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Backyard Dungeon
When I got the call that my estranged grandfather had passed away and left me his trailer and a plot of land, I was just excited to own a little property and save some money by not having to pay rent.
Then I found a strange cave in my backyard. It wasn’t a sinkhole, or a bunker, or a mineshaft…
It was a dungeon. Full of crazy caverns, unbelievable monsters, and sexy, fantastical women in distress.
Oh, and loot. Lots and lots of loot that was just ripe for the taking.
So, what am I going to do with it all?
And how do I keep everyone else from finding out about it?
Then I found a strange cave in my backyard. It wasn’t a sinkhole, or a bunker, or a mineshaft…
It was a dungeon. Full of crazy caverns, unbelievable monsters, and sexy, fantastical women in distress.
Oh, and loot. Lots and lots of loot that was just ripe for the taking.
So, what am I going to do with it all?
And how do I keep everyone else from finding out about it?
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First published December 13, 2021
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June 24, 2022
I made it 37% through the book, according to kindle, and then I sought out other reviews to see if I was the only one extremely uncomfortable by this book.
White midwestern man saves busty virgin dark elf priest from dimwitted, fragile Nictors.
You can't say that sentence out loud without the frantic need to explain yourself. I just came off reading a book that is similarly adventure fantasy, except the characters are well-written, and thoughtful. This book, by comparison or even on it's own, seems filled with shallow characters. Even the main character's identity seems imbedded in a savior complex. Other characters introduced only seem to serve the purpose of getting the hero what he needs in the moment, without personalities or agendas of their own. The main character, Eddie, has most of his interactions with this dark elf he saved, who he describes as both innocent, and 130+ years old. She spent her life only knowing people that hurt her or only showed kindness for favors. Despite this, she immediately trusts Eddie. She's, in fact, so grateful that she starts acting as a maid in his house.
Even for a harem book, this is bad. I feel like the book makes a poor attempt to hide thinly veiled prejudice, and the author needs to spend more time outlining what he wants his cast of characters to be other than mannequins for his hero to call upon at need.
Also, your black bat demon monsters that are dimwitted, ill thought of, fragile, aggressive creatures covered in necklaces, rings, and bracelets made of expensive gold, should probably not be named Nictors.
White midwestern man saves busty virgin dark elf priest from dimwitted, fragile Nictors.
You can't say that sentence out loud without the frantic need to explain yourself. I just came off reading a book that is similarly adventure fantasy, except the characters are well-written, and thoughtful. This book, by comparison or even on it's own, seems filled with shallow characters. Even the main character's identity seems imbedded in a savior complex. Other characters introduced only seem to serve the purpose of getting the hero what he needs in the moment, without personalities or agendas of their own. The main character, Eddie, has most of his interactions with this dark elf he saved, who he describes as both innocent, and 130+ years old. She spent her life only knowing people that hurt her or only showed kindness for favors. Despite this, she immediately trusts Eddie. She's, in fact, so grateful that she starts acting as a maid in his house.
Even for a harem book, this is bad. I feel like the book makes a poor attempt to hide thinly veiled prejudice, and the author needs to spend more time outlining what he wants his cast of characters to be other than mannequins for his hero to call upon at need.
Also, your black bat demon monsters that are dimwitted, ill thought of, fragile, aggressive creatures covered in necklaces, rings, and bracelets made of expensive gold, should probably not be named Nictors.
February 24, 2022
Its definitely a fantasy...
I was excited for the premise, and there were good bones, but way to much focus on other... 'bones.'
I get it, I saw the cover, but wasnt quite ready for the levels of colonial white guy I got.
From the second the guy pulled a katana, in ohio, I knew this would be trouble.
Considering the majority of the description for the only lady in the series is her breasts, and then explains how sex works?
Yeah, finished to see if there was improvement or focus, and then got to the 'teaching a bj while second wife showers' and dont think I'll bother with the rest.
I was excited for the premise, and there were good bones, but way to much focus on other... 'bones.'
I get it, I saw the cover, but wasnt quite ready for the levels of colonial white guy I got.
From the second the guy pulled a katana, in ohio, I knew this would be trouble.
Considering the majority of the description for the only lady in the series is her breasts, and then explains how sex works?
Yeah, finished to see if there was improvement or focus, and then got to the 'teaching a bj while second wife showers' and dont think I'll bother with the rest.
January 9, 2022
Book one
Mistakes: I found this book to be well written and edited. I didn't find any mistakes.
Taking down a fence and putting up a new one would take more than a single day.
I found the sex to be unnecessary to the story and skipped it.
Plot: Guy gets left a rundown trailer home and some land. Finds an entrance to a place called the Gloom. Full of monsters and treasure. This is NOT litrpg!
Characters: The relationship with the first girl made sense. The grabass and flirting with the second did not. It was to fast.
6/10 Without the sex I'd rate this a solid four stars, so those that like that should enjoy this more than I did.
Mistakes: I found this book to be well written and edited. I didn't find any mistakes.
Taking down a fence and putting up a new one would take more than a single day.
I found the sex to be unnecessary to the story and skipped it.
Plot: Guy gets left a rundown trailer home and some land. Finds an entrance to a place called the Gloom. Full of monsters and treasure. This is NOT litrpg!
