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All the Skills #6
All The Skills: Book 6: A Deck-Building LitRPG
Join Arthur and his dragon, Brixaby, as their hunt for more legendary cards continues in the sixth installment of this hit progression fantasy series, featuring a unique card-based magic system.
470 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 9, 2026
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June 12, 2026
Book six
I read this originally as it was posted on royal road. Now I don't know if the author is taking a break Or has stopped posting to royal road but I haven't seen anything new in quite some time.
Still, Without a doubt this is my personal favorite Dragon book and anybody that's read my reviews knows that I can't stand dragon books. Dragons are supposed to be haughty and arrogant and full of themselves and mean and cruel. They aren't in this book and I still like it The cards are unique And that adds another layer of pleasure to it It actually makes it easier to put up with the dragons honestly.
But I wanted to give a review since the author did let me read this well they wrote it and I appreciate that fact. I hope book 7 comes to royal road but honestly I don't know if it will.
8/10
I read this originally as it was posted on royal road. Now I don't know if the author is taking a break Or has stopped posting to royal road but I haven't seen anything new in quite some time.
Still, Without a doubt this is my personal favorite Dragon book and anybody that's read my reviews knows that I can't stand dragon books. Dragons are supposed to be haughty and arrogant and full of themselves and mean and cruel. They aren't in this book and I still like it The cards are unique And that adds another layer of pleasure to it It actually makes it easier to put up with the dragons honestly.
But I wanted to give a review since the author did let me read this well they wrote it and I appreciate that fact. I hope book 7 comes to royal road but honestly I don't know if it will.
8/10
June 10, 2026
Excellent!
After the past couple books feeling like the overall story was stagnating, this one had welcome progress!
Arthur had more agency in this one, and he truly takes on the role of a legendary.
It felt like his retinue and the other side characters had more texture as well. They didn’t exactly seem like a faceless crowd before, but with how much Arthur has travelled we hadn’t seen so many of them at once. It seemed like they coalesced into more of a team when they came together—each with their role to play. I’ve read books before where a group of characters come together and some get lost in the crowd. That didn’t happen here.
It is a bit short. Books 1, 5, and 6 are all of a similar length, but 2-4 were longer. I have it in my head that they are all the length of 2, so as I was listening today I got to the end before I realized it. The story is really ramping up, but now I wait.
After the past couple books feeling like the overall story was stagnating, this one had welcome progress!
Arthur had more agency in this one, and he truly takes on the role of a legendary.
It felt like his retinue and the other side characters had more texture as well. They didn’t exactly seem like a faceless crowd before, but with how much Arthur has travelled we hadn’t seen so many of them at once. It seemed like they coalesced into more of a team when they came together—each with their role to play. I’ve read books before where a group of characters come together and some get lost in the crowd. That didn’t happen here.
It is a bit short. Books 1, 5, and 6 are all of a similar length, but 2-4 were longer. I have it in my head that they are all the length of 2, so as I was listening today I got to the end before I realized it. The story is really ramping up, but now I wait.
Review of advance copy
Rating 4.0 stars
Ok. That was a little weird. Not the book. The goodreads page told me that the book wasn't out yet and I had to go through this weird thing about rating a book that isn't out yet? It came out last week, not sure what is up with that?
Anyway, this book is more a return to form IMO. I really liked the first book. A series called all the skills is right up my alley and the first book had all of that. Then the rest of the series had more to do with dragons and other cards than any of Arthurs skills. They were mentioned every now and then but they were not a big part of the story. This one had some scenes that corrected that problem. Overall, I really enjoyed this book and I am looking forward to the next one.
Ok. That was a little weird. Not the book. The goodreads page told me that the book wasn't out yet and I had to go through this weird thing about rating a book that isn't out yet? It came out last week, not sure what is up with that?
Anyway, this book is more a return to form IMO. I really liked the first book. A series called all the skills is right up my alley and the first book had all of that. Then the rest of the series had more to do with dragons and other cards than any of Arthurs skills. They were mentioned every now and then but they were not a big part of the story. This one had some scenes that corrected that problem. Overall, I really enjoyed this book and I am looking forward to the next one.
