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Herald of Shalia
A village full of gorgeous elves desperate to be loved? There had to be a catch.
Sebastian Frost’s most recent memory was waking up in a field naked, in a body that wasn’t his own, in a world that definitely wasn’t his own, and three stunning pointy-eared women staring right at him. He also remembered hair as white as starlight, eyes like amethysts, and the name Shalia.
Fortunately, it was the right name to know.
Shalia was the elves’ goddess and that made him her herald. If that wasn’t enough of a blessing, he was in a game world, he was high level, he had hundreds of ability points to spend, and the elves were practically throwing themselves at him.
Of course, there was a catch.
Shalia, her followers, and now Frost himself were viewed by the world as bringers of misfortune and everybody hated them. Although, to be fair, Frost was going to rain misfortune on anybody who attempted to harm his lovable new followers.
Herald of Shalia is a fun fantasy LitRPG by Tamryn Tamer and contains attention starved elves, beast-girl courtesans, foul language, twosomes threesomes and foursomes, and completely over the top love making. You've been warned.
Sebastian Frost’s most recent memory was waking up in a field naked, in a body that wasn’t his own, in a world that definitely wasn’t his own, and three stunning pointy-eared women staring right at him. He also remembered hair as white as starlight, eyes like amethysts, and the name Shalia.
Fortunately, it was the right name to know.
Shalia was the elves’ goddess and that made him her herald. If that wasn’t enough of a blessing, he was in a game world, he was high level, he had hundreds of ability points to spend, and the elves were practically throwing themselves at him.
Of course, there was a catch.
Shalia, her followers, and now Frost himself were viewed by the world as bringers of misfortune and everybody hated them. Although, to be fair, Frost was going to rain misfortune on anybody who attempted to harm his lovable new followers.
Herald of Shalia is a fun fantasy LitRPG by Tamryn Tamer and contains attention starved elves, beast-girl courtesans, foul language, twosomes threesomes and foursomes, and completely over the top love making. You've been warned.
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Published July 23, 2019
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Tamryn Tamer
26 books239 followersTamryn Tamer is known for tawdry fantasy stories focused around filthy elves, fairies, demons, and really any other mythical creature.
She's a discovery writer whose work focuses on following a character as they explore a new and interesting world and meet new and interesting people...and most likely have sex with them.
Currently focused on Forbidden Arcana. The series follows the mage Jericho as he gathers familiars and unlocks new magic to become the most powerful spellcaster in the VRMMO Forbidden Arcana.
Deviant Worlds Newsletter:
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"First, let’s state the obvious. Tamryn Tamer is a pen name. We actually had a few pen names thought up that we still may use in the future. But for now, it’s all about Tamryn. We’re a two person team who does all of their own writing, editing, marketing, cover design, research, formatting, etc. All while working full time and raising kids.
So, what do we write? We write playful over the top GameLIt/LitRPG stories full of memorable characters and graphic sex.
Why graphic sex? We could write some artistic tripe about how it’s necessary but in reality we just like it. It’s fun. It makes us laugh and smile. It makes us fall in love with the characters a bit more and makes them feel more alive. And sometimes you just want to see characters fuck.
But the fisting! The double fisting! The ungodly amounts of bodily fluid! The sheer impossibility of it all! Why that? For the same reason we have magic, dragons, and monsters! It’s fantasy!
Just read our work and decide. We like to chase smiles. That means we like our work to be funny, cool, happy, and memorable. And we just hope you enjoy it .
Thank you so much for reading and let’s have some fun!"
She's a discovery writer whose work focuses on following a character as they explore a new and interesting world and meet new and interesting people...and most likely have sex with them.
Currently focused on Forbidden Arcana. The series follows the mage Jericho as he gathers familiars and unlocks new magic to become the most powerful spellcaster in the VRMMO Forbidden Arcana.
Deviant Worlds Newsletter:
http://eepurl.com/gcYb6H
"First, let’s state the obvious. Tamryn Tamer is a pen name. We actually had a few pen names thought up that we still may use in the future. But for now, it’s all about Tamryn. We’re a two person team who does all of their own writing, editing, marketing, cover design, research, formatting, etc. All while working full time and raising kids.
So, what do we write? We write playful over the top GameLIt/LitRPG stories full of memorable characters and graphic sex.
Why graphic sex? We could write some artistic tripe about how it’s necessary but in reality we just like it. It’s fun. It makes us laugh and smile. It makes us fall in love with the characters a bit more and makes them feel more alive. And sometimes you just want to see characters fuck.
But the fisting! The double fisting! The ungodly amounts of bodily fluid! The sheer impossibility of it all! Why that? For the same reason we have magic, dragons, and monsters! It’s fantasy!
Just read our work and decide. We like to chase smiles. That means we like our work to be funny, cool, happy, and memorable. And we just hope you enjoy it .
Thank you so much for reading and let’s have some fun!"
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November 7, 2020
Rating 4.0 stars
A pretty good book. I wasn't sure with the cover art if there would be an actual story. Based on the cover art it looked like it should be a short erotica, but it was a full length book so I wasn't sure what to expect. I was happily surprised. While the story isn't very complex, it is interesting. The story follows Sebastian Frost as he is delivered to a new world by the goddess Shalia. She wants him to be her herald. He agrees but tells her he would be a terrible herald as he isn't a good person. He ends up on a new world and finds out that Sahlia is the goddess of love to a group of elvish women. Shalia's followers are considered to be cursed as bad luck. Nobody wants them around. In this world all subhumans are considered disgusting, including elves and especially followers of Shalia. These elves are the most beautiful women in the world and Frost can't figure out why nobody else can see that. He starts to have sex with the elves and is labeled an elf fucker, which is supposed to be considered the worst insult a person can give. Frost doesn't care. He gets to have sex with beautiful women who will do anything for him. So while Frost isn't a good person, he ends up being a great Herald because all he wants to do is have sex with beautiful women and protect them. He thinks because he has killed a bunch of people that attacked them and he doesn't feel bad about it and he sleeps with everyone that it makes him a bad person. Shalia thinks it makes him the best herald ever. There is a lot of swearing in this one, way more than I was expecting. There was one character that used the c word about 10 times in one sentence. He used it to describe almost everyone. It was a little over the top. I am sure some people might be offended by that so I gave the warning. Overall, I enjoyed it.