Characters: The relationship with the first girl made sense. The grabass and flirting with the second did not. It was to fast.
6/10 Without the sex I'd rate this a solid four stars, so those that like that should enjoy this more than I did.
March 22, 2024
I am writing this review from the perspective of finishing 9 of the currently released books.
I began reading this series as part of a challenge to see if I could finish it without giving up in exasperation in regard to the content. I failed. By the time I reached book 10, the issues with this series were too much to bear. MC has a classic case of "nice guy syndrome," which magically makes him highly attractive to every woman he meets. The author makes the MC collect wives with the same effort as a 90s kid would collect stuffed animals, with no effort and no thought beyond "I want." In this universe, the women, hereafter referred to as "potential wives" exist solely to provide sex and comfort to MC. While *some* of them have unique personalities at first, none retain them after "marriage," or "the first fucking" as it should be more accurately known. They become 2D representations of a woman, lacking anything besides genitals, stereotypical "girl" desires, and a never-ending stream of praise for MC. MC has success at anything and everything he does with barely any effort, and the climax of what plot there is happens within the span of 10 pages. The remainder of the book is filled with MC managing his harem or building it. All the sex scenes are devoted, at least in part, to "filling" the women with his "seed," and while MC expresses an interest in being a father, he cannot be bothered to care about any of the aspects of pregnancy beyond the fact that his seed is what caused it. The fact that MC doesn't show an interest in being around for pre-natal care says a lot about the utility he sees in the process.
In summation. This book is driven by the world's only nice guy, which causes women to throw themselves at him, driving a plot that seems designed only to show women as existing for male enjoyment or spoiling rather than in any true and meaningful positions of authority unless they lack a male partner.
I began reading this series as part of a challenge to see if I could finish it without giving up in exasperation in regard to the content. I failed. By the time I reached book 10, the issues with this series were too much to bear. MC has a classic case of "nice guy syndrome," which magically makes him highly attractive to every woman he meets. The author makes the MC collect wives with the same effort as a 90s kid would collect stuffed animals, with no effort and no thought beyond "I want." In this universe, the women, hereafter referred to as "potential wives" exist solely to provide sex and comfort to MC. While *some* of them have unique personalities at first, none retain them after "marriage," or "the first fucking" as it should be more accurately known. They become 2D representations of a woman, lacking anything besides genitals, stereotypical "girl" desires, and a never-ending stream of praise for MC. MC has success at anything and everything he does with barely any effort, and the climax of what plot there is happens within the span of 10 pages. The remainder of the book is filled with MC managing his harem or building it. All the sex scenes are devoted, at least in part, to "filling" the women with his "seed," and while MC expresses an interest in being a father, he cannot be bothered to care about any of the aspects of pregnancy beyond the fact that his seed is what caused it. The fact that MC doesn't show an interest in being around for pre-natal care says a lot about the utility he sees in the process.
In summation. This book is driven by the world's only nice guy, which causes women to throw themselves at him, driving a plot that seems designed only to show women as existing for male enjoyment or spoiling rather than in any true and meaningful positions of authority unless they lack a male partner.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 26, 2021
Logan Jacobs is on the list of high-output fantasy pulp writers that I am a bit leery of, but I will still try one of their books if it looks sufficiently interesting. It then has to pass the no-alpha-bro test, which this one manages.
MC is a young guy who is accustomed to working for a living but not a dick about it. The harem element kicks in early, but doesn't go crazy. I also like how it examines the realities [?] of trying to launder dungeon treasure in modern America. No real surprises here, but a diverting bit of pulp fantasy that I will read another of if it comes along.
MC is a young guy who is accustomed to working for a living but not a dick about it. The harem element kicks in early, but doesn't go crazy. I also like how it examines the realities [?] of trying to launder dungeon treasure in modern America. No real surprises here, but a diverting bit of pulp fantasy that I will read another of if it comes along.
December 19, 2021
This is a simple solid story with a lot of potential.
Nothing overly complex with the characters or the setting, but this provides a fantastic base where anything can be built upon. I am excited to see what is done with this series.
Nothing overly complex with the characters or the setting, but this provides a fantastic base where anything can be built upon. I am excited to see what is done with this series.
January 16, 2022
Solid beginning
I liked the main character. The women were a little thin personality wise, but hopefully that improves by book 2. Some nods to Ohio for the setting. It was overall fairly well done.
Smut was.. average? Nothing fantastic but solid.
Bonus point for solid grammar. I'll look forward to the next book
I liked the main character. The women were a little thin personality wise, but hopefully that improves by book 2. Some nods to Ohio for the setting. It was overall fairly well done.
Smut was.. average? Nothing fantastic but solid.
Bonus point for solid grammar. I'll look forward to the next book
January 25, 2023
This is the first Urban-Sci-Fi-Fantasy novel series that has "advertisements" from the author within the story. This story seems like a cookie-cutter-story-mold in the content, in the characters, in the pop-art-idiom-remarks that only the main character understands and of course in the enormous plot holes. So, a recently deceased grandfather had a backyard dungeon that his grandchild finds in the middle of nowhere...How can the monsters not escape/create a monster stampede,etc.?? How can the main character, Eddie, a graphic artist, communicate with fantasy beast/spirit-kin inside the "Dungeon"? The author doesn't really explain the "portal" at all...if the Dungeon is physically on Earth (underground) or if the Dungeon World is completely another world. Because of the gynormous amount of plot holes, authors like this one should concentrate on doing manga/manhwa/comics instead of trying to fill really short books with extremely brief stories...The text is a little bigger than double spaced 20-22 lines per page in a big font. In other words, because of a lack of a real story, this series will never ever become a classic...maybe if the author would make it PG-13 to minors and young adults that are more interested in the "easy money"/"easy monster women" and lack of an elaborated story...
