Prime Kingdoms. The system is malfunctioning, and the world itself seems to be falling apart. If Derivan, Misa, Vex, and Sev hope to survive—let alone determine the source of the chaos—they must rely on their trust for one another, share their secrets, and perhaps even engage in a bit of healthy communication.
Now if only everyone else would do the same . . .
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!
In the Prime Kingdoms, the system dominates everything. It dictates one’s strength, skills, and power. It spawns dungeons and guides the actions of their monsters. But every system has its limits, and it’s about to push four oddball adventurers to theirs.
There’s Derivan, an enchanted suit of armor in the middle of an existential crisis. And there’s the tanklike half-orc Misa, who loves exploiting the system but misses her family—unlike the anxious-but-lovable Vex, a lizardkin wizard who’s run away from his own. Then there’s Sev, a cleric who would rather have tea with his god than worship him. None are prepared when a simple quest goes off the rails, interrupted by the appearance of a mysterious dungeon linked to each of them.
Something is deeply wrong within the Prime Kingdoms. The system is malfunctioning, and the world itself seems to be falling apart. If Derivan, Misa, Vex, and Sev hope to survive—let alone determine the source of the chaos—they must rely on their trust for one another, share their secrets, and perhaps even engage in a bit of healthy communication.
Now if only everyone else would do the same . . .
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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First published July 10, 2023
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August 15, 2024
So... this was a surprise.
My reading history with LitRPGs started somewhat on the rocky side with some... questionable books. When the first try is raunchy and disturbing, and the second is downright problematic and disturbing - by random selection no less - it's easy to fall into the notion that the genre has certain limitations and inclinations.
Turns out I just needed to read better books from amazing authors. And this time it was Edge Cases that surprised the socks off me.
Wholesome content? Check.
Amazing found family group of characters? Check.
Interesting mechanics? Check.
Heart-thumping action? Check.
Gut punches and emotional break downs? Check.
I had a wild ride with this one, learned a lot of lessons on the way, and finished the novel wanting more. Explaining exactly WHY is a bit more difficult, but it can be boiled down to how well individual character arcs are handled by the author. One character in particular gets the lion's share of development and emotional payoff in this one, and her journey was a joy to experience. It made me genuinely excited for the following volumes and to see where the story means to end up.
A genuinely interesting group of characters make up the core of this novel, with intriguing backstories, interesting struggles, and unique abilities. And, to my surprise at least, each of them is a paragon of virtue. Everyone's moral compass seems glue to lawful good and... I'm here for it. The story never preaches, it never moralizes, and it manages to maintain a world of kindhearted people without it ever becoming boring or contrived.
People can just be nice... and stories can be wrapped around them without the modern sheen of cynicism permeating through the narrative. I really hope this continues into the next parts of the story as it's been one of the leading factors to my enjoyment. After the original surprise I had with the similarly nice Legends and Lattes (and to a lesser extent Bookshops and Bonedust), I'm now fully in the camp of cozy fantasy. I want and demand MORE!
Apparently you can get the same sort of dopamine hit with everyone fighting, leveling, going on quests and solving mysteries, as you can with watching a brawny orc lady manage a coffee shop. Who knew?!
Speaking of leveling, I was again pleasantly surprised that the novel doesn't rely - much - on character sheets and status points. They don't really matter to the hax abilities the characters have, but that doesn't take away from most action scenes feeling tense and, most importantly, fun. Learning to break the system is, in itself, a full journey and I'm always impressed by what workarounds gamers manage with complex RPG systems. Reading about them in the context of this story only made me want to dive deeper into my favorite RPGs and see how I can bend them to my will.
After this one I'm here for the entire journey, having already picked up the next books in the series as available at the moment. I had fun reading, and that's worth a lot to me. Sometimes you just want something that tickles you just right, the very definition of a lazy Sunday afternoon read in the company of an excellent cup of tea.
My reading history with LitRPGs started somewhat on the rocky side with some... questionable books. When the first try is raunchy and disturbing, and the second is downright problematic and disturbing - by random selection no less - it's easy to fall into the notion that the genre has certain limitations and inclinations.
Turns out I just needed to read better books from amazing authors. And this time it was Edge Cases that surprised the socks off me.
Wholesome content? Check.
