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Dark Matter Ascension #1
Dark Matter Ascension 1
One week. If you survive, you choose a Cosmic Power ...
If
you survive.
Jace isn’t one to give up. Not when his sister dies. Not when he loses his legs. And definitely not when The Cosmic System takes over Earth.
With nothing more than his street smarts, the clothes on his back, and a river otter companion, he must survive a planet full of vicious predators that see him as an easy meal.
If he can survive? He gets to choose a Cosmic Power and a Class. A path to ascension. A way to bring his sister back.
Jace isn’t one to give up. Not when his sister dies. Not when he loses his legs. And definitely not when The Cosmic System takes over Earth.
With nothing more than his street smarts, the clothes on his back, and a river otter companion, he must survive a planet full of vicious predators that see him as an easy meal.
If he can survive? He gets to choose a Cosmic Power and a Class. A path to ascension. A way to bring his sister back.
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701 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 31, 2025
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May 19, 2025
plot holes galore
SPOILER ALERT:
Ok I made it to thirty percent so take it with a grain of salt. However up to that point I already identified a bunch of plot holes which even my suspension of disbelief which I consider really high could not ignore. The main one is the leveling system, he killed one decent monster in the tutorial and got 1000th of the required stardust to become the most powerful being, I was like alright I can get past that if it’s scaled by difficulty but then it is revealed that your stardust is given based on base species and does not scale with tier meaning that a tier nine could take their almost immortal lifespan to find less than 1000 of these not so rare creatures and level up to tier ten. Yet they have not, that’s just stupid and completely unbelievable. There was other stuff around this caliber too but this stuck with me the most.
SPOILER ALERT:
Ok I made it to thirty percent so take it with a grain of salt. However up to that point I already identified a bunch of plot holes which even my suspension of disbelief which I consider really high could not ignore. The main one is the leveling system, he killed one decent monster in the tutorial and got 1000th of the required stardust to become the most powerful being, I was like alright I can get past that if it’s scaled by difficulty but then it is revealed that your stardust is given based on base species and does not scale with tier meaning that a tier nine could take their almost immortal lifespan to find less than 1000 of these not so rare creatures and level up to tier ten. Yet they have not, that’s just stupid and completely unbelievable. There was other stuff around this caliber too but this stuck with me the most.
April 28, 2025
I'm pretty surprised this was as highly rated as it is. The character growth is meh, the world building isn't that visualized. The magic system is meh at best, with no real explanation set. The characters are all NPC behaviour. MC's logic is generally forcefully confusing. Guy has no qualms about losing appendages and eyes and such. Then he gets extremely scared to die out of nowhere. Just for like two seconds later to forget about it. And let's not even get started about all the fanboying women trying to s*x mc to get something.
didn-t-like-it
May 8, 2025Note to self: noooooooooooope.
September 10, 2025
Dark Matter Ascension #1 — SerasStreams & Alex Econome
Review by Kiba Snowpaw — 38-year-old ice Alpha wolf, ears up, claws out, patience thin
Introduction
Published March 31, 2025 (Kindle; ~701 pages), Dark Matter Ascension 1 launches a System-takeover, survival-progression premise with a street kid MC, a cosmic meta, and a river-otter sidekick. On paper, that’s a tasty scent trail. In practice, this opener often feels like grind by spreadsheet—a stat-sloshed, exposition-forward prologue that never stops prologuing. My thesis: the hook gnaws, the world nibbles, but the execution keeps dropping the meat.
Basic Plot Summary
Jace—legless, stubborn, grieving a sister—gets swept into the Cosmic System’s week-long “survive or die” tutorial. Make it, choose a Cosmic Power and Class, then claw your way up tiers via Stardust. The galaxy’s full of monsters who think you’re lunch, factions who think you’re currency, and “guides” who think you’re pliable. Companions include an otter Wayfinder and a shark-woman love interest. It’s progression-by-peril with a resurrection-adjacent quest to someday undo death.