A pretty good book. I wasn't sure with the cover art if there would be an actual story. Based on the cover art it looked like it should be a short erotica, but it was a full length book so I wasn't sure what to expect. I was happily surprised. While the story isn't very complex, it is interesting. The story follows Sebastian Frost as he is delivered to a new world by the goddess Shalia. She wants him to be her herald. He agrees but tells her he would be a terrible herald as he isn't a good person. He ends up on a new world and finds out that Sahlia is the goddess of love to a group of elvish women. Shalia's followers are considered to be cursed as bad luck. Nobody wants them around. In this world all subhumans are considered disgusting, including elves and especially followers of Shalia. These elves are the most beautiful women in the world and Frost can't figure out why nobody else can see that. He starts to have sex with the elves and is labeled an elf fucker, which is supposed to be considered the worst insult a person can give. Frost doesn't care. He gets to have sex with beautiful women who will do anything for him. So while Frost isn't a good person, he ends up being a great Herald because all he wants to do is have sex with beautiful women and protect them. He thinks because he has killed a bunch of people that attacked them and he doesn't feel bad about it and he sleeps with everyone that it makes him a bad person. Shalia thinks it makes him the best herald ever. There is a lot of swearing in this one, way more than I was expecting. There was one character that used the c word about 10 times in one sentence. He used it to describe almost everyone. It was a little over the top. I am sure some people might be offended by that so I gave the warning. Overall, I enjoyed it.
January 21, 2021
Herald of Shalia (Herald of Shalia #1) is an amazingly entertaining LitRPG story, with some of the best dual-narration I’ve listened to.
Human MC Sebastian Frost wakes naked in a field, with three gorgeous women dressed as elves, complete with pointed ears, looking at him. It turns out that they ARE elves, and as much as they enjoy lesbian love, they’re thrilled at having a man to throw themselves at. Frost accepts that he’s been sent by the goddess Shalia (goddess of love!) to protect and love the village of elves, and though he proclaims that he’ll be a TERRIBLE herald, he accepts the role.
The elves need protection, because everyone hates them….accusing the cursed followers of Shalia of bringing famine, pestilence and plague with them wherever they go. For their part, the elves just want to love and have sex!
Each of the elvish women, and the humans and demi-humans, all have their own very unique personalities, and both narrators do a fantastic job delivering unique voices for everyone.
The humor throughout this story is over-the-top wonderful. I was going to share some of it with you, but it’ll be more fun for you to discover it yourself. There’s gameworld type stats, but not so much that I felt like the story was about playing a game instead of enjoying a fantasy story.
The sex is frequent, graphically entertaining, and often part of the LOL humor!
I highly recommend Herald of Shalia with 5*!
Human MC Sebastian Frost wakes naked in a field, with three gorgeous women dressed as elves, complete with pointed ears, looking at him. It turns out that they ARE elves, and as much as they enjoy lesbian love, they’re thrilled at having a man to throw themselves at. Frost accepts that he’s been sent by the goddess Shalia (goddess of love!) to protect and love the village of elves, and though he proclaims that he’ll be a TERRIBLE herald, he accepts the role.
The elves need protection, because everyone hates them….accusing the cursed followers of Shalia of bringing famine, pestilence and plague with them wherever they go. For their part, the elves just want to love and have sex!
Each of the elvish women, and the humans and demi-humans, all have their own very unique personalities, and both narrators do a fantastic job delivering unique voices for everyone.
The humor throughout this story is over-the-top wonderful. I was going to share some of it with you, but it’ll be more fun for you to discover it yourself. There’s gameworld type stats, but not so much that I felt like the story was about playing a game instead of enjoying a fantasy story.
The sex is frequent, graphically entertaining, and often part of the LOL humor!
I highly recommend Herald of Shalia with 5*!
May 13, 2021
I absolutely loved it
don't let that creepy CGI cover fool you -
I finished this book a few days ago, and just turned back to page one and started reading it again. Man, I'm hooked!
Yes there are sex scenes. They are described in loving detail. But apart from how very hot this story is... (and erotically, this is one spicy dish) There is a very interesting story here. There are engaging characters, (scantily clad though they are) and some great world building.
So, Yeah this is a gamelit, Erotic harem book with graphic sex scenes. But it's one of the very best.
The writing is very good, although it leans more toward manga than literature at times. This is another book that is hot with heart.
How does this compare to other erotic fantasy series?
-It has more sex than Fimbulwinter by E. William Brown (writing is not at that level)
-It's not as mean spirited as Wild Wastes by Randi Darren (about that much sex, maybe more)
-better writing than King of the Monster Girl Harem by Reed James (but way more plot)
this book is somewhere between Celestine Chronicles with more sex and empire building, and The Heartstone Saga with a manlier protagonist and more fleshed out world building.
I would give this book an extra star if the scale went to six.
*Of special note: The audio book is top notch! but only book 1 is out now in audio.
don't let that creepy CGI cover fool you -
I finished this book a few days ago, and just turned back to page one and started reading it again. Man, I'm hooked!
Yes there are sex scenes. They are described in loving detail. But apart from how very hot this story is... (and erotically, this is one spicy dish) There is a very interesting story here. There are engaging characters, (scantily clad though they are) and some great world building.
So, Yeah this is a gamelit, Erotic harem book with graphic sex scenes. But it's one of the very best.
The writing is very good, although it leans more toward manga than literature at times. This is another book that is hot with heart.
How does this compare to other erotic fantasy series?
-It has more sex than Fimbulwinter by E. William Brown (writing is not at that level)
-It's not as mean spirited as Wild Wastes by Randi Darren (about that much sex, maybe more)
-better writing than King of the Monster Girl Harem by Reed James (but way more plot)
this book is somewhere between Celestine Chronicles with more sex and empire building, and The Heartstone Saga with a manlier protagonist and more fleshed out world building.
I would give this book an extra star if the scale went to six.
*Of special note: The audio book is top notch! but only book 1 is out now in audio.
December 13, 2019
Smutty harem component was above average, the plot was predictable, and the litrpg stuff was just along for the ride. It's basically a straightforward "here are some OP powers and some hot elves with emotional damage that will all want you, now have fun." There's never really any sense of urgency or danger, which is too bad.
August 8, 2019
BLUF (bottom line up front): really well written but needs a serious editing to pare it back a bit. The author writes erotica, I get that, and for the first half to 2/3 of the book it had an engaging story, well-rendered characters and clever writing.
It really seemed to me that the story arc ended at about the 2/3 mark, but the remainder of the book was a whole lot of graphic sex scenes. Sure, they are also well-written, for what it's worth, but if I want porn I'll look for porn.
It's a solid 4 that could have been a 5 if the author showed some restraint and stopped writing sexy-times when they no longer added to the story. A good book overall, but you've been warned (in case you needed that).
It really seemed to me that the story arc ended at about the 2/3 mark, but the remainder of the book was a whole lot of graphic sex scenes. Sure, they are also well-written, for what it's worth, but if I want porn I'll look for porn.