Amazing found family group of characters? Check.
Interesting mechanics? Check.
Heart-thumping action? Check.
Gut punches and emotional break downs? Check.
I had a wild ride with this one, learned a lot of lessons on the way, and finished the novel wanting more. Explaining exactly WHY is a bit more difficult, but it can be boiled down to how well individual character arcs are handled by the author. One character in particular gets the lion's share of development and emotional payoff in this one, and her journey was a joy to experience. It made me genuinely excited for the following volumes and to see where the story means to end up.
A genuinely interesting group of characters make up the core of this novel, with intriguing backstories, interesting struggles, and unique abilities. And, to my surprise at least, each of them is a paragon of virtue. Everyone's moral compass seems glue to lawful good and... I'm here for it. The story never preaches, it never moralizes, and it manages to maintain a world of kindhearted people without it ever becoming boring or contrived.
People can just be nice... and stories can be wrapped around them without the modern sheen of cynicism permeating through the narrative. I really hope this continues into the next parts of the story as it's been one of the leading factors to my enjoyment. After the original surprise I had with the similarly nice Legends and Lattes (and to a lesser extent Bookshops and Bonedust), I'm now fully in the camp of cozy fantasy. I want and demand MORE!
Apparently you can get the same sort of dopamine hit with everyone fighting, leveling, going on quests and solving mysteries, as you can with watching a brawny orc lady manage a coffee shop. Who knew?!
Speaking of leveling, I was again pleasantly surprised that the novel doesn't rely - much - on character sheets and status points. They don't really matter to the hax abilities the characters have, but that doesn't take away from most action scenes feeling tense and, most importantly, fun. Learning to break the system is, in itself, a full journey and I'm always impressed by what workarounds gamers manage with complex RPG systems. Reading about them in the context of this story only made me want to dive deeper into my favorite RPGs and see how I can bend them to my will.
After this one I'm here for the entire journey, having already picked up the next books in the series as available at the moment. I had fun reading, and that's worth a lot to me. Sometimes you just want something that tickles you just right, the very definition of a lazy Sunday afternoon read in the company of an excellent cup of tea.
August 5, 2023
Aw I love them
A cozy adventure story with some D&D vibes. The Fabric of Reality follows a close knit adventure party that feel closer than most family as they take on monsters and eventually take on the task of dismantling the system that dictates skills and abilities of residents of this world. I love how this story focuses on the party as a whole, the main character is Yes. And so, it focuses on their interpersonal relationships supporting and caring for each other in good times and in bad. I’m such a character focused reader so this book was right up my alley, I enjoyed every second of it.
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A cozy adventure story with some D&D vibes. The Fabric of Reality follows a close knit adventure party that feel closer than most family as they take on monsters and eventually take on the task of dismantling the system that dictates skills and abilities of residents of this world. I love how this story focuses on the party as a whole, the main character is Yes. And so, it focuses on their interpersonal relationships supporting and caring for each other in good times and in bad. I’m such a character focused reader so this book was right up my alley, I enjoyed every second of it.
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July 26, 2023
I enjoyed reading this book. The story was well-written, clever, and very heartwarming. Of course, there's whole lot of fun-adventuring the gang did to test and break the system. I also enjoyed the dynamics of the characters with each other. The characters' development and world building were great!
I hope there will be another book.
I hope there will be another book.
June 20, 2025
First litRPG experience! Fun stuff. Pretty grand, high stakes goings-on, but overall quite light-hearted. Listened to the audiobook (basically a dnd podcast without the rolls, I guess?), so I've probably spelled all the characters' names wrong.
The system integration reminded me of the ever so popular transmigration stories in chinese webnovels, and of course video game based isekai stories. It's fun, though I can see it being confusing and off-putting for people who aren't already familiar with the concept, as this book kind of just drops you right in with little explanation of stats, skills, status screens, etc. Then again, I don't expect many readers not already into stuff like RPGs would pick up something with RPG right in the title anyway, so it's likely a non-issue.