It takes Eddie less than 24 hours from getting married to start having sexual innuendos and improprieties with a Half-Demon hunter/rogue. Eddie is not rich, not handsome, not powerful, not popular, does not know a thing about seduction and yet, every fantasy-kin woman that he meets, are all potential harem-retinue-wives...Eddie is not religious, poly-amourous or into polygamy and yet, the author forces a monster-beast-spirit-harem-retinue on the readers just so that Eddie, can have sex with everybody...
Guns require sound suppressors in places like Dungeons so that the enemies and other monsters do not easily find the position of the idiot creating so much noise shooting rifles and guns all over the place...Eddie tells all of his new neighbors that his Dark-Elf-Wife is a Cosplayer and in costume and Eddie can't even conceive/imagine wearing a costume/hiding his "humanity" to the Dark Elves that are trying to capture him...It's as if the author creates traps that the main character with a lack of vision, strategic thinking, falls into, without even thinking about it...
These stories could be written better. The map of this "Backyard Dungeon" is pay per view, there are no inside illustrations, no character summaries, no real character descriptions, world descriptions, world development, etc. Women are described by their curves, eye and hair color, and Eddie could be anyone...
There really is no main theme, point to this story (objective and secondary plot arcs), or common sense... Eddie is trying to loot the Dungeon, launder the looted wealth back home and loot the women of the Dungeon and...???? I do not think this is enough to create a urban-fantasy-Sci-Fi book series...
It takes Eddie less than 24 hours from getting married to start having sexual innuendos and improprieties with a Half-Demon hunter/rogue. Eddie is not rich, not handsome, not powerful, not popular, does not know a thing about seduction and yet, every fantasy-kin woman that he meets, are all potential harem-retinue-wives...Eddie is not religious, poly-amourous or into polygamy and yet, the author forces a monster-beast-spirit-harem-retinue on the readers just so that Eddie, can have sex with everybody...
Guns require sound suppressors in places like Dungeons so that the enemies and other monsters do not easily find the position of the idiot creating so much noise shooting rifles and guns all over the place...Eddie tells all of his new neighbors that his Dark-Elf-Wife is a Cosplayer and in costume and Eddie can't even conceive/imagine wearing a costume/hiding his "humanity" to the Dark Elves that are trying to capture him...It's as if the author creates traps that the main character with a lack of vision, strategic thinking, falls into, without even thinking about it...
These stories could be written better. The map of this "Backyard Dungeon" is pay per view, there are no inside illustrations, no character summaries, no real character descriptions, world descriptions, world development, etc. Women are described by their curves, eye and hair color, and Eddie could be anyone...
There really is no main theme, point to this story (objective and secondary plot arcs), or common sense... Eddie is trying to loot the Dungeon, launder the looted wealth back home and loot the women of the Dungeon and...???? I do not think this is enough to create a urban-fantasy-Sci-Fi book series...
January 7, 2022
Couldn't put it down.
I go into some Light spoilers below so to those wondering if they should read this lemme just say, if you like the cover read it, if you like the idea of dungeon runs with a character who brings guns read it, and if you like romances with sexy non human women read it!
1st off I love the cover it makes me I really wish there were more illustrations in this story like alot of light novels do. I Like the set up of him Inheriting he's grandfather's house and Finding a secret underground passage to an underground world. Even if him owning a katana already is a little silly I think it really Helped cut to the meat of the story. I like the romance between him and the elf woman the fish out of water stuff was cute and enjoyable. Some might find their romance blossomed too quick but I think you did a good job considering her backstory.
I really enjoyed each of the main character's dungeon runs and even the in between stuff was really enthralling too. There's only 1 negative I can really think of and that's the main characters a little too perfect bordering Mary sue territory. Him being fairly strong and being proficient with firearms, is fine, it really helps move the story along and makes him an active player of his story, but if you really look at him his only flaw is that he's a pretty reckless, and arguably maybe a little too treasure hungry( I'm stretching here who wouldn't want to be a treasure hunter?).
I find him a little to perfect I'm not really sure out kind of a Weakness or flaw you can give him. Maybe you can think about that for the next book? Also personally, killing people is a big deal to to me so it was strange Eddie didn't really have any token guilt, inner monologues about taking life or anything of that sort after Massacring a ton of elves during the last act. Obviously it was in self defense and more importantly it was adventure killing, I just found it a little strange he was so easily able to take so many lives considering he was an average joe before finding the gloom you know?
I really loved this story and I was really crestfallen to find out this is the only one so far. I'm really looking forward to the next book! ^•^
I go into some Light spoilers below so to those wondering if they should read this lemme just say, if you like the cover read it, if you like the idea of dungeon runs with a character who brings guns read it, and if you like romances with sexy non human women read it!