It's a solid 4 that could have been a 5 if the author showed some restraint and stopped writing sexy-times when they no longer added to the story. A good book overall, but you've been warned (in case you needed that).
February 22, 2023
This was an amazing start to a series! I truly loved all the characters and the writing style! As great as this book was, which was probably a strong 4/5, the audible version was incredible! I loved the narrators and the variety of voices! The audible took this to a 5/5! I loved this book! Needless to say I own the first three entries in this story! Audio as well!! Be prepared tho, the smut is steamy!
April 17, 2023
Fun and enjoyable read. Oddly, I first saw an ad for this on Facebook. Heh, if FB only knew what was within the pages. An LitRPG story/series with a good plot. Well edited.
Imagine if you were dropped into World of Warcraft, Witcher 3, or any sexually laden fantasy game (ala Carnal Instinct). Level up your skills, fight some monsters, and have sex with humans or demihumans. Good stuff, I'll continue reading this series.
Imagine if you were dropped into World of Warcraft, Witcher 3, or any sexually laden fantasy game (ala Carnal Instinct). Level up your skills, fight some monsters, and have sex with humans or demihumans. Good stuff, I'll continue reading this series.
March 22, 2024
Interesting series,
Interesting fun start to a new series. Looking forward to more books in the series. Although were quite a few editing errors.
Interesting fun start to a new series. Looking forward to more books in the series. Although were quite a few editing errors.
April 17, 2023
This series resonates with me for whatever reason. I like the MC. I like the world. I like the side characters.
March 31, 2024
Herald of Shalia is light on character and plot, with good world-building mixed in. Rounded up to 3 stars.
I will rate this book based on multiple different factors and rate them on a 1-10 scale. For those that don’t want to read the entire review, overall I’d give this book a 5/10. Started out great, then went downhill quickly after about the 60% mark. Potential spoilers below!
Main Characters 3/10
Herald Frost
The main character of this book is a whiplash of personalities. We know nothing about his background, and he lives to serve the side characters and plot.
Whatever they need out of him, he follows with blind subservience. He gets bossed around by everyone around him, and his goody-two shoes attitude clashes when he attempts to flaunt his power.
He seems to know more about this world than the people that live in it, and his constant reference to video games ruin the immersion completely.
He fully contradicts himself multiple times. As an small example, he says he “loves” many different characters while backtracking and saying that love is a strong word and he implies he doesn’t love any of them towards the end. It sure is a strong word, so stop saying it to every character you sleep with, which is plenty.
Grammar 7/10
Overall it was fine. There were a few misused words or misspelled words but it was nothing that took me out of the story. Descriptions were simple and easy to follow. But at times, they felt too simple.
Punctuation 1/10
Atrocious. The lack of commas that were missing in the book could easily be in the triple digits. The further along the story went, the worse it got. There were also multiple cases of missing quotation marks, and the use of exclamation points felt out of place in multiple instances.
Plot 4/10
When the book wasn’t bogged down by the random smut scenes, the plot was fairly easy to follow and completely understandable. Frost wants to help the elves that took him in, and their mistreatment by humans was felt throughout the story.
However, Frost’s main motivation is driven by his lust over every single elf in the village. While it may not be the intention, his constant description of everyone’s looks implies if they were less attractive, he’d be less likely to help.
The major downside to the plot, is the story involving what I thought would be the main antagonist, ends at the 60% mark. Everything afterwards is them just trodding along and doing absolutely nothing to further the plot in any meaningful way. It took me a long time to finish this book after that point, because I was extremely bored.
Setting/Worldbuilding 9/10
The setting of the world itself is nothing of note. Multiple kingdoms and cities are mentioned but besides the village, which has no name, and Blackwater, they are all pretty forgettable.
What drew me into the book, however, is the world-building. The abilities, skill points, and the implementation of all of it was masterfully crafted. Everything was perfectly explained and, for me personally, it was exciting to imagine the many possibilities that were capable with such a system in place.
Dialogue 5/10
For the most part the dialogue was not a bother, but throughout the book there were multiple instances of the characters repeating themselves over and over. How many times do we need to hear how bad of a husband Herald Frost will be, or how bad of a herald he thinks he is?
There were also many cases of characters explaining things in an exposition-like fashion. It can be fine if done correctly. This, however, was not.
Side Characters 6/10
There were many, and while there were a few standouts, plenty of them were also forgettable. Names were dropped late in the book of characters we heard about in the beginning, but weren’t interesting enough to remember.
A few of the characters were even more fleshed out than Herald Frost himself, which made his character even more frustrating. Ena felt the most fleshed out of them all, being the only one to push back against Frost’s advances, while everyone else threw themselves at him. Lysandra is the healer/priestess of the village, and takes on the motherly role of the group while being Frost’s main love interest for most of the story. Her role as the mature-type, in a village of immature whiny elves, was fleshed out well also.
Brynn bogged the book down by a massive degree. She comes out of nowhere to save him, and initially comes across as an aggressive type, which was fine. She even forces the herald to marry her. But then she turns completely submissive, allowing Frost to have his way with everyone else, while giving her nothing in return. She still insists on marrying him, despite saying how bad of a husband he will be many, many times. This made this once, strong female, become completely unlikeable, and the story would’ve been better if she wasn’t included at all.
Genre Specific: 3/10
Smut- While I understand this is the genre, it was way overdone and the instances were way too long. Smut doesn’t bother me whatsoever, but when there’s one scene lasting twenty pages long, it is no longer interesting anymore. It’s also physically impossible for the herald to “finish” multiple times in the span of a few minutes, which takes you out of the story once again.
Litrpg- I explained in the Setting section what I felt about that, so I raised that rating to account for it, and won’t include it here.
Action- There were only a few fight scenes. It gave us a chance to see Herald Frost in action, and it was not very impressive to me. At times the fights were confusing to visualize, and he was able to allocate skill points on the fly, which made them less interesting and engaging. It also created a lack of suspense when the herald can find a way out the situation by essentially gaming the system.
Overall 38/80 or 47.5/100
I enjoyed the beginning of this book enough to give it a go, but after the 60% mark, it became a huge chore to finish it. While I initially planned on reading the rest of the series, the quick downfall of the end of the book gives me zero motivation to continue this story going forward. Maybe I will check out another world by this author. But with this one, I will be leaving it behind. I also believe I used more commas in my review than they did in the entire book.
I will rate this book based on multiple different factors and rate them on a 1-10 scale. For those that don’t want to read the entire review, overall I’d give this book a 5/10. Started out great, then went downhill quickly after about the 60% mark. Potential spoilers below!
Main Characters 3/10
Herald Frost
The main character of this book is a whiplash of personalities. We know nothing about his background, and he lives to serve the side characters and plot.
