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From the age of nine, Juniper Smith began filling notebooks with his worlds, at first places of fantastical imagination, but later with each as an expression of some theme or idea that momentarily grabbed his interest. Over the course of eight years, he shared these worlds with his friends through twice-weekly sessions of tabletop gaming. Now at the age of seventeen, he finds himself in Aerb, a world that appears to be an amalgam of those many notebooks, stuck trying to find the answers to why he's there and what this world is trying to say. The most terrifying answer might be that this world is an expression of the person he was back on Earth.

Contents:
15. Whys and Wherefores (2017-08-07)
16. Kindly Bones (2017-08-09)
17. Voting Blocs (2017-08-14)
18. Communal (2017-08-14)
19. Montage! (2017-08-14)
20. Desert Course (2017-08-17)
21. Cliff Racer (2017-08-19)
22. Rolling Need (2017-08-19)
23. Siege (2017-08-22)
24. Like a Glove (2017-08-25)
25. Rocket Man (2017-08-25)
26. Superman (2017-08-28)
27. Fears (2017-08-28)
28. The Impish Inn (2017-08-31)
29. Greychapel (2017-09-03)
30. Plot Relevant (2017-09-10)
31. The Loyal Elf (2017-09-10)
32. Be Still My Heart (2017-09-10)
33. Tenth (2017-09-10)

180 pages, ebook

Published January 1, 2017

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cthulhuraejepsen is a pseudonym of Ben Friesen. Ben is a writer and stay-at-home dad located in Duluth, MN with his wife, their son, and cat. Alexander Wales is another pseudonym of the same author.

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Author 2 books328 followers
August 16, 2020
Ролевите игри са доста популярни - и нямам предвид само тия в спалнята. Даже не и компютърните, а настолните - Dungeons&Dragons и всички останали мега разнообразни. На мен не са ми любими, но съм играл няколко пъти. Не е зле, забавно е.

Това, което дори не съм подозирал е колко се вживяват в тях някои хора и колко голяма част от живота и приятелствата им са свързани с тия игри, колко голяма часто от размишленията и личната им философия са резултат от игрите.

Серията Worth the Candle те пуска направо в дълбокото на ролевите игри, през погледа на един младеж, който ненадейно се озовава в реален свят, базиран на измислените от него през годините светове за ролевите игри, които са играли с приятелите му.

Книгата е не само доста дълга (към 3 хил страници), ами и е далеч от приключване и авторът продължава да я дописва в интернет с по една глава на всеки няколко дни.

Освен това, книгата е и може би най-видният представител на стила "Rational fiction", при който авторът обяснява подробно и логично защо и как се случват нещата в книгата, а героите като цяло вземат обмислени, рационални решения, от които не ти се иска да се плеснеш по челото. Което доста кефи.

Въпросният младеж има доста тежък емоционален багаж и постепенно го разопакова с напредване на действието, което може би е (за мен) скучната част от книгата, безкрайните диалози между героите, изясняващи отношенията помежду им. Даже има една част (между 50-65% от книгата) дето практически нищо не се случва, освен приказки, което почти ме накара да я оставя с досада. За радост, после екшънът става по-съществен и действието се забързва.

Това ревю е същото за всички (за сега 8) части от книгата.
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109 reviews4 followers
June 17, 2020
While I understand why the author separates them, it's hard for me to do likewise as book two continues along the same amazing trajectory. The companions start to get a little more fleshed out as Joon's adventure stops being a solo mission here. The first glimmers of Aerb's impressive world building are revealed here, and it's barely a taste of what's to come.

The first book is mainly a survival story, where it's cast are constantly in mortal peril hoping from fire to flame. In the second the quest's start to feel like real missions with specific goals in sight. We get our first villain of the series, though that's likely my least favorite element of the Barren Jewel arc. There is no dip in terms of quality & the only thing preventing it from being better than the first is the unrepeatable sense of discovery that was tangible through the Risen Lands arc.
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453 reviews6 followers
May 15, 2024
Another strong entry, with plenty of Loyalty increases, level ups, more quests and the resolution of last books’ cliffhanger leading into yet another troublesome situation for our (now quartet) group of heroes.

Getting a more significant view into the different magic systems was a blast, though I did feel that the final encounter with the big bad of the volume was too swiftly resolved (even if that fight against the revision mage did manage to feel epic for a moment).

Finally, gotta say Fenn is quickly becoming my favorite character so delving into her backstory and some 1-on-1 time with our MC was very welcome.

Onwards to Book 3!
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Author 480 books5 followers
March 3, 2024
Fun, but further away from my tastes than book 1. Pretty darn well written though.
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