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A (Not So) Simple Fetch Quest #1
Monsters
Oh great hero! The evil Demon Lord has once again arisen to terrorise our lands, and we have summoned you to save our people!
No, we don't want you to fight the demon lord! Of course not; we're the good guys! What sort of good guys kidnap people from other worlds and force them to take part in wars that have nothing to do with them? That would just be plain evil! We'd be no better than the demons!
Katie, after her summoning by an excessively loud mage suddenly takes an unexpected twist, is sent off on a simple fetch quest, with a promise that she'll be back home in five minutes at most. She doesn't even need to leave the building. Alas, when a goddess' blessing causes her wish for an actual adventure to be taken rather more literally than she expected, she finds herself lost in a dark cave, far away from the sword she was supposed to acquire and far too close to a population of giant bugs. Still, at least she wished her life wasn't in any danger. Among other things.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
This is a dark litRPG adventure, both in terms of Katie accidentally wishing all the lights out, and also in that she loses as often as she wins, often with horrific and disturbing consequences. Luckily, Katie isn’t the sort of person to let a mere grizzly death or two get her down, and is prepared to try, try and try again to get her hands on the holy sword and finally complete her ‘simple’ fetch quest. Or perhaps, with a few resistance skills under her nightie, she might even come to enjoy losing. Not that she’d ever consider forgoing revenge, even if she did.
This book is part 1 of 3.
No, we don't want you to fight the demon lord! Of course not; we're the good guys! What sort of good guys kidnap people from other worlds and force them to take part in wars that have nothing to do with them? That would just be plain evil! We'd be no better than the demons!
Katie, after her summoning by an excessively loud mage suddenly takes an unexpected twist, is sent off on a simple fetch quest, with a promise that she'll be back home in five minutes at most. She doesn't even need to leave the building. Alas, when a goddess' blessing causes her wish for an actual adventure to be taken rather more literally than she expected, she finds herself lost in a dark cave, far away from the sword she was supposed to acquire and far too close to a population of giant bugs. Still, at least she wished her life wasn't in any danger. Among other things.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
This is a dark litRPG adventure, both in terms of Katie accidentally wishing all the lights out, and also in that she loses as often as she wins, often with horrific and disturbing consequences. Luckily, Katie isn’t the sort of person to let a mere grizzly death or two get her down, and is prepared to try, try and try again to get her hands on the holy sword and finally complete her ‘simple’ fetch quest. Or perhaps, with a few resistance skills under her nightie, she might even come to enjoy losing. Not that she’d ever consider forgoing revenge, even if she did.
This book is part 1 of 3.
- GenresFantasy
391 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 29, 2021
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July 31, 2024
How has no one mentioned this is a thinly veiled fetish novel?
I dropped it initially despite a promising start after a series of bizarre events was painted with a new light. The seemingly insane actions of the main character, usually torturing herself or willing letting monsters kill her to grind skills, unlocked perverse class choices based around her masochistic actions. I was naive to think this was just a dark fantasy and in hindsight it made me realize the situations were suspect too, including bondage from a spider described as being sentient enough to be sadistic and enjoy her suffering and tentacle-like roots from a tree that drugs her. I kept reading for a bit since the character claimed that she wasn't perverted about it but by the time she was once again bound and being forcefully impregnated by a giant centipede... it was glaringly obvious these were fetishes of the author. I'm not a prude by any means but have no interest in this at all.
I decided to try it again and thought maybe I was being ridiculous since I've never once seen people mention it's fetish nature and it did get better for a time but at this point where she's being mind controlled by a slave collar and quite literally on the brink of being raped there is just no possibility this isn't a fetish novel even if there is no mention of it. The single line in the description "Or perhaps, with a few resistance skills under her nightie, she might even come to enjoy losing." seem really telling in hindsight.
To try and be fair and rate the rest of the book overall the writing is on the weaker side but has a solid concept despite the entire thing just being a subversion of the trope based on the overly obvious series name. In particular the main characters reactions are completely unrealistic, which again in hindsight makes sense from the perspective of it being an unrealistic character just to enact fetish scenes. At least the author has the mind to have the character remark on the bizarre nature of her actions and feelings.