Whatever they need out of him, he follows with blind subservience. He gets bossed around by everyone around him, and his goody-two shoes attitude clashes when he attempts to flaunt his power.
He seems to know more about this world than the people that live in it, and his constant reference to video games ruin the immersion completely.
He fully contradicts himself multiple times. As an small example, he says he “loves” many different characters while backtracking and saying that love is a strong word and he implies he doesn’t love any of them towards the end. It sure is a strong word, so stop saying it to every character you sleep with, which is plenty.
Grammar 7/10
Overall it was fine. There were a few misused words or misspelled words but it was nothing that took me out of the story. Descriptions were simple and easy to follow. But at times, they felt too simple.
Punctuation 1/10
Atrocious. The lack of commas that were missing in the book could easily be in the triple digits. The further along the story went, the worse it got. There were also multiple cases of missing quotation marks, and the use of exclamation points felt out of place in multiple instances.
Plot 4/10
When the book wasn’t bogged down by the random smut scenes, the plot was fairly easy to follow and completely understandable. Frost wants to help the elves that took him in, and their mistreatment by humans was felt throughout the story.
However, Frost’s main motivation is driven by his lust over every single elf in the village. While it may not be the intention, his constant description of everyone’s looks implies if they were less attractive, he’d be less likely to help.
The major downside to the plot, is the story involving what I thought would be the main antagonist, ends at the 60% mark. Everything afterwards is them just trodding along and doing absolutely nothing to further the plot in any meaningful way. It took me a long time to finish this book after that point, because I was extremely bored.
Setting/Worldbuilding 9/10
The setting of the world itself is nothing of note. Multiple kingdoms and cities are mentioned but besides the village, which has no name, and Blackwater, they are all pretty forgettable.
What drew me into the book, however, is the world-building. The abilities, skill points, and the implementation of all of it was masterfully crafted. Everything was perfectly explained and, for me personally, it was exciting to imagine the many possibilities that were capable with such a system in place.
Dialogue 5/10
For the most part the dialogue was not a bother, but throughout the book there were multiple instances of the characters repeating themselves over and over. How many times do we need to hear how bad of a husband Herald Frost will be, or how bad of a herald he thinks he is?
There were also many cases of characters explaining things in an exposition-like fashion. It can be fine if done correctly. This, however, was not.
Side Characters 6/10
There were many, and while there were a few standouts, plenty of them were also forgettable. Names were dropped late in the book of characters we heard about in the beginning, but weren’t interesting enough to remember.
A few of the characters were even more fleshed out than Herald Frost himself, which made his character even more frustrating. Ena felt the most fleshed out of them all, being the only one to push back against Frost’s advances, while everyone else threw themselves at him. Lysandra is the healer/priestess of the village, and takes on the motherly role of the group while being Frost’s main love interest for most of the story. Her role as the mature-type, in a village of immature whiny elves, was fleshed out well also.
Brynn bogged the book down by a massive degree. She comes out of nowhere to save him, and initially comes across as an aggressive type, which was fine. She even forces the herald to marry her. But then she turns completely submissive, allowing Frost to have his way with everyone else, while giving her nothing in return. She still insists on marrying him, despite saying how bad of a husband he will be many, many times. This made this once, strong female, become completely unlikeable, and the story would’ve been better if she wasn’t included at all.
Genre Specific: 3/10
Smut- While I understand this is the genre, it was way overdone and the instances were way too long. Smut doesn’t bother me whatsoever, but when there’s one scene lasting twenty pages long, it is no longer interesting anymore. It’s also physically impossible for the herald to “finish” multiple times in the span of a few minutes, which takes you out of the story once again.
Litrpg- I explained in the Setting section what I felt about that, so I raised that rating to account for it, and won’t include it here.
Action- There were only a few fight scenes. It gave us a chance to see Herald Frost in action, and it was not very impressive to me. At times the fights were confusing to visualize, and he was able to allocate skill points on the fly, which made them less interesting and engaging. It also created a lack of suspense when the herald can find a way out the situation by essentially gaming the system.
Overall 38/80 or 47.5/100
I enjoyed the beginning of this book enough to give it a go, but after the 60% mark, it became a huge chore to finish it. While I initially planned on reading the rest of the series, the quick downfall of the end of the book gives me zero motivation to continue this story going forward. Maybe I will check out another world by this author. But with this one, I will be leaving it behind. I also believe I used more commas in my review than they did in the entire book.
May 22, 2022
I really enjoyed the world building and litrpg aspects are very interesting to me. It somehow manages to give in-depth descriptions of the way the stats work without giving me a dump of the MC's stat sheet every few pages. I'm hopeful that that depth continues into the later books.
While the sex in this book was of the over-the-top variety, it was still well written and entertaining. The MC is living in a town of 50+ gorgeous elves who all want him in their beds, and yet he still has time to go out and pick up other women. What a stud!
While the sex in this book was of the over-the-top variety, it was still well written and entertaining. The MC is living in a town of 50+ gorgeous elves who all want him in their beds, and yet he still has time to go out and pick up other women. What a stud!
November 11, 2021
I read a comment for a review on something that listed what that particular commenter thought were the best current authors of the harem genre. This author was listed as the best, according to that commenter. My curiosity got the better of me, so I decided to not wait and just jump in. And boy, am I glad I did. I immediately was hooked, even though there were flaws from the start - mainly, the mechanical skill of the writing. It's not very good. Lots of small grammatical mistakes - use more commas! This author is quite stingy with commas. Lots of typos, too. Some of the dialogue interactions between characters feels a bit stilted and awkward at times. But, that aside, the story was intriguing from the start.
I'm not terribly interested in the "LitRPG" aspects of the book - I thought it was kind of dumb in The OP MC, and that only had a couple of aspects of it. Turns out, there's a whole side of the genre that is way more dedicated to it. This gets super intricate with it, explaining everything about how the leveling works, and even has the protagonist min-maxing the best ways to level and whatnot. It's not why I personally come to this type of novel, but I don't mind it, either.
The story is very shameless, with the protagonist being an overpowered character in a fantasy world and a village of elves all becoming infatuated with him. But that's exactly the type of shit you want to read when you specifically seek these books out, so it's good on that front. Most of the language used is rather crass, which is not a problem, but it does get kind of ridiculous. There's one character in particular that goes out of his way to cram as many swears into each sentence as possible, and it just comes off as an edgy teenager being really... well, edgy. It's dumb.
I was unable to sleep last night, and I ended up reading this for hours on end, reading a majority of the book overnight. I was glad I had something that was captivating me so much to pass the time with. I've already jumped straight into the second book - couldn't wait for more.