Essential Hook & Thesis
Hook: a disabled, traumatized MC who refuses to fold when Earth gets systematized, paired with a nonhuman companion and the promise of cosmic-scale choices.
Thesis: Grit vs. Cosmos—can raw street survival and stubborn love carry a player through a meta designed to chew him up?
Result: concept alpha, delivery beta.
The Author
SerasStreams (11 books listed) with Alex Econome co-piloting. This duo aims at fast-flow LitRPG with OTT powers and alt-species romance. Based on this entry, they’re comfortable with rapid-fire stat drops, over-the-shoulder info-dumps, and “ask-and-grant” skill logic. No awards résumé here—this is indie, algorithm-savvy, and tuned to binge readers.
Characters
• Jace: pitched as tough and streetwise, but characterization toggles between reckless tanking and sudden, brief terror, then back to blithe invulnerability. He’s resilient; he’s also written like a dev console with feelings. His “I’ll bring sis back” motive is clear but delivered ham-fistedly, often repeated instead of deepened.
• River Otter Companion: the unexpected heart. Comic relief with occasional tactical nudge. I wanted more of this bond and less skill-menu yammering.
• Shark-Woman LI: unique species choice (points for nonstandard taste), but motivations frequently read transactional/gold-diggery. The lipless-kiss problem is lampshaded in ways that yank you out of the scene.
• Supporting Cast: a blizzard of NPC-adjacent foils and faction mouths. Many feel like vendors with flirt sliders.
Structure
Pacing is front-loaded with tutorials—chapter after chapter of hand-holding, teleports, and Q&A that reiterates rules you heard two pages ago. Mid-book shifts into fights and grinding, then pivots back to “status & stash” readings. The audiobook compounds this with full-screen stat recitations for multiple POVs, which—speaking as a wolf who likes numbers—still left me zoning. I felt confused and yanked between people; scenes sometimes end mid-idea and resume elsewhere with a shrug.
System Design & Mechanics
• Stardust Economy: the core loop is shaky. Readers flag a major believability gap: if Stardust drops don’t scale by target tier/species tier and are farmable across an immortal lifespan, why aren’t more beings Tier 10 already? The math smells off; the narrative never closes that loophole.
• Skill Acquisition: “wish-and-receive” cadence cheapens buildcraft. The MC’s requests are seldom declined, turning progression into a buff buffet instead of agonizing tradeoffs.
• Screen Spam: exhaustive logs for everyone pad wordcount and pulverize momentum.
Themes & Analysis
• Resurrection Fantasy: grief as propulsion works—until it’s told, told again, then told louder. I wanted quiet moments where the world forced Jace to confront grief sideways, not via yet another oath to grind harder.
• Body & Identity: disability + cosmic augmentation could have been potent. Too often it’s jet-fueled past in favor of stat ladders.
• Trust & Manipulation: a recurring subtext—many women engage Jace for leverage. It’s an angle, but overuse slides from “intrigue” into queasy pattern.
Scenes: Romance/Spice
There’s spice and kink energy, occasionally self-aware, occasionally juvenile. The species gap is treated more as novelty than culture clash; intimacy scenes rarely deepen character—more sizzle than soul. Non-graphic overall, but tone wobbles between earnest and cringe.
World-Building
The macro promise—Cosmic Powers, interspecies politics, apex predators—is enticing. The micro delivery is vague: locales blur; factions speak in mission-board clichés; culture is mostly window dressing for the next drop. Moments of cool creature design pop, then drown in numbers.
Praise
• The otter companion is adorable and injects warmth.
• Some fights land with kinetic clarity when the authors throttle back the UI.
• The central conceit—survive a week to choose your cosmic lane—remains a gnarly hook.
Critique
• Exposition overdose (I was still being spoon-fed basics by chapter four).
• Inconsistent characterization (fear/no fear flip-flops; “street smart” but naïve about obvious cons).