The characters weren't bad, but a little bit generic at times. They read very much like Some Guy's DnD Character with not a whole lot to really set them apart even from each other. Honestly, Sev is the only one I'm interested to know more about. Misa was the least intriguing to me (the typical fighter type character with the typical background of my whole village was destroyed and it's my fault for not being strong enough to save them), which is unfortunate, seeing as this first installment seemed to focus more heavily on her than anyone else. Derivan started out well, but I think he would have been more interesting if he'd had to keep his secret a little longer, and perhaps if the rest of the party didn't already know and had an actual reaction to it, a hurdle to overcome. It could have helped develop that found family dynamic they're going for, but as it is, the characters don't feel all that close to me. We've just been told that they're close. Derivan and Vex actually spent some quality time together and are clearly set up to have some sort of romance (?) in the future, and I wish I was more invested in seeing that blossom, but alas. They read well as friends to me, but not as anything more.
While I like the idea of the main antagonist being the system itself, I will say that this story seemed to be lacking in 'bad guys'. I mean, I like to believe that the majority of people float between neutral and well-intentioned, but the only characters we saw who had any negative intentions or opposing goals to the main party were acting outside of their own control and turned out to actually be decent folks. Nobody has to be straight out evil, but there's something to be said for a little bit of friction, yknow? Without it, it feels very kid's cartoon power of friendship-y. Epecially the main characters feel unerringly lawful good, like they've never done anything wrong in their lives and never will, and while I don't believe you need people to do vile stuff to make them interesting, I feel like you lose a lot of potential depth having them be the perfect heros. Gimme some moral dilemmas. Make them make some difficult decisions.
Open to continuing the series, but it's not a priority.
The system integration reminded me of the ever so popular transmigration stories in chinese webnovels, and of course video game based isekai stories. It's fun, though I can see it being confusing and off-putting for people who aren't already familiar with the concept, as this book kind of just drops you right in with little explanation of stats, skills, status screens, etc. Then again, I don't expect many readers not already into stuff like RPGs would pick up something with RPG right in the title anyway, so it's likely a non-issue.
The characters weren't bad, but a little bit generic at times. They read very much like Some Guy's DnD Character with not a whole lot to really set them apart even from each other. Honestly, Sev is the only one I'm interested to know more about. Misa was the least intriguing to me (the typical fighter type character with the typical background of my whole village was destroyed and it's my fault for not being strong enough to save them), which is unfortunate, seeing as this first installment seemed to focus more heavily on her than anyone else. Derivan started out well, but I think he would have been more interesting if he'd had to keep his secret a little longer, and perhaps if the rest of the party didn't already know and had an actual reaction to it, a hurdle to overcome. It could have helped develop that found family dynamic they're going for, but as it is, the characters don't feel all that close to me. We've just been told that they're close. Derivan and Vex actually spent some quality time together and are clearly set up to have some sort of romance (?) in the future, and I wish I was more invested in seeing that blossom, but alas. They read well as friends to me, but not as anything more.
While I like the idea of the main antagonist being the system itself, I will say that this story seemed to be lacking in 'bad guys'. I mean, I like to believe that the majority of people float between neutral and well-intentioned, but the only characters we saw who had any negative intentions or opposing goals to the main party were acting outside of their own control and turned out to actually be decent folks. Nobody has to be straight out evil, but there's something to be said for a little bit of friction, yknow? Without it, it feels very kid's cartoon power of friendship-y. Epecially the main characters feel unerringly lawful good, like they've never done anything wrong in their lives and never will, and while I don't believe you need people to do vile stuff to make them interesting, I feel like you lose a lot of potential depth having them be the perfect heros. Gimme some moral dilemmas. Make them make some difficult decisions.
Open to continuing the series, but it's not a priority.
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August 4, 2024
This book starts of actually in media res. Just drops you off in front of the plot and expects you to roll with it and honestly I fuck with it.
Its implied to be an isekai, but only in setting. Whatever isekai elements that happened? Happened. They're important but they're not that important. Very "yea yea yea, the time knife we've all seen it" of Silver Linings.
What about this book is so great? The way that the team cares about each other. One of them is a monster. Just an actual straight up monster as designated by The System. He's a living suit of armor that has to blend in with the party and he can't let them know that he isn't human, so of course they find out and now he doesn't know what to do. Because The System is pushing him to kill them. They Know and they can't be allowed to live. He doesn't want to hurt his friends so when he comes clean he tells them that he can't stay because of it.
This is when the team hatch a brilliant plan, that breaks EVERYTHING.