I'm not terribly interested in the "LitRPG" aspects of the book - I thought it was kind of dumb in The OP MC, and that only had a couple of aspects of it. Turns out, there's a whole side of the genre that is way more dedicated to it. This gets super intricate with it, explaining everything about how the leveling works, and even has the protagonist min-maxing the best ways to level and whatnot. It's not why I personally come to this type of novel, but I don't mind it, either.
The story is very shameless, with the protagonist being an overpowered character in a fantasy world and a village of elves all becoming infatuated with him. But that's exactly the type of shit you want to read when you specifically seek these books out, so it's good on that front. Most of the language used is rather crass, which is not a problem, but it does get kind of ridiculous. There's one character in particular that goes out of his way to cram as many swears into each sentence as possible, and it just comes off as an edgy teenager being really... well, edgy. It's dumb.
I was unable to sleep last night, and I ended up reading this for hours on end, reading a majority of the book overnight. I was glad I had something that was captivating me so much to pass the time with. I've already jumped straight into the second book - couldn't wait for more.
January 2, 2023
DNF at 54%
Sex scenes are the main highlight, the actual plot is respectable but hampered by poor characters including a super OP MC that knows everything and is instantly loved by almost every female character and way too much exposition about the statistics and mechanics of the game world. This was my first experience reading a LitRPG and I'm not sure whether this is a feature of the genre or an issue with this novel specifically. If it's the former, then the genre is clearly not for me.
The cringeworthy dialogue was the final straw, particularly when Brynn was introduced, who upon introduction, ends every sentence directed towards the MC with "sexy", "handsome", "cutie" etc. At that point I was done, especially as there had been a run of like six chapters leading up to it without any sex scenes which were only thing keeping me reading at that point.
Also in dire need of proper editing as prose tends to be clunky and the spelling of characters' names changes on the fly (is it Sir "Malcolm" or "Malcom"?).
Sex scenes are the main highlight, the actual plot is respectable but hampered by poor characters including a super OP MC that knows everything and is instantly loved by almost every female character and way too much exposition about the statistics and mechanics of the game world. This was my first experience reading a LitRPG and I'm not sure whether this is a feature of the genre or an issue with this novel specifically. If it's the former, then the genre is clearly not for me.
The cringeworthy dialogue was the final straw, particularly when Brynn was introduced, who upon introduction, ends every sentence directed towards the MC with "sexy", "handsome", "cutie" etc. At that point I was done, especially as there had been a run of like six chapters leading up to it without any sex scenes which were only thing keeping me reading at that point.
Also in dire need of proper editing as prose tends to be clunky and the spelling of characters' names changes on the fly (is it Sir "Malcolm" or "Malcom"?).
September 16, 2023
This is a hard book to review because on the one hand, I really enjoyed the writing style. There is next to no exposition, except when the author sums up a period of time rather than dwell on details. That level of leanness in prose and requiring everything else to do the heavy lifting is great.
But so much of the book irritated me. The characters especially. Whiny characters. Jealous characters demanding attention every page. It wore on me so much that I stopped reading book 2. Also the erotic components--not only was there so much of it, but it was always an "everyone is involved" thing that got very tedious, especially in book 2. The author is also very repetitive, having characters saying or making the same points over and over.
But so much of the book irritated me. The characters especially. Whiny characters. Jealous characters demanding attention every page. It wore on me so much that I stopped reading book 2. Also the erotic components--not only was there so much of it, but it was always an "everyone is involved" thing that got very tedious, especially in book 2. The author is also very repetitive, having characters saying or making the same points over and over.
May 26, 2021
Surprisingly good, I checked this one out after reading the summary of book 3 by mistake and while a bit slow to start I very much enjoyed it and am planning to start on book 2 tonight.
While a touch too sexual at times it has some very good comedy that made me laugh in the character exchanges and when it starts into the world building and plot it really caught my eye and I managed to finish this in 2 days and the only reason it wasn’t 1 was due to the shortness of the first day.
I listened to the audiobook on audible and I really recommend it with some of the voices characters get, especially the Baron of Blackwater
While a touch too sexual at times it has some very good comedy that made me laugh in the character exchanges and when it starts into the world building and plot it really caught my eye and I managed to finish this in 2 days and the only reason it wasn’t 1 was due to the shortness of the first day.
I listened to the audiobook on audible and I really recommend it with some of the voices characters get, especially the Baron of Blackwater
December 20, 2020
All most 4 stars, really close 3.75 for sure. I did enjoy it but it is not for everyone and has adult content...
June 13, 2021
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The were some very explicit (group) sex scenes. And a little plot thrown inbetween.
May 8, 2022
An action adventure fantasy novel series, with an extra big serving of the sexual fantasies and frustrations of the author. Yes!, there are a lot of sexual liaisons, it's like a porn fiesta. Frost the main character is an over-powered (OP) teletransported human brought to this world by the Goddess Shaila (The Elf Goddess of Love).
This story turns out to be a geeks-nerds-rpgs- wet-dream depraved orgy sex fantasy. Frost wakes up in a small village of just beautiful women elves that pray to the Goddess of Love Shaila. Because the elves are all women, they fight and argue amongst themselves to become lovers with Frost.
This novel series has a lot of information about professions (Jobs), skills, and abilities. Because Frost is super over powered (OP), Frost just needs to change his job, or add points to the abilities of his choice to become an expert.
It's kind of depressing to realize that author believes that humanity is bad-greedy-untrustworthy-etc. not only on Earth, but in a alternative reality world created just for this story. How bad can the imagination of the author be, that author makes a new fantasy world, as bad or even worse than the world we live in today?
After finishing the first book, I feel tired from all the sex, Herald Frost is having. A small village full of sexy elves, was not enough to quench the sexual desire of the author or the main character Frost, that he had to invite 3 former beast-folk (Cat, Bunny, Dog) prostitutes and a Spider Tailor to improve his Harem-Village porn fantasy. There is so much sex going on in this first volume that it kind of reminded me of those pervy and depraved doctors that impregnate thousands of women. There is a point that author creates a female estrus for all the elven women (like if they were animals in heat). Reading and watching other people have sex (a lot of sex) gets uncomfortable pretty quick. I still believe that this story without all of the lewdness would still have the potential to be a interesting fantasy novel read. The emotional intelligence of the author and main character are almost completely gone. Frost eats, sleeps and has sex and then more sex. With all the sex going on, no wonder the levels and abilities and the infrastructure of the elven village are so low and as a reader, I'm beginning to understand why the humans, condemn morally Frost as an Elf-f*cker, dog-cat-rabbit-f*cker if all he ever does, is quench his animal instincts.