• System logic holes (Stardust scaling and farmability).
• Stat-screen padding (multiple POV inventories read aloud—oof).
• Romance dynamics that trend manipulative and undercut trust arcs.
• Grinding feel: halfway through, I lost focus—the loop rarely evolves.
Comparison
Within LitRPG-progression, this sits closer to “rapid-level sandbox with flashy boons” than craft-tight series where scarcity forces creativity. If you vibe with number-go-brrr and don’t mind soft rules, you may ride. If you want the Solve more than the Shiny, this will frost your whiskers.
Personal Evaluation
As an ice Alpha who likes his fights crunchy and his systems airtight, I came in wagging at the premise and left with my tail drooping. The audiobook confused me—too many jumps, too much repeated HUD chatter, and the constant POV stat dumps broke immersion. When the action breathes, it works; when the UI talks, it talks me out of caring.
Conclusion
Verdict: an ambitious opener with a great hook and a cute otter, but derailed by tutorial bloat, grindy loops, and a wobbly ruleset. If you’re starving for a LitRPG fix and can ignore logic splinters, you might snack. If you need coherence and character depth, track another trail.
Rating: 2.4 / 5 frost-claws — points for heart and a few kinetic scraps; claws retracted for system math, stat spam, and tonal whiplash.
Review by Kiba Snowpaw — 38-year-old ice Alpha wolf, ears up, claws out, patience thin
Introduction
Published March 31, 2025 (Kindle; ~701 pages), Dark Matter Ascension 1 launches a System-takeover, survival-progression premise with a street kid MC, a cosmic meta, and a river-otter sidekick. On paper, that’s a tasty scent trail. In practice, this opener often feels like grind by spreadsheet—a stat-sloshed, exposition-forward prologue that never stops prologuing. My thesis: the hook gnaws, the world nibbles, but the execution keeps dropping the meat.
Basic Plot Summary
Jace—legless, stubborn, grieving a sister—gets swept into the Cosmic System’s week-long “survive or die” tutorial. Make it, choose a Cosmic Power and Class, then claw your way up tiers via Stardust. The galaxy’s full of monsters who think you’re lunch, factions who think you’re currency, and “guides” who think you’re pliable. Companions include an otter Wayfinder and a shark-woman love interest. It’s progression-by-peril with a resurrection-adjacent quest to someday undo death.
Essential Hook & Thesis
Hook: a disabled, traumatized MC who refuses to fold when Earth gets systematized, paired with a nonhuman companion and the promise of cosmic-scale choices.
Thesis: Grit vs. Cosmos—can raw street survival and stubborn love carry a player through a meta designed to chew him up?
Result: concept alpha, delivery beta.
The Author
SerasStreams (11 books listed) with Alex Econome co-piloting. This duo aims at fast-flow LitRPG with OTT powers and alt-species romance. Based on this entry, they’re comfortable with rapid-fire stat drops, over-the-shoulder info-dumps, and “ask-and-grant” skill logic. No awards résumé here—this is indie, algorithm-savvy, and tuned to binge readers.
Characters
• Jace: pitched as tough and streetwise, but characterization toggles between reckless tanking and sudden, brief terror, then back to blithe invulnerability. He’s resilient; he’s also written like a dev console with feelings. His “I’ll bring sis back” motive is clear but delivered ham-fistedly, often repeated instead of deepened.
• River Otter Companion: the unexpected heart. Comic relief with occasional tactical nudge. I wanted more of this bond and less skill-menu yammering.
• Shark-Woman LI: unique species choice (points for nonstandard taste), but motivations frequently read transactional/gold-diggery. The lipless-kiss problem is lampshaded in ways that yank you out of the scene.
• Supporting Cast: a blizzard of NPC-adjacent foils and faction mouths. Many feel like vendors with flirt sliders.