June 11, 2026
AwesomeSauce! The! Best! Deck-building! LitRPG! Adventure! Evarrr!
Awww that was Maaarvelouss! I love deck-building litRPG's and this is... well. The! Best! Series! Evarrr! I know because I've read 'em all! I love Brixaby the purple dragon, oh and Arthur is really cool too! In this book Arthur is still dealing with being the newly ascended leader of The Blood Moon Hive! And what does he know about leadership? Nothing. All Arthur and Brixaby want to do is get to crafting and improve their own abilities. Not to deal with the minutiae of Hive business... but he also wants to improve the Living conditions for everyone in the Hive. As Chester and Blood Drop his dragon, the previous leaders had treated the Hive like their own personal playground, destroying the morale. Arthur and Brixaby were facing a huge job to help everyone! Reaching out to his Retinue and beyond searching for more allies. Starting with inviting all the riderless dragons to the Hive by offering good food and hopefully even finding riders if they wanted! And come they did. Also 'cause Arthur can now be a better Cardsmith he'll be able to make cards which will help both humans and dragons in his clan. And. No buddy! But. No buddy will ever be abused by a power hungry tyrant again! And of course there's the scourge, the destroyer of all things... and yes it's rising more often! It has'ta be stopped dead.
So yeah grab the book or better yet the audiobook because Luke Daniels is AwesomeSauce!
Awww that was Maaarvelouss! I love deck-building litRPG's and this is... well. The! Best! Series! Evarrr! I know because I've read 'em all! I love Brixaby the purple dragon, oh and Arthur is really cool too! In this book Arthur is still dealing with being the newly ascended leader of The Blood Moon Hive! And what does he know about leadership? Nothing. All Arthur and Brixaby want to do is get to crafting and improve their own abilities. Not to deal with the minutiae of Hive business... but he also wants to improve the Living conditions for everyone in the Hive. As Chester and Blood Drop his dragon, the previous leaders had treated the Hive like their own personal playground, destroying the morale. Arthur and Brixaby were facing a huge job to help everyone! Reaching out to his Retinue and beyond searching for more allies. Starting with inviting all the riderless dragons to the Hive by offering good food and hopefully even finding riders if they wanted! And come they did. Also 'cause Arthur can now be a better Cardsmith he'll be able to make cards which will help both humans and dragons in his clan. And. No buddy! But. No buddy will ever be abused by a power hungry tyrant again! And of course there's the scourge, the destroyer of all things... and yes it's rising more often! It has'ta be stopped dead.
So yeah grab the book or better yet the audiobook because Luke Daniels is AwesomeSauce!
June 17, 2026
Absolutely love this series!
It is easily my favourite fantasy series of all time.
Yes, I've read more unique, more technical, more critically acclaimed books. Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Mother of Learning etc.
However, All The Skills is one I come back to over and over again. The ideas are creative, and the magic system is well defined, the cards are brilliant. My wife, friends and I will talk about it, how it Arthur could have used his cards better, how we would try things, what other cards could be in sets, how ascension might work, all the mysteries.
There are no other novels that have captivated us for so long. Every time a new book comes out we need to meet up at least once (sometimes more) to discuss it. Then re-read.
If you haven't read this series, congratulations, you have a great treat to look forward to!
It is easily my favourite fantasy series of all time.
Yes, I've read more unique, more technical, more critically acclaimed books. Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Mother of Learning etc.
However, All The Skills is one I come back to over and over again. The ideas are creative, and the magic system is well defined, the cards are brilliant. My wife, friends and I will talk about it, how it Arthur could have used his cards better, how we would try things, what other cards could be in sets, how ascension might work, all the mysteries.
There are no other novels that have captivated us for so long. Every time a new book comes out we need to meet up at least once (sometimes more) to discuss it. Then re-read.
If you haven't read this series, congratulations, you have a great treat to look forward to!
June 15, 2026
Arthur and Brix continue to take control of Blood Moon Hive, though it is slow to change as no one believes the Blood Price is truly gone.
More Eruption Hearts are destroyed and more Legendaries obtained.