This story turns out to be a geeks-nerds-rpgs- wet-dream depraved orgy sex fantasy. Frost wakes up in a small village of just beautiful women elves that pray to the Goddess of Love Shaila. Because the elves are all women, they fight and argue amongst themselves to become lovers with Frost.
This novel series has a lot of information about professions (Jobs), skills, and abilities. Because Frost is super over powered (OP), Frost just needs to change his job, or add points to the abilities of his choice to become an expert.
It's kind of depressing to realize that author believes that humanity is bad-greedy-untrustworthy-etc. not only on Earth, but in a alternative reality world created just for this story. How bad can the imagination of the author be, that author makes a new fantasy world, as bad or even worse than the world we live in today?
After finishing the first book, I feel tired from all the sex, Herald Frost is having. A small village full of sexy elves, was not enough to quench the sexual desire of the author or the main character Frost, that he had to invite 3 former beast-folk (Cat, Bunny, Dog) prostitutes and a Spider Tailor to improve his Harem-Village porn fantasy. There is so much sex going on in this first volume that it kind of reminded me of those pervy and depraved doctors that impregnate thousands of women. There is a point that author creates a female estrus for all the elven women (like if they were animals in heat). Reading and watching other people have sex (a lot of sex) gets uncomfortable pretty quick. I still believe that this story without all of the lewdness would still have the potential to be a interesting fantasy novel read. The emotional intelligence of the author and main character are almost completely gone. Frost eats, sleeps and has sex and then more sex. With all the sex going on, no wonder the levels and abilities and the infrastructure of the elven village are so low and as a reader, I'm beginning to understand why the humans, condemn morally Frost as an Elf-f*cker, dog-cat-rabbit-f*cker if all he ever does, is quench his animal instincts.
January 28, 2024
Simply one of the best Harem Gamelit books available. Its a shame that Amazon is pulling shenanigans with the latest one, as I REALLY want to finish the authors story.
The first book obviously will "drag" some, as the world and many characters have to be completely built up from scratch, but it does an admirable job of doing so without losing your interest with too much lore-dumping and such.
The first book also takes it a bit easy on the action/suspense, so for those in fear that the totally OP MC (compared to MOST people/monsters in the world) will never have to face any actual challanges, that will not be the case (even in this first book, there are some dicey scenes, nothing TOO nerve-wracking, but the MC certainly doesnt just go around lazer-eyeing everything/one against him without any troubles).
The humor is also one of the best parts of this series. Again, being the first book, its somewhat muted since we have little context for the characters, countries, beliefs, social aspects, etc, for truly hilarious scenarios, lines and such to be had. But DEFINITELY starting in the second book, the authors really start flexing their comedic muscles (MINOR SPOILERS:
So if you have any interest in harem (or can deal with it), I would HIGHLY recommend giving this series a try. Its fun, funny, has a BUNCH of wholesome romances (together with spicyness thats NO joke) and is pretty much one of the best examples in the genre.
The first book obviously will "drag" some, as the world and many characters have to be completely built up from scratch, but it does an admirable job of doing so without losing your interest with too much lore-dumping and such.
The first book also takes it a bit easy on the action/suspense, so for those in fear that the totally OP MC (compared to MOST people/monsters in the world) will never have to face any actual challanges, that will not be the case (even in this first book, there are some dicey scenes, nothing TOO nerve-wracking, but the MC certainly doesnt just go around lazer-eyeing everything/one against him without any troubles).
The humor is also one of the best parts of this series. Again, being the first book, its somewhat muted since we have little context for the characters, countries, beliefs, social aspects, etc, for truly hilarious scenarios, lines and such to be had. But DEFINITELY starting in the second book, the authors really start flexing their comedic muscles (MINOR SPOILERS:
So if you have any interest in harem (or can deal with it), I would HIGHLY recommend giving this series a try. Its fun, funny, has a BUNCH of wholesome romances (together with spicyness thats NO joke) and is pretty much one of the best examples in the genre.
November 7, 2020
Surprisingly good and different, don't know about the rpg element
These kind of books are my Guilty pleasure.
Things that I remember liking about the book:
Rape isn't used as a threat against people the MC is protecting or against other characters, I think it's good thing when writers can threaten the MC with villains that don't act with their weiner.
I've yet to read book, where different humanoid species are found disgusting by humans, instead of worshiping elven beauty. It was interesting how all non-humans were viewed with same xenophobia by humans, instead of just some having free-pass to equal treatment and how it was used against MC, but I think it could've been deeper than humans not wanting an sheep-ducker in their establishment and name-calling.
I also enjoyed how the writer forces the MC and other humans out of the elf village (humans had camp near the village), by making the elves go bat-shit hormonal once a year, thus giving solid reason for MC to explore the city closest to them, opening more how he is viewed by other humans and how non-humans are treated.
I'm not sure if I liked the rpg elements in the book, so I didn't want to give 5 stars, but I still liked that there wasn't heavy numbered system being spammed or MC just leveling past normal human limit.
Sure, he is straight up near legendary level in the world. He even mentions, that acer Al the killing he's done, his exp is only a quarter full. But starting herald of Goddess makes it OK in my view, compared to the stereotypical "how did he level up so fast, never seen like that omg take me" I easily imagine other gamelit books using.
These kind of books are my Guilty pleasure.
Things that I remember liking about the book:
Rape isn't used as a threat against people the MC is protecting or against other characters, I think it's good thing when writers can threaten the MC with villains that don't act with their weiner.
I've yet to read book, where different humanoid species are found disgusting by humans, instead of worshiping elven beauty. It was interesting how all non-humans were viewed with same xenophobia by humans, instead of just some having free-pass to equal treatment and how it was used against MC, but I think it could've been deeper than humans not wanting an sheep-ducker in their establishment and name-calling.
I also enjoyed how the writer forces the MC and other humans out of the elf village (humans had camp near the village), by making the elves go bat-shit hormonal once a year, thus giving solid reason for MC to explore the city closest to them, opening more how he is viewed by other humans and how non-humans are treated.
I'm not sure if I liked the rpg elements in the book, so I didn't want to give 5 stars, but I still liked that there wasn't heavy numbered system being spammed or MC just leveling past normal human limit.
Sure, he is straight up near legendary level in the world. He even mentions, that acer Al the killing he's done, his exp is only a quarter full. But starting herald of Goddess makes it OK in my view, compared to the stereotypical "how did he level up so fast, never seen like that omg take me" I easily imagine other gamelit books using.
August 19, 2023
This is a hard review to write, because the first book is quite good, the next three books are acceptable, and then the fifth book runs off a cliff.
Book one - that is, this book - is a ton of fun. It's a great blend of humour, sex, fantasy, and an interesting world. It grabs you quickly, and runs along nicely.