Structure
Pacing is front-loaded with tutorials—chapter after chapter of hand-holding, teleports, and Q&A that reiterates rules you heard two pages ago. Mid-book shifts into fights and grinding, then pivots back to “status & stash” readings. The audiobook compounds this with full-screen stat recitations for multiple POVs, which—speaking as a wolf who likes numbers—still left me zoning. I felt confused and yanked between people; scenes sometimes end mid-idea and resume elsewhere with a shrug.
System Design & Mechanics
• Stardust Economy: the core loop is shaky. Readers flag a major believability gap: if Stardust drops don’t scale by target tier/species tier and are farmable across an immortal lifespan, why aren’t more beings Tier 10 already? The math smells off; the narrative never closes that loophole.
• Skill Acquisition: “wish-and-receive” cadence cheapens buildcraft. The MC’s requests are seldom declined, turning progression into a buff buffet instead of agonizing tradeoffs.
• Screen Spam: exhaustive logs for everyone pad wordcount and pulverize momentum.
Themes & Analysis
• Resurrection Fantasy: grief as propulsion works—until it’s told, told again, then told louder. I wanted quiet moments where the world forced Jace to confront grief sideways, not via yet another oath to grind harder.
• Body & Identity: disability + cosmic augmentation could have been potent. Too often it’s jet-fueled past in favor of stat ladders.
• Trust & Manipulation: a recurring subtext—many women engage Jace for leverage. It’s an angle, but overuse slides from “intrigue” into queasy pattern.
Scenes: Romance/Spice
There’s spice and kink energy, occasionally self-aware, occasionally juvenile. The species gap is treated more as novelty than culture clash; intimacy scenes rarely deepen character—more sizzle than soul. Non-graphic overall, but tone wobbles between earnest and cringe.
World-Building
The macro promise—Cosmic Powers, interspecies politics, apex predators—is enticing. The micro delivery is vague: locales blur; factions speak in mission-board clichés; culture is mostly window dressing for the next drop. Moments of cool creature design pop, then drown in numbers.
Praise
• The otter companion is adorable and injects warmth.
• Some fights land with kinetic clarity when the authors throttle back the UI.
• The central conceit—survive a week to choose your cosmic lane—remains a gnarly hook.
Critique
• Exposition overdose (I was still being spoon-fed basics by chapter four).
• Inconsistent characterization (fear/no fear flip-flops; “street smart” but naïve about obvious cons).
• System logic holes (Stardust scaling and farmability).
• Stat-screen padding (multiple POV inventories read aloud—oof).
• Romance dynamics that trend manipulative and undercut trust arcs.
• Grinding feel: halfway through, I lost focus—the loop rarely evolves.
Comparison
Within LitRPG-progression, this sits closer to “rapid-level sandbox with flashy boons” than craft-tight series where scarcity forces creativity. If you vibe with number-go-brrr and don’t mind soft rules, you may ride. If you want the Solve more than the Shiny, this will frost your whiskers.
Personal Evaluation
As an ice Alpha who likes his fights crunchy and his systems airtight, I came in wagging at the premise and left with my tail drooping. The audiobook confused me—too many jumps, too much repeated HUD chatter, and the constant POV stat dumps broke immersion. When the action breathes, it works; when the UI talks, it talks me out of caring.
Conclusion
Verdict: an ambitious opener with a great hook and a cute otter, but derailed by tutorial bloat, grindy loops, and a wobbly ruleset. If you’re starving for a LitRPG fix and can ignore logic splinters, you might snack. If you need coherence and character depth, track another trail.
Rating: 2.4 / 5 frost-claws — points for heart and a few kinetic scraps; claws retracted for system math, stat spam, and tonal whiplash.
August 2, 2025
Low Quality
The story is seriously lacking logical consistency. Plotting is filed with holes without caring, as if the author thinks readers won’t care.
BUT, there is some entertaining aspects to it, like bad smut (hence the extra star).
That is to say stories don’t need sophistication to be readable, but this story is terrible with numbers and has no sense of scale.