1st off I love the cover it makes me I really wish there were more illustrations in this story like alot of light novels do. I Like the set up of him Inheriting he's grandfather's house and Finding a secret underground passage to an underground world. Even if him owning a katana already is a little silly I think it really Helped cut to the meat of the story. I like the romance between him and the elf woman the fish out of water stuff was cute and enjoyable. Some might find their romance blossomed too quick but I think you did a good job considering her backstory.
I really enjoyed each of the main character's dungeon runs and even the in between stuff was really enthralling too. There's only 1 negative I can really think of and that's the main characters a little too perfect bordering Mary sue territory. Him being fairly strong and being proficient with firearms, is fine, it really helps move the story along and makes him an active player of his story, but if you really look at him his only flaw is that he's a pretty reckless, and arguably maybe a little too treasure hungry( I'm stretching here who wouldn't want to be a treasure hunter?).
I find him a little to perfect I'm not really sure out kind of a Weakness or flaw you can give him. Maybe you can think about that for the next book? Also personally, killing people is a big deal to to me so it was strange Eddie didn't really have any token guilt, inner monologues about taking life or anything of that sort after Massacring a ton of elves during the last act. Obviously it was in self defense and more importantly it was adventure killing, I just found it a little strange he was so easily able to take so many lives considering he was an average joe before finding the gloom you know?
I really loved this story and I was really crestfallen to find out this is the only one so far. I'm really looking forward to the next book! ^•^
October 10, 2022
“Backyard Dungeon” is a haremlit novel that does a great job combining the wild imagination of a fantasy world with the mundanity of real life. The sweet/salty combination of the two compliments both parts of the story, giving it a nice balance.
When our hero Eddie inherits a double-wide trailer from his estranged grandfather, he is surprised to find the run-down old place has a mineshaft-like opening hidden in the overgrown shrubs. And this shaft leads to a series of caves that house an entire civilization of fantasy creatures and monsters!
During his first visit, he quickly slays some bad guys and rescues a beautiful night-elf princess while grabbing a bit of treasure for himself in the process. Which is pretty standard fantasy stuff. But then he brings his blue-skinned, white-haired beauty to the surface with him, and the script is flipped.
His gorgeous new companion has never seen our world, and is overwhelmed by the “riches” contained in the trailer, such as the shoddy furniture, television, and even the toilet. It was fun to see the real world through the eyes of an innocent newcomer, and I liked the underlying message that what is considered poverty to one may just be unimaginable wealth to another.
This was a fun story, full of lots of fighting and action, with a few sexytimes mixed in. In fact, very few. With only two on-page sex scenes, this book is perfect for people who like their “men’s adventure” heavy on the adventure and low on the spice.
When our hero Eddie inherits a double-wide trailer from his estranged grandfather, he is surprised to find the run-down old place has a mineshaft-like opening hidden in the overgrown shrubs. And this shaft leads to a series of caves that house an entire civilization of fantasy creatures and monsters!
During his first visit, he quickly slays some bad guys and rescues a beautiful night-elf princess while grabbing a bit of treasure for himself in the process. Which is pretty standard fantasy stuff. But then he brings his blue-skinned, white-haired beauty to the surface with him, and the script is flipped.
His gorgeous new companion has never seen our world, and is overwhelmed by the “riches” contained in the trailer, such as the shoddy furniture, television, and even the toilet. It was fun to see the real world through the eyes of an innocent newcomer, and I liked the underlying message that what is considered poverty to one may just be unimaginable wealth to another.
This was a fun story, full of lots of fighting and action, with a few sexytimes mixed in. In fact, very few. With only two on-page sex scenes, this book is perfect for people who like their “men’s adventure” heavy on the adventure and low on the spice.
January 13, 2023
I chose "Backyard Dungeon" at random from Goodreads Recommendations and didn't expect much from it given the salacious cover.
Initially it brought back memories from almost five decades ago of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Norman (a touch of Jules Verne perhaps) and various pulp novels.
Eddie Hill, a feckless young man, inherits his grandfather's house and finds an entrance into an underground world full of strange creatures - elves, gnomes, trolls, dwarves, etc. Some of them are bad people and tend to carry valuable items around with them. And some of the women are beautiful.
To make matters interesting the technology underground is primitive. A quick visit to a gun shop and our hero is loaded for bear and working on his hopefully tax-free pension plan!
First, rescue a large-breasted virgin damsel in distress, Ibseth, and introduce her to the modern world.
And that's where Logan Jacobs moves from traditional dungeon tales to erotica, and not very good erotica at that:- “Take me, Eddie,” she breathed as she reached up to pull me on top of her. “Claim my maidenhood. Make me your own. Fill me with your seed, so no other man can ever have me.”
Oh, come on!
And she's into polygamy and wants him to have more mates - yup, this is teen fantasy writ large. Bloody hell, she's discovered Amazon and bought a French maids outfit
A lot of it is laughably bad but, overall, it has a good heart and doesn't take itself too seriously.
2.5 Stars.
Initially it brought back memories from almost five decades ago of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Norman (a touch of Jules Verne perhaps) and various pulp novels.