Arthur finally confronts his cousin, but of course his card is gone. Master of Combat will likely be obtained from the Mond Singer in the final volume. Instead he gets Master of Spells from his Uncle who had gone a bit mad and slightly mind controlled. He had been obscuring all the scourgling activity currently sneaking into the entire kingdom.
I suspect that the next volume will get Brix the next card in his set.
Potentially A and B will get their final cards at the same time to become Mystical together.
Next up: a meeting with the king!
More Eruption Hearts are destroyed and more Legendaries obtained.
Arthur finally confronts his cousin, but of course his card is gone. Master of Combat will likely be obtained from the Mond Singer in the final volume. Instead he gets Master of Spells from his Uncle who had gone a bit mad and slightly mind controlled. He had been obscuring all the scourgling activity currently sneaking into the entire kingdom.
I suspect that the next volume will get Brix the next card in his set.
Potentially A and B will get their final cards at the same time to become Mystical together.
Next up: a meeting with the king!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Review of advance copy
A long wait between books (5 & 6) but well worth the wait. Picked it up and didn't put it down, read in a day. Brixaby continues to have a real snark that just makes the reader laugh at his unintended innocence. I love that Arthur isn't a muscle man. Almost every other lit-rpg you pick up has the main character locked into a continually muscle-bound stereotype. So its nice to see a utility player that uses his brain and his magic as his major strong points.
June 20, 2026
Great character moments in a great story
This book does a great job of weaving intense character moments into a plot that is aimed at global problems. The character dynamics of the major characters are constantly evolving and yet easy to follow. The political drama is driven by personal grudges and yet impacts the world dramatically. The action is also creative and varied.
Overall, I highly recommend this book.
This book does a great job of weaving intense character moments into a plot that is aimed at global problems. The character dynamics of the major characters are constantly evolving and yet easy to follow. The political drama is driven by personal grudges and yet impacts the world dramatically. The action is also creative and varied.
Overall, I highly recommend this book.
June 22, 2026
Cleanup of a massive outbreak of scourge, consolidating his new clan, becoming beast with all his legendary cards, and generally just getting better with ALL the skills, this continuation is, quite frankly, more of the same. Big plot progression, let alone minor plot progression, either passes by without much hassle, or is so minor as to be negligible.
Good thing all other things are going to hell, or there'd be no story.
All told, still a fun read.
Good thing all other things are going to hell, or there'd be no story.
All told, still a fun read.
June 23, 2026
Another great entry, looking forward to book 7!
Wish we saw more of the retinue interacting together as that dynamic is really cool. It is funny how OP the MC is but the stakes are so high you don't mind, well I like OP MC's. I was surprised the author hadn't tried to nerf that, and she introduced something that slowed him down but didn't stop him so that was interesting. Hope we get more lore and party interactions in the next book!
Wish we saw more of the retinue interacting together as that dynamic is really cool. It is funny how OP the MC is but the stakes are so high you don't mind, well I like OP MC's. I was surprised the author hadn't tried to nerf that, and she introduced something that slowed him down but didn't stop him so that was interesting. Hope we get more lore and party interactions in the next book!
Review of advance copy
Finally another book in the series. Normally after such long wait, I almost forget about what has happened previously and find it hard to pick it back up, but I felt the while book did a good job to remind us what has happened previously whenever something from before was mentioned.
Story has progressed well, and honestly I just want book 7 now! Book is far too short for how good it is.
Story has progressed well, and honestly I just want book 7 now! Book is far too short for how good it is.
June 12, 2026
Unique series that keeps on giving
I have enjoyed this series since the first book. The lore Honour Rae has built, the world building, and the characters make it so lovable and fascinating. To top that off, the plot has been sooo satisfying with enough twists to keep me hooked. I can’t wait for the next. Thank you for the series, it one of my favorites.
I have enjoyed this series since the first book. The lore Honour Rae has built, the world building, and the characters make it so lovable and fascinating. To top that off, the plot has been sooo satisfying with enough twists to keep me hooked. I can’t wait for the next. Thank you for the series, it one of my favorites.
June 12, 2026
LOVE this series!
You know it’s a good book when you devour all 450-ish pages and it feels like you just started and need more!
An idea would be to have a glossary of all the important characters with a little blurb to remind us about them for recap purposes since there’s now a lot of them!