The System is poorly thought out and the powers that be are all comically dumb. Yes, some of that is clearly an intentional writing style and would be forgivable if the system at least made sense, especially the numbers associated with stardust and leveling.
Its silly how few people would be higher tier when it would be so simple to farm stardust and bank it up…or for factions to trade high amounts of stardust to aspirants to become max tier.
There is no depth or world building at all.
This book is clearly written for those looking for a quick littpg “fix” with cheap and poorly mixed blow from a questionable dealer, to take the edge off.
The story is seriously lacking logical consistency. Plotting is filed with holes without caring, as if the author thinks readers won’t care.
BUT, there is some entertaining aspects to it, like bad smut (hence the extra star).
That is to say stories don’t need sophistication to be readable, but this story is terrible with numbers and has no sense of scale.
The System is poorly thought out and the powers that be are all comically dumb. Yes, some of that is clearly an intentional writing style and would be forgivable if the system at least made sense, especially the numbers associated with stardust and leveling.
Its silly how few people would be higher tier when it would be so simple to farm stardust and bank it up…or for factions to trade high amounts of stardust to aspirants to become max tier.
There is no depth or world building at all.
This book is clearly written for those looking for a quick littpg “fix” with cheap and poorly mixed blow from a questionable dealer, to take the edge off.
December 23, 2025
The world building is interesting, the characters have unusual backgrounds and their social interactions feel somewhat organic. Where this story fails is with the main character, he is put through situations that feel contrived or otherwise paint him as foolish, overconfident and underprepared, lending to an air of ineptitude that reveals the obvious plot armor, it just breaks the immersion.
Overall I would say this is a very mid book, could be better, lots better. Do have to give it some points for the magic systems and worldbuilding, a good blend of magic and science.
Overall I would say this is a very mid book, could be better, lots better. Do have to give it some points for the magic systems and worldbuilding, a good blend of magic and science.
April 23, 2025
good book, likable MC with a couple of issues great world building.
This book has all the RPG tropes that you would like. I just don’t care for the love aspect of a human being and a Shark woman. But that’s my bad. The only other issue is the MC is as dumb as a post. In the second book, I hope the author gives him through her writing, some sort of intelligence booms Because he doesn’t know anything. Third of all I don’t know what this author knows about street people but street people are a lot smarter and a lot tougher than this MC is. And I’m speaking personally whoever thought that he street person would not know what a king size bed is. And who won being attacked by a thief while clearing complex is going to say stop stop stop that like he’s four years old, this is supposed to be a grown man at the age of 23 that part of the writing needs to be shaped up a bit. Besides that a good book and will read the next One.
This book has all the RPG tropes that you would like. I just don’t care for the love aspect of a human being and a Shark woman. But that’s my bad. The only other issue is the MC is as dumb as a post. In the second book, I hope the author gives him through her writing, some sort of intelligence booms Because he doesn’t know anything. Third of all I don’t know what this author knows about street people but street people are a lot smarter and a lot tougher than this MC is. And I’m speaking personally whoever thought that he street person would not know what a king size bed is. And who won being attacked by a thief while clearing complex is going to say stop stop stop that like he’s four years old, this is supposed to be a grown man at the age of 23 that part of the writing needs to be shaped up a bit. Besides that a good book and will read the next One.
June 19, 2025
Gets more than 1 star as it is technically ok if you don't pay attention, but the negatives really build up. Perhaps book 2 solves some of these, but I'm not curious.
I get that this is a new life and new world, but where is the standard paranoid street kid? He starts a little cautious about trusting but it takes a big dive less than halfway though. Is his mind being controlled?
The level up system is seems ok, but again for a skill is pretty crazy. I've yet to hear a skill he asks for not being granted, so that is rather nonsense. He also seems obsessed with maxing out instead of fixing his skill set. I appreciate that he's not some heavy gamer that knows exactly what to buy, but there is specifically a scene where he focuses on his senses to detect danger. That seems a lot better than maxing out other random effects.
