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Seared: A Cultivation Novel
Born into slavery, Jace will rise to power.
When Jace was a newborn baby, he was branded with a metal bracer to prevent cultivation. Destined to live a life of slavery for a crime he didn’t commit, Jace can only dream of one day becoming a powerful cultivator and leaving his shackles behind.
But when danger threatens the life of his sister, Jace decides to take fate into his own hands. He boldly escapes his master’s estate and makes his way through dangerous lands to rescue his sister.
As a lowly seared facing powerful hunters looking to punish him for escaping, and deadly monsters wanting to make a meal of him, he has only one Grow stronger.
Seared is an exciting coming-of-age, progression and cultivation fantasy series for fans of series like Cradle, Thousand Li and He Who Fights with Monsters. Light romantic elements with no harem.
When Jace was a newborn baby, he was branded with a metal bracer to prevent cultivation. Destined to live a life of slavery for a crime he didn’t commit, Jace can only dream of one day becoming a powerful cultivator and leaving his shackles behind.
But when danger threatens the life of his sister, Jace decides to take fate into his own hands. He boldly escapes his master’s estate and makes his way through dangerous lands to rescue his sister.
As a lowly seared facing powerful hunters looking to punish him for escaping, and deadly monsters wanting to make a meal of him, he has only one Grow stronger.
Seared is an exciting coming-of-age, progression and cultivation fantasy series for fans of series like Cradle, Thousand Li and He Who Fights with Monsters. Light romantic elements with no harem.
470 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 20, 2024
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November 22, 2024
Seared by 1
This was an interesting book. It had a lot of slow spots in it but overall it was a good book especially as it went along and as he learned I'm looking forward to book Tuesday how are you manages is this trouble he's in now
This was an interesting book. It had a lot of slow spots in it but overall it was a good book especially as it went along and as he learned I'm looking forward to book Tuesday how are you manages is this trouble he's in now
January 12, 2025
A boring slog fest
DNF at 60%
The start is super slow - if i had been about 180 pages shorter i might have liked the story way better. The protagonist is an overly cheeky slave and overly auto didactic alchemist. It is super unbelievable that he has so many helpful boons and kept them success hidden all the time. This goes especially for his high quality cauldron which he uses all the time..
Despite the author's efforts to make Jace seem super competent alchemist, Jace felt super incompetent while escaping as he despite long planning neither had produced something to distract the dogs, nor to hide his smell or to drive animals away, which were all things he knew that he would need.
The protagonist is incredibly weak and stays that way most of the book. I gave up when at 60% of the book nothing interesting had happened and i had gotten utterly disillusioned that this would change any time soon..
DNF at 60%
The start is super slow - if i had been about 180 pages shorter i might have liked the story way better. The protagonist is an overly cheeky slave and overly auto didactic alchemist. It is super unbelievable that he has so many helpful boons and kept them success hidden all the time. This goes especially for his high quality cauldron which he uses all the time..
Despite the author's efforts to make Jace seem super competent alchemist, Jace felt super incompetent while escaping as he despite long planning neither had produced something to distract the dogs, nor to hide his smell or to drive animals away, which were all things he knew that he would need.
The protagonist is incredibly weak and stays that way most of the book. I gave up when at 60% of the book nothing interesting had happened and i had gotten utterly disillusioned that this would change any time soon..
August 30, 2024
Slog fest
It's not a horrible story and it's not horribly ran and it's not a bad translation story but it is a slog!
It's just very slow the protagonist is incredibly weak and there's very limited growth.
That isn't necessarily a horrible premise but it does make book one really hard to get through. I do have hopes of seen the protagonist continue to grow and maybe pick up speed a little bit in the future books.
It's not a horrible story and it's not horribly ran and it's not a bad translation story but it is a slog!
It's just very slow the protagonist is incredibly weak and there's very limited growth.
That isn't necessarily a horrible premise but it does make book one really hard to get through. I do have hopes of seen the protagonist continue to grow and maybe pick up speed a little bit in the future books.
November 2, 2025
Good book
This is the first of this series and a good start. It shows the evil, the greed, and pride of the lazy and stupid can be their downfall. It also shows when you stomp on the little guy and weak you give the power and strength to overcome their lot in life and become greater then they were when it is important.
This is the first of this series and a good start. It shows the evil, the greed, and pride of the lazy and stupid can be their downfall. It also shows when you stomp on the little guy and weak you give the power and strength to overcome their lot in life and become greater then they were when it is important.
February 6, 2025
Hard going
Boring slow stupid and bad
It just didn’t make sense in many places
I made it to the end that was enough
Boring slow stupid and bad
It just didn’t make sense in many places
I made it to the end that was enough
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