Eddie Hill, a feckless young man, inherits his grandfather's house and finds an entrance into an underground world full of strange creatures - elves, gnomes, trolls, dwarves, etc. Some of them are bad people and tend to carry valuable items around with them. And some of the women are beautiful.
To make matters interesting the technology underground is primitive. A quick visit to a gun shop and our hero is loaded for bear and working on his hopefully tax-free pension plan!
First, rescue a large-breasted virgin damsel in distress, Ibseth, and introduce her to the modern world.
And that's where Logan Jacobs moves from traditional dungeon tales to erotica, and not very good erotica at that:- “Take me, Eddie,” she breathed as she reached up to pull me on top of her. “Claim my maidenhood. Make me your own. Fill me with your seed, so no other man can ever have me.”
Oh, come on!
And she's into polygamy and wants him to have more mates - yup, this is teen fantasy writ large. Bloody hell, she's discovered Amazon and bought a French maids outfit
A lot of it is laughably bad but, overall, it has a good heart and doesn't take itself too seriously.
2.5 Stars.
January 4, 2025
This review is actually for the first 2 parts of this series. This fantasy lit rpg / harem lit series is a bit unusual in the sense that it's Isekai (the protagonist enters another world, litterally from a trapdoor in his backyard) but we are actually meant to believe that it's the same world - there are underground caverns filled with elves and dwarves, monsters and magic that no human knows about, but it's still Earth. This leads to some very interesting twists in the usual fantasy fare (firearms!). I guess this is still young adult, but for older teens than most of the Eric Vall stuff. It's better written, less repetitive, less angsty, more realistic and has a much deeper and quicker developing fantasy storyline. Also, when our hero brings back gold there's a bit of actual plot development to turn it into money, instead of just dumping it at the nearest pawn store. I guess the biggest challenge here is the very unlikely way in which the surface world and the deeper realms have been separated for hundreds of years by some flimsy doors (a separation which any tunneling / mining from the surface would breach) but I found accepting this not too much of a price to pay. Very nicely done, very entertaining (for pulp fantasy). And there are already 14 installments in total, so enough to look forward to!
February 8, 2022
Nice Start for a New Dungeon Harem Series
As the story opens we meet a post-college age young man named Eddie Hill. Eddie is traveling to a town in Ohio to take ownership of the trailer and property that his recently deceased grandfather left him. Once he gets himself settled and has met his new neighbors, he begins to explore the property. Eddie finds an opening in the ground that leads to a system of tunnels. At first Eddie thinks that this is an old mine, but soon finds out that it is much more. He comes across a beautiful white haired, blue skinned woman being abducted by three flying monsters. Eddie defeats them in battle and convinces Ibseth to come to the surface with him. The story revolves around seeing the interactions of Eddie and Ibseth as Eddie teaches her how to use modern technology and how they grow closer. The world building is first rate and the story is exciting and action packed with danger and humor and romance. I felt like the book ended too quickly and I can’t wait to get the next book in the series.
As the story opens we meet a post-college age young man named Eddie Hill. Eddie is traveling to a town in Ohio to take ownership of the trailer and property that his recently deceased grandfather left him. Once he gets himself settled and has met his new neighbors, he begins to explore the property. Eddie finds an opening in the ground that leads to a system of tunnels. At first Eddie thinks that this is an old mine, but soon finds out that it is much more. He comes across a beautiful white haired, blue skinned woman being abducted by three flying monsters. Eddie defeats them in battle and convinces Ibseth to come to the surface with him. The story revolves around seeing the interactions of Eddie and Ibseth as Eddie teaches her how to use modern technology and how they grow closer. The world building is first rate and the story is exciting and action packed with danger and humor and romance. I felt like the book ended too quickly and I can’t wait to get the next book in the series.
August 9, 2022
Good initial entry to the series
This was a nice fun read. The book introduces Eddie to you and quickly explains the concept of the series as Eddie begins to explore the tunnel that takes him to the Gloom and the denizens that inhabit it.
Have you every wondered what would happen if you introduced modern weapons to a fantasy setting? This book explores this concept as Eddie takes his AK and handgun into the Gloom to face off against fantasy creatures and armies. The author does a nice job of incorporating these ideas into the book.
The author introduces characters that are interesting an invite you to become connected and care about their future development, a nice part of a large books series.
This is definitely an adventure book for an adult audience but the adult component does not seem excessive or gratuitous.
I have enjoyed this first foray into the Backyard Dungeon series and look for to see what Eddie and his adventures produce.
This was a nice fun read. The book introduces Eddie to you and quickly explains the concept of the series as Eddie begins to explore the tunnel that takes him to the Gloom and the denizens that inhabit it.
Have you every wondered what would happen if you introduced modern weapons to a fantasy setting? This book explores this concept as Eddie takes his AK and handgun into the Gloom to face off against fantasy creatures and armies. The author does a nice job of incorporating these ideas into the book.
The author introduces characters that are interesting an invite you to become connected and care about their future development, a nice part of a large books series.
This is definitely an adventure book for an adult audience but the adult component does not seem excessive or gratuitous.
I have enjoyed this first foray into the Backyard Dungeon series and look for to see what Eddie and his adventures produce.
