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Scout Lord
Mason Fjord was content being a ghost in the wilds, an Apex Scout who traded monster parts for survival in a world where magic is rare and death is cheap. But when a lethal dungeon clear forces a title upon him, he inherits a crumbling estate and the cutthroat politics of Port Zenith.
528 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 16, 2026
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March 28, 2026
I consider this book below average for haremlit. There were plenty to not like, and not much to like.
The MC starts the book as a level 42 hinterlands scout type that gets promoted to a minor lord and sent to another territory to help manage the wilderness there. Upon arrival, he finds his "holding" is little more than a stone house with almost no space. He promptly has sex with a married woman that lied about not being married. Then starts to court an elven woman that won't lower herself to marry a human. Then arranges to meet some eligible women, ends up getting "serviced" by two of them after just meeting him, and then the next day they are effectively married to him. This allows the eleven woman to now join them, though whether she's actually married to him or not is debatable. So two out of the three LIs he puts zero effort into, and the third he puts little effort into. It's harem, super easy mode.
Another major drawback is the combat never makes sense. Early on, he "hamstrings" a creature, which silences it... Hamstringing doesn't sever vocal chords. Another time he stabs a creature through the roof of their mouth and into the brain, and the creature doesn't die from that, but dies from blood filling their lungs after struggling for about a minute... He reaches the boss room of a dungeon after killing only 3 mobs that were patrolling in a group. Using a dull sword he picks up off the ground, he kills a mob with 18K hps in 4 blows. Another creature with 3.5K hps is killed with a single arrow.
The characters also make references to things the world building doesn't support. One character mentions "small arms fire", but guns have not been mentioned once. Another reference to "glass cannons" in a world that does not have cannons, so why would they have that terminology?
This was low effort work by the author.
The MC starts the book as a level 42 hinterlands scout type that gets promoted to a minor lord and sent to another territory to help manage the wilderness there. Upon arrival, he finds his "holding" is little more than a stone house with almost no space. He promptly has sex with a married woman that lied about not being married. Then starts to court an elven woman that won't lower herself to marry a human. Then arranges to meet some eligible women, ends up getting "serviced" by two of them after just meeting him, and then the next day they are effectively married to him. This allows the eleven woman to now join them, though whether she's actually married to him or not is debatable. So two out of the three LIs he puts zero effort into, and the third he puts little effort into. It's harem, super easy mode.
Another major drawback is the combat never makes sense. Early on, he "hamstrings" a creature, which silences it... Hamstringing doesn't sever vocal chords. Another time he stabs a creature through the roof of their mouth and into the brain, and the creature doesn't die from that, but dies from blood filling their lungs after struggling for about a minute... He reaches the boss room of a dungeon after killing only 3 mobs that were patrolling in a group. Using a dull sword he picks up off the ground, he kills a mob with 18K hps in 4 blows. Another creature with 3.5K hps is killed with a single arrow.
The characters also make references to things the world building doesn't support. One character mentions "small arms fire", but guns have not been mentioned once. Another reference to "glass cannons" in a world that does not have cannons, so why would they have that terminology?
This was low effort work by the author.
March 30, 2026
Bad.
It’s bad.
What more can I say?
It’s just not good.
Probably AI generated judging by how the ‘writing’ style is near identical to other AI slop.
The story is set in a fantasy world where they are aware of high tech modern computers and how they are designed and operate.
The main character is… another Gary Stu who is written to be commanding and manly but just comes off as what the incels believe is ‘dominant’. It’s very cringey.
The MC’s interaction with female characters is the yawn worthy schlock from most other harem lit novels.
Not worth reading. Amazon should be policing these AI books and keeping them out of the woodwork. But what do they care, it’s all generated on their server farms, so they get paid twice.
It’s bad.
What more can I say?
It’s just not good.
Probably AI generated judging by how the ‘writing’ style is near identical to other AI slop.
The story is set in a fantasy world where they are aware of high tech modern computers and how they are designed and operate.
The main character is… another Gary Stu who is written to be commanding and manly but just comes off as what the incels believe is ‘dominant’. It’s very cringey.
The MC’s interaction with female characters is the yawn worthy schlock from most other harem lit novels.
Not worth reading. Amazon should be policing these AI books and keeping them out of the woodwork. But what do they care, it’s all generated on their server farms, so they get paid twice.
March 19, 2026
Definitely worth a read
Definitely worth a read. Good plot. The action is good. The romance is good. The main character is realistic in his actions and doesn’t become some unkillable god which is nice
Definitely worth a read. Good plot. The action is good. The romance is good. The main character is realistic in his actions and doesn’t become some unkillable god which is nice
March 19, 2026
from simple scary myth to myred in politics, going to be fun.
April 12, 2026
Damn
This book has it all. There is action, harem, drama and dealing with loss. The only thing I can ask for is another book or books.
This book has it all. There is action, harem, drama and dealing with loss. The only thing I can ask for is another book or books.
May 9, 2026
Enthralling
Turned out to be a good read. I saw another review where the gut questioned the cover as it has no bearing to the book. He was right. Great epilogue
Turned out to be a good read. I saw another review where the gut questioned the cover as it has no bearing to the book. He was right. Great epilogue
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