Their tank has a skill, its a very good skill. It allows her to block any attack, even if it would have been physically impossible for her to move that fast to block it. She is a maniac for finding the edge cases in the System's rules, so she got to thinking in those moments... can she block the System from enforcing that instinct on their friend?
After some brief testing, the answer was yes. She blocked it as an attack, holding it at bay while their mage was able to fiddle with him on some magical level that freed him from System's influence. This broke his character sheet. None of them were sure what it meant, and no one knew who to turn to. Both for the unprecidented outcome and the fact that Derivan isn't a person.
Things only go down hill from there. The team holding out for each other time and time again. The amount of healthy communication that goes on with this group was surprising and refreshing, as well as the queer implications between two of them. They continue to find edge cases that solve problems but ultimately break the system more and more.
Its implied to be an isekai, but only in setting. Whatever isekai elements that happened? Happened. They're important but they're not that important. Very "yea yea yea, the time knife we've all seen it" of Silver Linings.
What about this book is so great? The way that the team cares about each other. One of them is a monster. Just an actual straight up monster as designated by The System. He's a living suit of armor that has to blend in with the party and he can't let them know that he isn't human, so of course they find out and now he doesn't know what to do. Because The System is pushing him to kill them. They Know and they can't be allowed to live. He doesn't want to hurt his friends so when he comes clean he tells them that he can't stay because of it.
This is when the team hatch a brilliant plan, that breaks EVERYTHING.
Their tank has a skill, its a very good skill. It allows her to block any attack, even if it would have been physically impossible for her to move that fast to block it. She is a maniac for finding the edge cases in the System's rules, so she got to thinking in those moments... can she block the System from enforcing that instinct on their friend?
After some brief testing, the answer was yes. She blocked it as an attack, holding it at bay while their mage was able to fiddle with him on some magical level that freed him from System's influence. This broke his character sheet. None of them were sure what it meant, and no one knew who to turn to. Both for the unprecidented outcome and the fact that Derivan isn't a person.
Things only go down hill from there. The team holding out for each other time and time again. The amount of healthy communication that goes on with this group was surprising and refreshing, as well as the queer implications between two of them. They continue to find edge cases that solve problems but ultimately break the system more and more.
July 13, 2023
A lot of fantasy adventure stories focus on the Adventuring Party as a focal point for all the story's social interactions. I tend to like this dynamic more than I do stories with a single protagonist, because it's fun to see relationships develop alongside the adventures. Personal and social growth is fun! Friendships and loves and arguments are exciting when they come from characters we care about! Someone off on their own might have a dramatic struggle against the nature of destiny and the overwhelming might of the world but who cares about that if they don't have someone to talk to?
In no story that I have read is it more obvious that the group dynamic is the focus than this one. It takes a few chapters to really uncover just how important the protagonists are to each other, but once it kicks off, the whole book hinges on emotional connections, trust, and compassion. And I love it.
Yes, it's also good fantasy. At one point someone punches a dragon, and there are a non-zero number of skeletons. This is both fine and acceptable. All fantasy is allowed to have weird magic and dead gods, that's everywhere. What most fantasy doesn't have, that Edge Cases does, is weird magic that teaches us about our role in the world, and dead gods that are honestly kinda just cool dudes.
More than just a story about adventure, it's a story about how adventure shapes a family. And the characters are, fundamentally, a family. Albeit a heavily armed and worryingly competent family, which is also a fantasy staple, but it's done with so much style that I can't help but love it.
In no story that I have read is it more obvious that the group dynamic is the focus than this one. It takes a few chapters to really uncover just how important the protagonists are to each other, but once it kicks off, the whole book hinges on emotional connections, trust, and compassion. And I love it.
Yes, it's also good fantasy. At one point someone punches a dragon, and there are a non-zero number of skeletons. This is both fine and acceptable. All fantasy is allowed to have weird magic and dead gods, that's everywhere. What most fantasy doesn't have, that Edge Cases does, is weird magic that teaches us about our role in the world, and dead gods that are honestly kinda just cool dudes.
More than just a story about adventure, it's a story about how adventure shapes a family. And the characters are, fundamentally, a family. Albeit a heavily armed and worryingly competent family, which is also a fantasy staple, but it's done with so much style that I can't help but love it.