March 31, 2022
A fun read and an enjoyable dungeon dive
I had just finished Eric Vall’s ‘Looting the 13th floor’ and found these stories very similar, although I found the bad guys in this story more filled out story wise (Eric’s bad guys felt a little one dimensional, although I really enjoyed the MC and his crew). The story is fun and sexy, but Eddie’s home/trailer leaves me confused, is it a mobile home with wheels? Or Is it a ‘transportable’ house, that was moved there on the back of a truck and installed? Not being American maybe I am missing something in translation here when the house is constantly called a trailer with multiple bedrooms, kitchen and lounge room. Anyway a fun read, even though I think a small town would have more of an issue with a blue skinned elf walking around (cosplayers are good, but probably not that good especially with the ears).
I had just finished Eric Vall’s ‘Looting the 13th floor’ and found these stories very similar, although I found the bad guys in this story more filled out story wise (Eric’s bad guys felt a little one dimensional, although I really enjoyed the MC and his crew). The story is fun and sexy, but Eddie’s home/trailer leaves me confused, is it a mobile home with wheels? Or Is it a ‘transportable’ house, that was moved there on the back of a truck and installed? Not being American maybe I am missing something in translation here when the house is constantly called a trailer with multiple bedrooms, kitchen and lounge room. Anyway a fun read, even though I think a small town would have more of an issue with a blue skinned elf walking around (cosplayers are good, but probably not that good especially with the ears).
April 24, 2022
Good fun read
It was fun and easy to read and the way he describes everything the main character sees is easy to picture, the main character is just someone who inherits his property from his estranged grandfather and thinks it's a nice little place to start fresh , doesn't need much and just out of college , down to earth and while cleaning up discovers something odd and weird and exciting, there's interesting world building and beautiful sites and adventure as well as beautiful woman and old legends and astonishing monsters , this guy has an adventurers spirit and decides to fight when things get crazy and it earns him some gold , which makes life on the surface better for him , even a nice romantic relationship . Like I said an easy read and a good little series to get lost in , I'm gonna buy the next book , you guys should give it a shot .
It was fun and easy to read and the way he describes everything the main character sees is easy to picture, the main character is just someone who inherits his property from his estranged grandfather and thinks it's a nice little place to start fresh , doesn't need much and just out of college , down to earth and while cleaning up discovers something odd and weird and exciting, there's interesting world building and beautiful sites and adventure as well as beautiful woman and old legends and astonishing monsters , this guy has an adventurers spirit and decides to fight when things get crazy and it earns him some gold , which makes life on the surface better for him , even a nice romantic relationship . Like I said an easy read and a good little series to get lost in , I'm gonna buy the next book , you guys should give it a shot .
January 28, 2023
This is my first Logan Jacobs book and I liked it for what it is. If you see the cover you know not to expect any kind of great literature. It's light escapism with shallow story lines, characters, and world building. I enjoyed it and will see if I can find more. Unfortunately it's not a great value. These books are very very short but are sold at full book prices so it may not be worth it. Lastly the MC is kinda a mixed bag for me. He's intelligent, for the most part, and doesn't make asinine decisions just to move the plot along (I friggin hate that) but he's a bit of a simp when it comes to women. He has some strange deep seated belief that men must never make the first move and it becomes a little awkward when interacting with a shy gal who would rather have the man make the first move. Also his simp nature shines during sex scenes which does get a bit old.
July 22, 2024
I really wanted to like still book. It sounded interesting but when actually reading the book the way it was executed was not it. The fact that he went to the dungeon met a pretty dungeon girl (I think she was an elf can't remember) brought her home (to save her) took her shopping and made the excuse of "oh she's a cosplayer"so that people would stop asking them question about it, it's so hard to believe you know. There is no way that anyone would believe that a woman with blue skin and elf ear is actually human after seeing multiple times like that. People will definitely start the investigate. Also I actually really hate books and mangas where the MC can go into another realm and come back to the real world. I don't know why I thought I was going to like this. Im confused myself. Read at your own risk a lot of people liked this book but it was not for me.
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March 30, 2025
Should be 4 stars but the MC waffles too much
Far better than I expected for a harem adventure story wise. There aren’t first girls talks in an annoying stereotypical way, but no where near bad enough to be a deal breaker. Second we don’t meet tell the end and is far more relatable. S*x scenes are just ok, not hot not demeaning not risqué, just blandly there. Fortunately there’s like 2 of them.
The big downside is the MC’s inner monologue, which is first constant, and second, more of a dialogue. He’s constantly fence sitting, second guessing, waffling, himming-hawing and every other annoying thing you can do to persistently contradict yourself. I had to take a break a little over halfway before coming back to finish. I’m reading the next one, but I can say I’m not sold on the series and can’t recommend it at this point.
Far better than I expected for a harem adventure story wise. There aren’t first girls talks in an annoying stereotypical way, but no where near bad enough to be a deal breaker. Second we don’t meet tell the end and is far more relatable. S*x scenes are just ok, not hot not demeaning not risqué, just blandly there. Fortunately there’s like 2 of them.
The big downside is the MC’s inner monologue, which is first constant, and second, more of a dialogue. He’s constantly fence sitting, second guessing, waffling, himming-hawing and every other annoying thing you can do to persistently contradict yourself. I had to take a break a little over halfway before coming back to finish. I’m reading the next one, but I can say I’m not sold on the series and can’t recommend it at this point.