If there are weak points here it's probably weak characterization and character development, a plot that moves a little slowly, and too many sex scenes. But it's still good, and I had to give it 4 stars.
Book two, book three, and book four are…fine. But they make very little meaningful progression, and some of the quirks of this book start to become increasingly tedious.
The setting is still cool, the fundamental concept is great, but…there's just so many repetitive sex scenes, and for some reason the author seems to both desire plenty of conflict, but have no ideas for creating it other than having everyone fight for more of the main characters time. Meanwhile the plot is just…stalled. Books two through four almost feel like fanfics written about book one than actual sequels. Although book four had some flashes of brilliance, mostly revolving around the side characters . I think I'd rather be reading a series about them at this point.
And then we get to book five which just…runs off a cliff. There are a few issues here:
It's an okay book, but in a way it feels worse than it otherwise would, because it came after book 4 which seemed to promise so much more.
If book 6 ever drops, it needs to be good to make up for this. Otherwise my head cannon is going to be that the series is 4 books long, and after the end of book 4 since that's what I think was needed to fully wrap up the plot of the first four books.
Book one - that is, this book - is a ton of fun. It's a great blend of humour, sex, fantasy, and an interesting world. It grabs you quickly, and runs along nicely.
If there are weak points here it's probably weak characterization and character development, a plot that moves a little slowly, and too many sex scenes. But it's still good, and I had to give it 4 stars.
Book two, book three, and book four are…fine. But they make very little meaningful progression, and some of the quirks of this book start to become increasingly tedious.
The setting is still cool, the fundamental concept is great, but…there's just so many repetitive sex scenes, and for some reason the author seems to both desire plenty of conflict, but have no ideas for creating it other than having everyone fight for more of the main characters time. Meanwhile the plot is just…stalled. Books two through four almost feel like fanfics written about book one than actual sequels. Although book four had some flashes of brilliance, mostly revolving around the side characters . I think I'd rather be reading a series about them at this point.
And then we get to book five which just…runs off a cliff. There are a few issues here:
It's an okay book, but in a way it feels worse than it otherwise would, because it came after book 4 which seemed to promise so much more.
If book 6 ever drops, it needs to be good to make up for this. Otherwise my head cannon is going to be that the series is 4 books long, and after the end of book 4 since that's what I think was needed to fully wrap up the plot of the first four books.
March 20, 2024
Not for.me
The MC is moved from earth to a world as Herald for a group of Elf women . This main character refuses to be the Herald as the Goddess has asked him but,I when he wakes up one of the elf women scorns him and acusses him of being a terrible human ,the communication between everybody is terrible . The first chapters In any story are what grabs the reader and this one provided more aggravation than interest . The first elf woman was way too negative in accepting the human and the MC was about as clueless as I have ever seen and far from being a great hope for anything . There was nothing In his character that spoke of future greatness .In fact my vibe was that since he thought he was a bad person after looking at his lackluster performance in being accepted in a new world I agreed with his assesment of himself. I just stopped reading it and came.to the end to review . The MC probably got laid by all the elf women I. The village and became a hero ,great sex was had by I all but the beginner does not lend itself to greatness . The priestess asked the MC if he wanted to lay with her and he didn't . I figure the rest of the story swill be then same
The MC is moved from earth to a world as Herald for a group of Elf women . This main character refuses to be the Herald as the Goddess has asked him but,I when he wakes up one of the elf women scorns him and acusses him of being a terrible human ,the communication between everybody is terrible . The first chapters In any story are what grabs the reader and this one provided more aggravation than interest . The first elf woman was way too negative in accepting the human and the MC was about as clueless as I have ever seen and far from being a great hope for anything . There was nothing In his character that spoke of future greatness .In fact my vibe was that since he thought he was a bad person after looking at his lackluster performance in being accepted in a new world I agreed with his assesment of himself. I just stopped reading it and came.to the end to review . The MC probably got laid by all the elf women I. The village and became a hero ,great sex was had by I all but the beginner does not lend itself to greatness . The priestess asked the MC if he wanted to lay with her and he didn't . I figure the rest of the story swill be then same
February 5, 2021
A fun, sensual read
I enjoyed it and look forward to reading the sequels. This was a good book. It was really fun to read. The elves are so over the top and I love it! I hope Ena warms up to Frost more and for Frost, I really wish he’d see himself in a better light. He’s a better man than what he thinks. Maybe not a great husband as he say but everything else, he’s pretty straight. I hope he becomes more satisfied with himself as the series progresses.
The sensual scenes are good too. It’s every man’s dream to share a bed with an elf (or 2). You can’t really go wrong with magic girls (or women in this case). The world building’s pretty good so far. The way the towns are described are interesting. I get the sense that it’s mostly desolate. The temple seems more like a clubhouse (among other things). I also thought the action scenes were well done. Reading about Frost’s abilities were pretty cool. The diplomatic discussions they had were interesting too. You could really feel the tension.
If you like fantasy, harems and elves. You’ll definitely enjoy this. With that being said jump in and check out a new world.
I enjoyed it and look forward to reading the sequels. This was a good book. It was really fun to read. The elves are so over the top and I love it! I hope Ena warms up to Frost more and for Frost, I really wish he’d see himself in a better light. He’s a better man than what he thinks. Maybe not a great husband as he say but everything else, he’s pretty straight. I hope he becomes more satisfied with himself as the series progresses.
The sensual scenes are good too. It’s every man’s dream to share a bed with an elf (or 2). You can’t really go wrong with magic girls (or women in this case). The world building’s pretty good so far. The way the towns are described are interesting. I get the sense that it’s mostly desolate. The temple seems more like a clubhouse (among other things). I also thought the action scenes were well done. Reading about Frost’s abilities were pretty cool. The diplomatic discussions they had were interesting too. You could really feel the tension.
If you like fantasy, harems and elves. You’ll definitely enjoy this. With that being said jump in and check out a new world.
January 31, 2023
magnificently superb!
My first time reading these authors and boy let me tell you I am so pleased! The book started off kind of slow but it took off pretty quickly. If you like RPG games and or isekai animes or light novels this series will be right up your alley. Frost is living the dream I tell ya! I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. At first commander grey had me in stitches, I was laughing so hard, then it just kept getting better with the fight scenes and then the best character of them all baron slade. Oh my swirls 🤣😂 this man had literal tears coming out of my eyes. Also when frost visited um… “lady gardenia” that was also supremely hilarious. Tamer has definitely made me a fan. I will engulf all of their works. Jump in on this one lads, so far it’s a masterpiece!