I get that this is a new life and new world, but where is the standard paranoid street kid? He starts a little cautious about trusting but it takes a big dive less than halfway though. Is his mind being controlled?
The level up system is seems ok, but again for a skill is pretty crazy. I've yet to hear a skill he asks for not being granted, so that is rather nonsense. He also seems obsessed with maxing out instead of fixing his skill set. I appreciate that he's not some heavy gamer that knows exactly what to buy, but there is specifically a scene where he focuses on his senses to detect danger. That seems a lot better than maxing out other random effects.
August 16, 2025
This book has such a painful intro I had to make an account here to review it in order to go around the cowardly listen length limitation placed on the audiobook reviews. WHY AM I STILL BEING SPOONFED THE SAME EXTREMELY SIMPLE LITRPG EXPOSITION INTO THE 4TH CHAPTER!!!! the MC is like a toddler that just won't listen, constantly asking any adult in the room any question at all that pops into their head even if it's been repeated 3-4 times. he's been fade to black style teleported twice already and has done nothing but run from a gang on his original planet for 2 minutes and yap with lazy exposition devices FOR 3&1/2 CHAPTERS. More over the MC's primary motivation presented to us is ham fisted and uninspired. You need to hear what's wrong with the early story because no one will suffer through a terrible start no matter what's after it there's a reason it's called a hook. It's meant to catch and reel in readers. A dreadful intro kills a story and this one is well and truely dead.
July 22, 2025
For the most part, very good
A very readable book that I think most would enjoy. I am not one to look too closely at stats, so after a while I just skimmed them. Some over the top level ups and skill sets make for good fight scenes.
Jace is street smart but a bit naive when it comes to women. As the story progresses, it seems like all the women who are interacting with Jace are doing so for manipulating purposes. We see what they are doing and why they are doing it, but I found it all distasteful. That was the reason for the one star dock. I can only think how hurt Jace will be once he clues into what is going on with them.
But, overall, it was worth the read.
A very readable book that I think most would enjoy. I am not one to look too closely at stats, so after a while I just skimmed them. Some over the top level ups and skill sets make for good fight scenes.
Jace is street smart but a bit naive when it comes to women. As the story progresses, it seems like all the women who are interacting with Jace are doing so for manipulating purposes. We see what they are doing and why they are doing it, but I found it all distasteful. That was the reason for the one star dock. I can only think how hurt Jace will be once he clues into what is going on with them.
But, overall, it was worth the read.
April 28, 2025
Very flat and boring, which includes the character, plot and setting. It's the generic system integration with and whiplashing MC.
Full stat screens reads, including inventory for other pov's as well.
DNF at 6 hours of the audiobook as barely anything has happened so far, a very hand-held introduction to the basics of all the genre cliches.
If this can get publish and picked up for Audio, the audience is really thirsty.
Full stat screens reads, including inventory for other pov's as well.
DNF at 6 hours of the audiobook as barely anything has happened so far, a very hand-held introduction to the basics of all the genre cliches.
If this can get publish and picked up for Audio, the audience is really thirsty.
June 7, 2025
This was an easy read. A likeable protagonist, decent pacing, and an interesting variant on the System World genre.
Two things dragged it down for me. The rank-ups seemed to rain down upon the protagonist as if he were the CEO's son. Secondly, I was disconcerted in the romantic/sexual relationship between Jace and a shark-alien with no lips. It didn't help that she seemed to be such a transparent gold-digger.
Two things dragged it down for me. The rank-ups seemed to rain down upon the protagonist as if he were the CEO's son. Secondly, I was disconcerted in the romantic/sexual relationship between Jace and a shark-alien with no lips. It didn't help that she seemed to be such a transparent gold-digger.
July 8, 2025
Interesting
A lot of great story in this book a young gutter rat in a future earth gets whisked away to become an aspirant if he survives the trial he will get power and maybe just maybe be able to bring his dead sister back, what you have is a story of rehumanising a young man in part he finds friendship with his wayfinder, love with girl and a few enemies along the way .