December 16, 2021
Adventure and romance
This story is interesting I like the way it flows. It's about a gentleman who inherited his grandfather's place and stumbles upon what he finds out to be a dungeon. This interesting on the characters and the things that he meets and sees while he's down below and the adventure. But not all is goodness down there there's evil as well as bad people. I like the lower world building and the romance that the main character finds it makes sense as far as his relationship goes and it's not just jumping into wham bam thank you ma'am kind of stuff. For me it is a fun story and I would like to read more about what happens and I like the character main character he is down to earth and genuine.
This story is interesting I like the way it flows. It's about a gentleman who inherited his grandfather's place and stumbles upon what he finds out to be a dungeon. This interesting on the characters and the things that he meets and sees while he's down below and the adventure. But not all is goodness down there there's evil as well as bad people. I like the lower world building and the romance that the main character finds it makes sense as far as his relationship goes and it's not just jumping into wham bam thank you ma'am kind of stuff. For me it is a fun story and I would like to read more about what happens and I like the character main character he is down to earth and genuine.
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December 24, 2021I did not know that I needed this
Honestly half of the stuff that comes out Logan Jacobs mind blow my conceptions of the genre out of the water. And honestly he's gotten a lot better as time has gone on, though he had few issues to begin with. Its not like his works were ever riddled with typos, crap phrasing, even worse dialogue than a soap opera, or anything of the usual issues you find in harem novels.
All that you see now is what you have from the beginning, is there always a harem, yes. Is it within some kind of magical fantastic realm, yes. Is the story good, you bet. But in all honesty the premise for this took me for a loop and I didn't know I needed it until I read it. Now this is one of the series that I will certainly be reading until its complete.
Honestly half of the stuff that comes out Logan Jacobs mind blow my conceptions of the genre out of the water. And honestly he's gotten a lot better as time has gone on, though he had few issues to begin with. Its not like his works were ever riddled with typos, crap phrasing, even worse dialogue than a soap opera, or anything of the usual issues you find in harem novels.
All that you see now is what you have from the beginning, is there always a harem, yes. Is it within some kind of magical fantastic realm, yes. Is the story good, you bet. But in all honesty the premise for this took me for a loop and I didn't know I needed it until I read it. Now this is one of the series that I will certainly be reading until its complete.
July 19, 2022
Outstanding Adventure in Fantasy Harem Genre
This is an excellent story, well written and tasteful. Just enough spice and danger to keep your blood pumping. A young guy, Eddie, inherits a double-wide trailer on a large lot and discovers a hidden shaft that leads to a fantasy world underground. Night Elves, trolls, beautiful humanoid women-- what's not to love? I'm not a D&D player, but this book takes the basic scenario of treasure hunter in a danger filled fantasy land to a deeper level, literally.
Sexy, competently spun tale. I'm buying Book 2 as soon as I'm done writing this review. Not for kids, due to explicit sexuality and language, but highly recommend for adults who love raucous adventure.
This is an excellent story, well written and tasteful. Just enough spice and danger to keep your blood pumping. A young guy, Eddie, inherits a double-wide trailer on a large lot and discovers a hidden shaft that leads to a fantasy world underground. Night Elves, trolls, beautiful humanoid women-- what's not to love? I'm not a D&D player, but this book takes the basic scenario of treasure hunter in a danger filled fantasy land to a deeper level, literally.
Sexy, competently spun tale. I'm buying Book 2 as soon as I'm done writing this review. Not for kids, due to explicit sexuality and language, but highly recommend for adults who love raucous adventure.
August 17, 2022
Entertaining story. Weird writing style.
I really liked the story, but I was incredibly annoyed by the weird way the author randomly cycles through different descriptions as identifiers for the other characters - instead of just using their names. It's such a strange, quirky, style that I'm not even sure I can adequately explain it without copying multiple examples from the text, and if I do that, it might make me change my mind about trying the second book, so I'm not going to. Maybe it's just me? Regardless - the story is enjoyable if you can get past that. I would recommend downloading a sample and reading it before purchasing, just to make sure that 'style' doesn't drive you crazy.
I really liked the story, but I was incredibly annoyed by the weird way the author randomly cycles through different descriptions as identifiers for the other characters - instead of just using their names. It's such a strange, quirky, style that I'm not even sure I can adequately explain it without copying multiple examples from the text, and if I do that, it might make me change my mind about trying the second book, so I'm not going to. Maybe it's just me? Regardless - the story is enjoyable if you can get past that. I would recommend downloading a sample and reading it before purchasing, just to make sure that 'style' doesn't drive you crazy.
May 14, 2022
Well to a Dungeon Harem
Talk about getting a house as a passing grand parent. On the surface it looks like a dump, never having the lawn cut or the trailers furniture or rugs replaced in 40 years, but finding a cool well in the back yard leads to further investigation. The question is why it has a metal ladder in it and the stone work so nice? Well, the well is actually the entrance to an underground dungeon that's hundreds of years old and built by dwarves.
First time checking it out, Eddie saves a beautiful blue princess and takes her home...
Fun read open to close and getting the next book now!