My favorite part was the world building, with a subterranean dungeon with a variety of flora and fauna unique to it, even if it's mostly just big bugs. That's really the only positive thing I can say about it since the system isn't well fleshed out, which at least has a lore reason behind, and the only character interactions in the ~60% of the book I read were not great. Barring the perverse nature of the novel I would probably give it a 2.5/5 and read the other 2.
If this was marketed as a fetish novel I would be more forgiving but also would have no interest but at least it could find it's audience.
I dropped it initially despite a promising start after a series of bizarre events was painted with a new light. The seemingly insane actions of the main character, usually torturing herself or willing letting monsters kill her to grind skills, unlocked perverse class choices based around her masochistic actions. I was naive to think this was just a dark fantasy and in hindsight it made me realize the situations were suspect too, including bondage from a spider described as being sentient enough to be sadistic and enjoy her suffering and tentacle-like roots from a tree that drugs her. I kept reading for a bit since the character claimed that she wasn't perverted about it but by the time she was once again bound and being forcefully impregnated by a giant centipede... it was glaringly obvious these were fetishes of the author. I'm not a prude by any means but have no interest in this at all.
I decided to try it again and thought maybe I was being ridiculous since I've never once seen people mention it's fetish nature and it did get better for a time but at this point where she's being mind controlled by a slave collar and quite literally on the brink of being raped there is just no possibility this isn't a fetish novel even if there is no mention of it. The single line in the description "Or perhaps, with a few resistance skills under her nightie, she might even come to enjoy losing." seem really telling in hindsight.
To try and be fair and rate the rest of the book overall the writing is on the weaker side but has a solid concept despite the entire thing just being a subversion of the trope based on the overly obvious series name. In particular the main characters reactions are completely unrealistic, which again in hindsight makes sense from the perspective of it being an unrealistic character just to enact fetish scenes. At least the author has the mind to have the character remark on the bizarre nature of her actions and feelings.
My favorite part was the world building, with a subterranean dungeon with a variety of flora and fauna unique to it, even if it's mostly just big bugs. That's really the only positive thing I can say about it since the system isn't well fleshed out, which at least has a lore reason behind, and the only character interactions in the ~60% of the book I read were not great. Barring the perverse nature of the novel I would probably give it a 2.5/5 and read the other 2.
If this was marketed as a fetish novel I would be more forgiving but also would have no interest but at least it could find it's audience.
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November 22, 2021
Too much telling.
June 9, 2023
I hope this is entertaining. i also hope it isn't a "adventure party" type story, with bantering while fighting.
The author has some other interesting books (based on the blurbs), and I'm using this book as a "test taster" to see if I will read the other stories.
I'm about twenty chapters in
Nothing what I read so far makes me want to continue the series. I will finish this for finishing it sake (it's not badly written, just bland), and drop the series.
I will give that dungeon book by the author a try, if nothing gets worse by the end of this book, but if it starts with inane bull like this book, I will not finish it.
The book is done. I would have enjoyed this more if it wasn't some fake adventure with multiple lives. Yes, they (protag) adapted to survive what she was dropped in, but it isn't interesting. It's like some of those old fantasy books where the protagonist goes on an adventure because they are bored, and then goes back home when they are done.
The writing is good, so I will give it three stars, but won't read the sequels.
2.5/5 Stars
The author has some other interesting books (based on the blurbs), and I'm using this book as a "test taster" to see if I will read the other stories.
I'm about twenty chapters in
Nothing what I read so far makes me want to continue the series. I will finish this for finishing it sake (it's not badly written, just bland), and drop the series.
I will give that dungeon book by the author a try, if nothing gets worse by the end of this book, but if it starts with inane bull like this book, I will not finish it.
The book is done. I would have enjoyed this more if it wasn't some fake adventure with multiple lives. Yes, they (protag) adapted to survive what she was dropped in, but it isn't interesting. It's like some of those old fantasy books where the protagonist goes on an adventure because they are bored, and then goes back home when they are done.
The writing is good, so I will give it three stars, but won't read the sequels.
2.5/5 Stars
October 25, 2021
Once again Cath makes something incredible with the genre, I really love how she writes, hope for more things to come. THANK YOU!
January 23, 2024
Enjoy the writing, but not my speed in terms of world type. Still fun and worth the time.
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