August 5, 2023
3.5 rounded up.
An adventure team discovers that there is something wrong with the system that runs everything in their world. Dungeons activity is changing in weird ways, food shortages are happening, and the gods are running scared. What's going on?
The core of this book is the friendships within the team. Vex, Misa, Sev, and Derivan have been a team for a while, but they still have secrets from each other. A few of those secrets are revealed in this book with more coming up in the future. There's a high level of trust and caring within the group.
But there are other relationships, most of them friendly, and those were well done too. I enjoyed the characters. A whole lot of work went into them.
The book was too long, and it dragged in places. The experiments and exploration of magic went on and on. Much of the plot took second place to the characters discussing magic.
Several events were compelling, such as what's happening with the gods. I'm also curious to find out about Vex's past. So I will be continuing the series.
An adventure team discovers that there is something wrong with the system that runs everything in their world. Dungeons activity is changing in weird ways, food shortages are happening, and the gods are running scared. What's going on?
The core of this book is the friendships within the team. Vex, Misa, Sev, and Derivan have been a team for a while, but they still have secrets from each other. A few of those secrets are revealed in this book with more coming up in the future. There's a high level of trust and caring within the group.
But there are other relationships, most of them friendly, and those were well done too. I enjoyed the characters. A whole lot of work went into them.
The book was too long, and it dragged in places. The experiments and exploration of magic went on and on. Much of the plot took second place to the characters discussing magic.
Several events were compelling, such as what's happening with the gods. I'm also curious to find out about Vex's past. So I will be continuing the series.
October 12, 2023
4.5/5 Stars
This was a great read from start to finish. The main gripe I have regards the difference in pacing between the start of the booking and its climax, but I feel as though that was due more to the author's choice than any kind of error.
The Fabric of Reality features a diverse cast of adventurer-friends who do the one thing that most fantasy parties never do- communicate. This story solves a lot of the clichés perpetuated by lack of communication between characters. While this does not solve every problem encountered, it does provide constant character development and more exotic directions that the story can take.
Along with a mysterious world, hidden problems, and game-breaking mechanics, The Fabric of Reality is a very refreshing read in the litrpg/progression fantasy sub-genre.
This was a great read from start to finish. The main gripe I have regards the difference in pacing between the start of the booking and its climax, but I feel as though that was due more to the author's choice than any kind of error.
The Fabric of Reality features a diverse cast of adventurer-friends who do the one thing that most fantasy parties never do- communicate. This story solves a lot of the clichés perpetuated by lack of communication between characters. While this does not solve every problem encountered, it does provide constant character development and more exotic directions that the story can take.
Along with a mysterious world, hidden problems, and game-breaking mechanics, The Fabric of Reality is a very refreshing read in the litrpg/progression fantasy sub-genre.
November 28, 2023
3.5 stars - pretty fun and could go somewhere interesting
World building: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Character depth: ⭐⭐⭐
Tropes: ⭐⭐⭐
Surprises: ⭐⭐
Fun: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Pacing: ⭐⭐⭐
Narrator: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
How many meta levels will the stories and world have... I'm interested with to keep reading.
The tropes and usual types (including gods) are here with some fun twists. How do you balance this out and not have the MCs OP and have a boring story.
Fun twist with the researchers... Will this happen with the MCs to make it real interesting while keeping it coherent? Taking characters down a path they don't want to go to is one thing... Bringing them down a path that the reader is not expecting and may not even like at first can make things much more interesting. Change to the story path even if the overall objectives are the same.
World building: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Character depth: ⭐⭐⭐
Tropes: ⭐⭐⭐
Surprises: ⭐⭐
Fun: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Pacing: ⭐⭐⭐
Narrator: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
How many meta levels will the stories and world have... I'm interested with to keep reading.
The tropes and usual types (including gods) are here with some fun twists. How do you balance this out and not have the MCs OP and have a boring story.
Fun twist with the researchers... Will this happen with the MCs to make it real interesting while keeping it coherent? Taking characters down a path they don't want to go to is one thing... Bringing them down a path that the reader is not expecting and may not even like at first can make things much more interesting. Change to the story path even if the overall objectives are the same.
March 27, 2024
I want to like this but I just don't think the writing is up to snuff.