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Talk about getting a house as a passing grand parent. On the surface it looks like a dump, never having the lawn cut or the trailers furniture or rugs replaced in 40 years, but finding a cool well in the back yard leads to further investigation. The question is why it has a metal ladder in it and the stone work so nice? Well, the well is actually the entrance to an underground dungeon that's hundreds of years old and built by dwarves.
First time checking it out, Eddie saves a beautiful blue princess and takes her home...
Fun read open to close and getting the next book now!
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January 6, 2025
less is more.
Obviously this genre has an expectation of a lot of sex. Some of my favorite STORIES I fast forward through the parts with “humping”, cause you can’t get through a chapter without it happening. It gets monotonous.
That’s what I would say this book has Don. Good job of there’s just a handful of seats and that’s towards the end or at least in the second half. Seems like author would master the build up not the bumping of fuzzies. Really anyone could write elaborate parts where characters are making the two backed beast. Much I would imagine it taking a lot of creativity to do a good build up.
Obviously this genre has an expectation of a lot of sex. Some of my favorite STORIES I fast forward through the parts with “humping”, cause you can’t get through a chapter without it happening. It gets monotonous.
That’s what I would say this book has Don. Good job of there’s just a handful of seats and that’s towards the end or at least in the second half. Seems like author would master the build up not the bumping of fuzzies. Really anyone could write elaborate parts where characters are making the two backed beast. Much I would imagine it taking a lot of creativity to do a good build up.
December 16, 2021
In my backyard
For the 1st time I was able to actually relate to the culture and which the story took place Being in the midwest live in Kentucky I understood everything exactly how was when he said Ohio Especially the polite but not really nice neighbors Also having a spread showing people around from other countries and seeing how they react and icy snow for the 1st time or other little things I understood exactly what he meant every step of the way As the main character introduced our world to his girl
For the 1st time I was able to actually relate to the culture and which the story took place Being in the midwest live in Kentucky I understood everything exactly how was when he said Ohio Especially the polite but not really nice neighbors Also having a spread showing people around from other countries and seeing how they react and icy snow for the 1st time or other little things I understood exactly what he meant every step of the way As the main character introduced our world to his girl
December 16, 2021
Just about the funnest thing I've read this year.
This hit exactly the right notes for me. I've never been so overjoyed by the realistic handling of how incredibly loud guns are. A nine millimeter pistol can make you feel like you've been flash-based if you shoot it enough without hearing protection and the author really captured that. I love the brand of his pistol. Gun guys like me are going to laugh their asses off. The plot and action is super fun and satisfying. I can't wait for the next book.
This hit exactly the right notes for me. I've never been so overjoyed by the realistic handling of how incredibly loud guns are. A nine millimeter pistol can make you feel like you've been flash-based if you shoot it enough without hearing protection and the author really captured that. I love the brand of his pistol. Gun guys like me are going to laugh their asses off. The plot and action is super fun and satisfying. I can't wait for the next book.
January 11, 2022
Smart
The protagonist is intelligent and likeable. The women are sexy and likable. The bad guys are dangerous and unlikable. And the sex scenes aren't overwrought anatomically ridiculous schoolboy fantasies. Wonderful setup and first couple of adventures. Best of all, nice to read an author who doesn't feel the need explain everything right off in paragraphs and paragraphs of infodumps. Let the reader have the Joy of gradual discovery. I look forward to more adventure both in and out of the backyard dungeon.
The protagonist is intelligent and likeable. The women are sexy and likable. The bad guys are dangerous and unlikable. And the sex scenes aren't overwrought anatomically ridiculous schoolboy fantasies. Wonderful setup and first couple of adventures. Best of all, nice to read an author who doesn't feel the need explain everything right off in paragraphs and paragraphs of infodumps. Let the reader have the Joy of gradual discovery. I look forward to more adventure both in and out of the backyard dungeon.
February 28, 2022
Maybe I'm an idiot but I wasn't expecting as much of a focus on sex based on the description and cover alone. Lots of fantasy stories feature attractive, scantily-clad people. This one has explicit sex scenes though. You have been warned.
Honestly pretty good book. The girl falls for the MC pretty easily but its a harem story. What kept me coming back was more the well thought out combat and logistical dilemmas of selling fantasy loot in the real world. These are interesting problems and approaches I haven't seen much. Not a favorite, but plenty good enough to read the next one.
Honestly pretty good book. The girl falls for the MC pretty easily but its a harem story. What kept me coming back was more the well thought out combat and logistical dilemmas of selling fantasy loot in the real world. These are interesting problems and approaches I haven't seen much. Not a favorite, but plenty good enough to read the next one.
March 31, 2022
Delightful surprise
What started out as something I thought for a minute or two to be a disappointing choice, became a pleasant surprise when the cover art at last made sense.
A casual, easy read that could turn up the suspense a tad more and tone down on the sometimes unnecessary detailed exposition, but all in all remains a delightful time-killer that leaves a sweet, wholesome after-taste.
Definitely worth following and enticing enough to want to read the next book in the series.
What started out as something I thought for a minute or two to be a disappointing choice, became a pleasant surprise when the cover art at last made sense.
A casual, easy read that could turn up the suspense a tad more and tone down on the sometimes unnecessary detailed exposition, but all in all remains a delightful time-killer that leaves a sweet, wholesome after-taste.
Definitely worth following and enticing enough to want to read the next book in the series.
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