My first time reading these authors and boy let me tell you I am so pleased! The book started off kind of slow but it took off pretty quickly. If you like RPG games and or isekai animes or light novels this series will be right up your alley. Frost is living the dream I tell ya! I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. At first commander grey had me in stitches, I was laughing so hard, then it just kept getting better with the fight scenes and then the best character of them all baron slade. Oh my swirls 🤣😂 this man had literal tears coming out of my eyes. Also when frost visited um… “lady gardenia” that was also supremely hilarious. Tamer has definitely made me a fan. I will engulf all of their works. Jump in on this one lads, so far it’s a masterpiece!
August 19, 2025
The Herald of Shalia — or How to Lose Brain Cells in 300 Pages
How in the holy F@$% does this book have 4+ stars from 1,800 people? Did we read the same thing? Because if I had to endure “Hey Handsome” one more time, I was ready to yeet my Kindle into low orbit.
The writing feels like a parody of bad romance. Every character is flatter than cardboard, the plot is basically “hot guy exists,” and the dialogue… my god, the dialogue. It reads like it was written by a 14-year-old boy who just discovered pornography and thought he should share his fantasies with the world.
And let’s not even talk about pacing. Nothing happens, and when something does happen, it’s repeated three different ways, just in case you didn’t get it the first time. Spoiler: I got it. I got it too much.
If I could give negative stars, this would be in black hole territory.
How in the holy F@$% does this book have 4+ stars from 1,800 people? Did we read the same thing? Because if I had to endure “Hey Handsome” one more time, I was ready to yeet my Kindle into low orbit.
The writing feels like a parody of bad romance. Every character is flatter than cardboard, the plot is basically “hot guy exists,” and the dialogue… my god, the dialogue. It reads like it was written by a 14-year-old boy who just discovered pornography and thought he should share his fantasies with the world.
And let’s not even talk about pacing. Nothing happens, and when something does happen, it’s repeated three different ways, just in case you didn’t get it the first time. Spoiler: I got it. I got it too much.
If I could give negative stars, this would be in black hole territory.
June 25, 2023
More like 2.5
It is like a half assed Daniel Black Series by E. William Brown with a painfully cringey happy undertone which makes extreme light of anything bad the happens. Could be great if the main character was actually selfish or was an asshole and if any of the characters had some actual depth to them. MC is among those with little depth of all things. Character with most depth seems like is Lysandra as she has some beliefs, moods, opinions, a job/occupation/class outside of a passing remark that she is such and such with no damn follow up like everyone else has. Some characters just come right the heck out of nowhere and have fuck all outside of I am this 'some title' and I wanna do this aaaaand thats it.... The are X and wanna do Y with little to nothing shown outside of that
It is like a half assed Daniel Black Series by E. William Brown with a painfully cringey happy undertone which makes extreme light of anything bad the happens. Could be great if the main character was actually selfish or was an asshole and if any of the characters had some actual depth to them. MC is among those with little depth of all things. Character with most depth seems like is Lysandra as she has some beliefs, moods, opinions, a job/occupation/class outside of a passing remark that she is such and such with no damn follow up like everyone else has. Some characters just come right the heck out of nowhere and have fuck all outside of I am this 'some title' and I wanna do this aaaaand thats it.... The are X and wanna do Y with little to nothing shown outside of that
August 12, 2020
Seriously entertaining book, loved the main character had the attitude, "look, you can pick me, but I'm not the hero you think I am." Then of course throughout the story he proves, over and over, that's true technically - the guy is a hero, just not the normal type. He cares about his village. Helps them out. Saves the princess.
Frost also (love that he goes by his surname, I know a few guys like that IRL) has a tendency to be a womanizer at best, a slut at worst - which makes reading the story all the more entertaining. Equal parts adventure, romance and raunchy, if you like fantasy, give this book a whirl. It's epic.
Frost also (love that he goes by his surname, I know a few guys like that IRL) has a tendency to be a womanizer at best, a slut at worst - which makes reading the story all the more entertaining. Equal parts adventure, romance and raunchy, if you like fantasy, give this book a whirl. It's epic.
October 8, 2021
review for book 1-3
A pretty fun series so far, the world is interesting, the magic system is also fun and decently fleshed out but the real focus of this story is our mc having sexual relationships with any female of any species he can get his hands on. Its a bit heavy on the sex side for my taste, you would expect maybe a 90/10, 80/20 or even 70/30 split between story and sex scenes. I feel like Herald of Shalia's split is more like 40/60ish so you're basically reading porn 60% of the time, so if you're looking for a fantasy novel that's really light on actual plot this is it, for more actual world building look elsewhere. Its still decent tho.
A pretty fun series so far, the world is interesting, the magic system is also fun and decently fleshed out but the real focus of this story is our mc having sexual relationships with any female of any species he can get his hands on. Its a bit heavy on the sex side for my taste, you would expect maybe a 90/10, 80/20 or even 70/30 split between story and sex scenes. I feel like Herald of Shalia's split is more like 40/60ish so you're basically reading porn 60% of the time, so if you're looking for a fantasy novel that's really light on actual plot this is it, for more actual world building look elsewhere. Its still decent tho.
August 31, 2022
An alright story, i liked the concept of all the demihumans being seen by humans as the same as animals. That's an interesting dynamic i haven't seen a whole lot in fantasy. Although it's kinda really hard see the point of view that sleeping with a gorgeous elf is equatable to having sex with a goat.
Also, it might just be me, but i feel like i could tell that the Frost character was written by a woman. Like in a few situations, he might have acted or thought in a way that a man might not have. Of course there's lots of the reverse, male authors writing inaccurate female characters, but i'm hardly going to notice those.
+1 star for anal.
Also, it might just be me, but i feel like i could tell that the Frost character was written by a woman. Like in a few situations, he might have acted or thought in a way that a man might not have. Of course there's lots of the reverse, male authors writing inaccurate female characters, but i'm hardly going to notice those.
+1 star for anal.
April 13, 2023
Man gets send to a fantasy world as herald of a goddess. her follower are all elves and elves are seen as not much more then wild dogs in that world.
he falls in love with them beside all conventions, has to handle a treacherouse prince, level up and find his bride.
I enjoyed the "gaming system" and the MCs tries to find out how it works. The story is more or less straigth but the characters and the banter between them is fun.
Nevertheless this story definitely falls more into "erotica" but still has a litRPG story.
The end is not so good as it misses story and goes for nonstop fucking.
he falls in love with them beside all conventions, has to handle a treacherouse prince, level up and find his bride.
I enjoyed the "gaming system" and the MCs tries to find out how it works. The story is more or less straigth but the characters and the banter between them is fun.
Nevertheless this story definitely falls more into "erotica" but still has a litRPG story.
The end is not so good as it misses story and goes for nonstop fucking.
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