It's very exposition heavy most of the time and the characters don't feel very well developed. They're all just kind of nice people. Which is refreshing, but they need to be nice people with distinct personalities.
Despite them breaking the system in various ways they feel rather homogeneous and lacking in direction with the exception of Sev, and that motivation takes until like 20% of the way through this book to learn. That's too long to go without a tension for the characters.
I could handle it better if there wasn't so much exposition and telling. But there is.
It's very exposition heavy most of the time and the characters don't feel very well developed. They're all just kind of nice people. Which is refreshing, but they need to be nice people with distinct personalities.
Despite them breaking the system in various ways they feel rather homogeneous and lacking in direction with the exception of Sev, and that motivation takes until like 20% of the way through this book to learn. That's too long to go without a tension for the characters.
I could handle it better if there wasn't so much exposition and telling. But there is.
April 11, 2024
There was a lot to like about this book - an adventure team who had each other's back (even when there were secrets yet to be shared), training sessions to learn more about their powers and more importantly how to exploit them, a good mix of action and slice-of-life scenes, a plot that was full of mysteries to be solved, etc.
I liked the pacing in the first half. Once the dungeon delve started, things became a lot more weirder to the point that I wondered if it was virtual reality instead of secondary fantasy world. The explanations afterwards did help to get a better understanding, but it was bit of a chore to finish the book. I hope I'll enjoy the sequels better.
I liked the pacing in the first half. Once the dungeon delve started, things became a lot more weirder to the point that I wondered if it was virtual reality instead of secondary fantasy world. The explanations afterwards did help to get a better understanding, but it was bit of a chore to finish the book. I hope I'll enjoy the sequels better.
August 25, 2023
A cute and cozy fantasy adventure based on LitRPG. The RPG system is incorporate in a quite smart and fun way and the characters Vex, Misa, Sev, and Derivan are lovable and interesting. All of them have secrets from each other, even with the trust they share, some get revealed, some are not.
The plot is interesting and the character dynamics fun and easy going. The only critique I have, is that in the later half of the book, the mechanics discussions are too long and dragging. Will continue with the series though.
The plot is interesting and the character dynamics fun and easy going. The only critique I have, is that in the later half of the book, the mechanics discussions are too long and dragging. Will continue with the series though.
January 23, 2024
Enjoyable tale, made better by the great narration on the audiobook version. I have a feeling had I read in book form it might have been a lesser experience. By the end I was really noticing some poor writing habits of the author, which would have drove me bonkers in print form. Mostly, repetitive words and phrases, filter words and such.
In spite of it's faults it sucked me in. It was good entertainment when I was sick in bed for a couple of days. Then, when I was feeling better, I wanted to keep listening instead of catching up on all the stuff that piled up when I was sick.
In spite of it's faults it sucked me in. It was good entertainment when I was sick in bed for a couple of days. Then, when I was feeling better, I wanted to keep listening instead of catching up on all the stuff that piled up when I was sick.
October 11, 2024
This series really deserves more attention. It's a realy enjoyable read that gets more expansive and complex as it goes while having immense heart throughout. The characters are very likeable and you can't help but cheer then on as the stakes get more and more extreme. This series is a good bet for fans of Andrew Rowe and KD Edwards, who are two of my personal favorite authors as it shares the importance of found family, the character growth and the high stakes of the developing plot. I've read books 1 through 3 and am on the edge of my seat for the fourth
December 17, 2024
Wow I devoured this and book 2 in ~3 days. I really love this series! I'm not sure if it qualifies, but it feels very cozy, despite being classically adventurery. Everyone is just so likable and the relationships are so wholesome.. but at the same time it's very imaginative and interesting.. I usually can guess the big mysteries of books right away, but this one is deliciously unknown. I have some theories, but I'm not super confident in it, and that is really refreshing! This is probably going up there in my top 5 fave litRPG series. <3
January 24, 2024
A surprisingly good LitRPG. All of the characters are interesting, with hinted-at background information, only some of which is revealed here. Even though the world is generally medieval fantasy, it's very unlike other such worlds in LitRPG. The plot is not cliched, and is tense throughout.
The only thing that keeps this from being a five-star book for me is that the denouement runs quite long and might have been better in the introduction to the next volume in the series.