You know it’s a good book when you devour all 450-ish pages and it feels like you just started and need more!
An idea would be to have a glossary of all the important characters with a little blurb to remind us about them for recap purposes since there’s now a lot of them!
June 19, 2026
The most exciting magic system
The card system gives all the excitement of opening card packs for a tcg and merges it with the rush of fantasy magic. I love seeing every card they get. Even the basic common cards are unique and thought-provoking. Already itching for the next book.
The card system gives all the excitement of opening card packs for a tcg and merges it with the rush of fantasy magic. I love seeing every card they get. Even the basic common cards are unique and thought-provoking. Already itching for the next book.
June 22, 2026
Another great addition to this wonderful series
The latest addition to this wonderful series does not disappoint. The stands for Arthur and his dragon get increasingly higher.
This is one of my all time favorite card-based series plus you get tons of dragons.
So make sure to pick up book 1 and get started.
The latest addition to this wonderful series does not disappoint. The stands for Arthur and his dragon get increasingly higher.
This is one of my all time favorite card-based series plus you get tons of dragons.
So make sure to pick up book 1 and get started.
Review of advance copy
Exactly what I needed to pick me up from my book slump. Honour Rae never fails me. I binged it in a single sitting, unable to put it down as Arthur grows into the role he's wrested from the death of Chester.
June 13, 2026
I’m beyond addicted to this series. It’s quickly become my favorite of all time. Nothing has ever had me in a chokehold like this! The concept is so interesting, the work building rich, character development is stellar. It’s so well written! The narration is also amazing!
June 14, 2026
Another fabulous Installment!
All is good with Arthur and Brixby! Fast paced storyline with some interesting combat. A few twists and turns and some interesting character development.
Can’t wait until book 7!
All is good with Arthur and Brixby! Fast paced storyline with some interesting combat. A few twists and turns and some interesting character development.
Can’t wait until book 7!
Review of advance copy
As Always, a great book. Honour Rae once again delivers on an amazing book. The story moves forward. It's constantly moving and growing. There is never a dull moment. Just when things are going right things go wrong or some new secret is learned that puts everything in jeopardy.
June 16, 2026
Great book and series
This book was a great continuation of the story of Arthur, Brixby and their friends, really looking forward to the what happens next and seeing how the they and the world develops further
This book was a great continuation of the story of Arthur, Brixby and their friends, really looking forward to the what happens next and seeing how the they and the world develops further
June 17, 2026
It’s hard coming back to this series after reading Primal Hunter and loving it. Still a very good story and I’m really excited for book 7, a lot of development and card synergies this book that I’m excited to see continue in the next one!
June 17, 2026
Drop everything and read this
This series just keeps getting better. As things get more dire with the scourglings, Arthur and Brix continue to get stronger. Now they have a powerful ally urging them to become more.
This series just keeps getting better. As things get more dire with the scourglings, Arthur and Brix continue to get stronger. Now they have a powerful ally urging them to become more.
Review of advance copy
Read on Patreon - great continuation of the story
Review of advance copy received from Author
Great addition to the series, and after finishing I immediately begin re-listening to All the Skills starting from book 1. Can’t wait until book 6 has an audible release, so I can enjoy it again.
June 10, 2026
return to the hive
A good book as the story returns to what is best. The hive and battling eruptions and of course Brix antics even as he matures.
A good book as the story returns to what is best. The hive and battling eruptions and of course Brix antics even as he matures.
June 11, 2026
4.5 stars. This has turned into one of my favorite litrpg series. I very much appreciate the team members supporting one another, and the fast action.
Review of advance copy
This was not an advanced copy, goodreads has the release date wrong.
June 11, 2026
Very entertaining series
A very enjoyable story in book six .are m&s and his Dragon are once more growing in strength .well worth buying looking forward to the next instalment
A very enjoyable story in book six .are m&s and his Dragon are once more growing in strength .well worth buying looking forward to the next instalment
June 11, 2026
excellent
I lost track of time while reading. Several big fights, a lot of interesting card action.
Looking forward to 7.
I lost track of time while reading. Several big fights, a lot of interesting card action.
Looking forward to 7.
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