Buy the book as this is an author who deserves to be supported.
A lot of great story in this book a young gutter rat in a future earth gets whisked away to become an aspirant if he survives the trial he will get power and maybe just maybe be able to bring his dead sister back, what you have is a story of rehumanising a young man in part he finds friendship with his wayfinder, love with girl and a few enemies along the way .
Buy the book as this is an author who deserves to be supported.
October 20, 2025
base 10
A little railroady and simplistic, maybe it’s a YA or new adult level.
System comes to earth, inhabitants are given the option of being Civilians (poor but safe) or Aspirants (powerful but endangered right off the bat).
Motivation of Jace is resurrecting the dead, which requires level 100, which Nobody Has Done Before. Starts a long adventure where he runs into friends and foes, manages to scrape through, and pile on the buffs, equipment and cheats.
A little railroady and simplistic, maybe it’s a YA or new adult level.
System comes to earth, inhabitants are given the option of being Civilians (poor but safe) or Aspirants (powerful but endangered right off the bat).
Motivation of Jace is resurrecting the dead, which requires level 100, which Nobody Has Done Before. Starts a long adventure where he runs into friends and foes, manages to scrape through, and pile on the buffs, equipment and cheats.
April 18, 2025
Loved every minute
I read this 1000 page book in like 8 hours over two days! Great mc who has real feelings. Characters have their own motivations and voices. The love interest is unique and actual refreshing to have someone completely different in a multiverse as a companion! Waiting on book two🔥
I read this 1000 page book in like 8 hours over two days! Great mc who has real feelings. Characters have their own motivations and voices. The love interest is unique and actual refreshing to have someone completely different in a multiverse as a companion! Waiting on book two🔥
August 18, 2025
Just not very good.
There is no relevant world building. Characters are all forgettable. The "system" is boring as hell where with every level up they can just ask for a power and receive that specific power. Pacing is slow. Balance and general power levels make 0 sense.
I honestly can't think of any redeeming features to recommend this one.
There is no relevant world building. Characters are all forgettable. The "system" is boring as hell where with every level up they can just ask for a power and receive that specific power. Pacing is slow. Balance and general power levels make 0 sense.
I honestly can't think of any redeeming features to recommend this one.
April 25, 2025
An enjoyable read. The story arc is a bit predictable but the characters are special. The repetition of each characters upgrades was overly inclusive and I guess was done that way to simulate an interface-like connection being displayed.Look forward to the next book in this emerging series.
April 13, 2025
Fantastic series opener
Fantastic world building, characters and the system itself. I very much enjoyed it from beginning to end, and am looking forward to more!
Fantastic world building, characters and the system itself. I very much enjoyed it from beginning to end, and am looking forward to more!
May 4, 2025
Good read
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who likes LitRPG and progression type of books with apocalypse type of themes.
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who likes LitRPG and progression type of books with apocalypse type of themes.
May 28, 2025
great story
Really easy to follow keeps me going hard to stop reading can’t wait for the next book. Great story line very well written very good plot enjoyed reading
Really easy to follow keeps me going hard to stop reading can’t wait for the next book. Great story line very well written very good plot enjoyed reading
June 3, 2025
Very good
This was a ride, a fun, exhausting ride. It was an enjoyable book with well-done characters and ,ots of action.
Highly recommended.
This was a ride, a fun, exhausting ride. It was an enjoyable book with well-done characters and ,ots of action.
Highly recommended.
July 8, 2025
The system is vague and generic, and no one has much of a personality beyond ‘minor dickhead’. I got about 35% before I gave up. There wasn’t really anything to care about.
Read
September 27, 2025DNF at, I don’t know, let’s say 20%. I didn’t like the writing style, system, or characters.
November 18, 2025
This story could have been nice, but man has it many annoyances.
December 24, 2025
silver platter
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