Recommended.
The only thing that keeps this from being a five-star book for me is that the denouement runs quite long and might have been better in the introduction to the next volume in the series.
Recommended.
December 26, 2024
I loved this series - and this entrance to the world and characters was absolutely delightful. I really enjoy the way the series unfolds over the course of the books, but I immediately connected with and loved the four main characters right from the start. I especially loved all the little hints as to what was really going on introduced in this book, and trying to figure out the mystery.
Edge Cases is a series full of heart, and I highly recommend it!
Edge Cases is a series full of heart, and I highly recommend it!
October 24, 2025
I absolutely fell in love the characters. Although you have to read the whole series to get through the big questions in the plot, I couldnt stop reading this series because of how much the characters grew in each book. This series was, for me, all about character growth and I loved it (though I was a bit tired of the plot by the end of the series).
*copy pasting this review for all books in the series
*copy pasting this review for all books in the series
November 25, 2023
The Fabric of Reality is a rather interesting story. I've read stories before where the characters broke the system, but this one takes the grand prize. Not only did they break the system, but they broke it in a big way. It will be interesting to see how this one pans out in more books in the series. Lots of fun this one.
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February 23, 2024I... didn't finish it. I'm not sure why.
It's pretty well written, the story was overall interesting, the characters as well, the universe just as much. But something just didn't click for me.
I suspect my hidden urge to have a real focus on Derivan, like a Murderbot medieval. I can't think of a better explanation.
I stopped at around 80%.
It's pretty well written, the story was overall interesting, the characters as well, the universe just as much. But something just didn't click for me.
I suspect my hidden urge to have a real focus on Derivan, like a Murderbot medieval. I can't think of a better explanation.
I stopped at around 80%.
June 9, 2024
Everything about this was too rushed. I would have preferred some time to easy into each character individually, the world became overly complicated too quickly, and the conflict was all over the place.
I love a good story about a ragtag band of misfits, so this one as especially disappointing.
I love a good story about a ragtag band of misfits, so this one as especially disappointing.
July 14, 2024
Dropped at 77%
This is pretty decently written and delivers on being warmer than most in this genre. It’s just sort of… hollow though. Bland, no real hook. Just all feels a little shallow and lifeless, found myself really bored reading it and decided not to go further. Everything is ok, but nothing is truly good.
This is pretty decently written and delivers on being warmer than most in this genre. It’s just sort of… hollow though. Bland, no real hook. Just all feels a little shallow and lifeless, found myself really bored reading it and decided not to go further. Everything is ok, but nothing is truly good.
November 8, 2025
A comfort read, the audiobook was amazing, and the story was well written. The series of 4 books is complete, and that makes it easier to start, knowing these characters get a conclusion.
The plot feels thoughtful with little hints of mystery that drive everything forward. Or maybe big holes of mystery. It's very compelling, to say the least.
The plot feels thoughtful with little hints of mystery that drive everything forward. Or maybe big holes of mystery. It's very compelling, to say the least.
September 8, 2023
Cute, fun litRPG with a slightly different approach to many. Really enjoyed it. And bonus points for the most ridiculously sweet slow burn gay romance between a lizard dude and, uh, a suit of animated armor.
January 23, 2024
Overall, I enjoyed it. Nice adventure with some wholesome people trying to be good to each other. There's something a little off with the pacing, though. I appreciate some tying off of loose ends, but the falling action lasts literally 4 hours past the climax of the action.
March 14, 2025
Lots of exposition and Multi POV, randomly changes POV but doesn't have any consistency. Leaves you hanging without giving enough time to connect to anything or any character.
Needs some editing for sure.
Needs some editing for sure.
August 20, 2023
Cozy LitRPG.
dnf
April 1, 2024dnf @29%
August 7, 2024
Good writing but not my kind of story
I only got about 10% through before I lost interest. Good writing but the story just wasn’t catching my interest for some reason.
I only got about 10% through before I lost interest. Good writing but the story just wasn’t catching my interest for some reason.
October 22, 2024
DNF 84%
The story turned into a hot mess where nothing was certain, new skills dropped without warning, and reality itself was in flux.
The story turned into a hot mess where nothing was certain, new skills dropped without warning, and reality itself was in flux.
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