David always wanted to become an adventurer. To delve into the Infinite Dungeon beneath the Continent, plunder its loot, discover its secrets, and to finally go on a date.
His wish is granted when he attends an (almost) all-girl adventuring academy in the tropical Isles of Vedir. A sultry headmistress, gorgeous classmates, sandy beaches and swimsuits. What’s not to like?
But when a massacre rips through the islands, David returns to the train station where he first embarked on his adventure. His budding relationships, friends and future turned to dust. No matter how many times he dies, David always returns.
If David is to avert disaster, he will need to forge unshakeable bonds with his beautiful classmates (and headmistress), peel back the mysteries enshrouding the idyllic Isles, and delve into the Infinite Dungeon to uncover its secrets and gain unspeakable power.
This book was pretty good, but not great. The simple nature of the MC having to repeat aspects of the timeline through different iterations grew tedious after a while.
The MC is a man who desires to be an adventurer. The problem is that after the last great demon royalty event, which involved a succubus queen, men aren't trusted because the succubi could twist the minds of men to betray their party members. So he's been twisting in the wind while living with his grandmother, a former famous adventurer. She finally relents and lets him go to a dungeon delver's training academy. He gets his class, which is "Greatest Servant". He proceeds to attend class stuff, and eventually dies during a massive disaster that causes all the beastkin to go berserk. And pops back to the time he put a necklace his grandmother gave him to wear. Thus ends his first "loop".
The story is a bit weird, in that each of his LIs is a mono romance in a different loop, though some know about others. He has 3 lovers by the end of the book, including the headmistress of the school. Why every "Academy trope" book has to have the MC score with a teacher/headmistresses is kind of obnoxious. I guess it fits into the "I want to relive my high school experience, including getting to bang a hot teacher" fantasy, but it has gotten old after so many academy style books.
The book is long to facilitate the plot, and that is because the MC has to unravel the mystery of why things happen they way they do. The same set of events from different points wore me out before he finally has the answers to stop the disaster.
Two things of note with this book. One, the author uses British spellings and some phrases that threw me off. Two, the MC dies a lot, which may bother self-inserts who want the MC to never fail at anything.
I may read a sequel. I'm a bit on the fence about it, though.
Good first outing by the author. I spoke to him on Reddit and the one concern I had with the book he addressed to me. Only complaint I have is some transitions from one action or scene to the next. It’s not something that should detract from a good story once you get used to it. I look forward to reading the next entry in the series. I like how the spice level was handled. It isn’t overwhelming in the amount of scenes and the descriptions are not truly explicit. I think it was a good way to blend the ftb with the spice being described in detail.
I loved this book and can't wait for the sequel, it took a while before the time- loop started, but that just made it better. The ending was an excellent way to end the book. Truly brilliant.
this story makes you think if you are tuff enough to tey again and again to stop a disaster or would you leave and tey life away from the issue you know.