The big enemy is down. Things seem like they are going better than ever for Rob and Yonderton.
If only...
There are threats beyond mere gangs, enemies who don't simply want to control but want nothing more than to kill Rob and everything he has come to love.
As Rob's attention is focused on bettering his town, he will have to face treachery, monsters, and questions of the heart.
Luckily, he doesn't have to do it alone. He has his deputies and clerks to stand beside him as well as hidden allies he barely understands.
This book will bring a conclusion to the first story arc of Rob's adventures in Olimero.
David Burke is a mild manner something who tries to enjoy each day a bit more than the last. It dawned upon him at some point that life was racing him by and he wasn’t nearly as young as he used to be.
So now he spends his nights and lunch hours and any other free time he can putting down on paper all the stories that have collected up over a life time.
4.5 stars. Rob finally starts to get the picture that he's on an alien world that does things differently than what he's used to. One character goes as far as to ask him if he thinks he knows better than an entire world, a question that a lot of isekai/portal MCs could stand to be challenged with. Evidently the next arc is going to be under a different title, so we'll see where it goes from here.
Fantasy LitRPG harem adult situations monster girls As for editing for errors, the last third of book three was obviously rushed because the number of errors increased. That was even more obvious in book Four, this volume, and errors in the last third were even more. Besides the typos, missing, or incorrect words, more troubling were the continuity errors. The author either needs to slow down, or if he's suffering story fatigue, take a break and do something else.
Still have a lot more players vying for MC Rob's allegiance. Wondering about the persistence of Lucas and An'kesh on the character cast since both are dead -- unless they are coming back as undead? And both died in book 3, so it's not a spoiler.
Characters are well defined and engaging, so still get four stars. Expect I will get book 5 when it comes out.
Introduction: Greetings, denizens of HowlStrom and beyond, this is Kiba Snowpaw, your alpha ice wolf of the frozen north. As the seasons turn and the eternal ice grows thicker on our world, I decided to take a momentary respite from the biting cold of our century-long winter and dive into an audiobook that has caught my attention. The winds of fate guided me to David Burke's "Law of Blood," the fourth installment in the "Four Laws" series. With my years of experience in the realms of fantasy and gaming, I embark on this journey with a keen sense of anticipation. Let's delve into this tale, shall we?
Basic Plot Summary: In "Law of Blood," we follow Rob, our protagonist, as he navigates the challenges that come with defeating a significant enemy. Just as one might believe that things are taking a turn for the better, destiny throws in a curveball. Enemies lurk in every corner, and the most dangerous of them do not seek control but pure obliteration. With threats that go beyond mere street gangs, Rob finds himself in a world where loyalty, treachery, and matters of the heart all collide. As the story unfolds, we witness a conclusion to Rob's first arc of adventures in Olimero.
Analysis/Evaluation: Burke, with his evident mastery of the fantasy genre, has created a universe filled with intrigue, action, and a deep sense of world-building. The LitRPG elements, which are often a hit or miss in many novels, are seamlessly integrated into the story, giving readers a sense of progression without feeling overwhelmed. The story balances the nuances of character development with fast-paced action sequences, ensuring that the narrative remains engaging throughout.
Characters: Rob, the central character, stands out as a beacon of resilience and adaptability. His relationships, especially with the diverse cast of characters, add depth to the narrative. Characters like Jojo, Mursha, and Nimeera, with their unique backgrounds and personalities, enhance the richness of the story. Burke's portrayal of their interactions and growth provides readers with a multi-dimensional view of Olimero's world.
Structure: The story maintains a steady pace, interlacing moments of tension with lighter interactions. The transitions between Rob's personal challenges and the broader conflicts in Olimero are smooth, ensuring a cohesive reading experience.
Impact: "Law of Blood" is not just another addition to the fantasy genre; it is a testament to the complexities of interpersonal relationships set against a backdrop of a vast and mysterious world. The dilemmas faced by Rob resonate with readers, making it a story that lingers long after the final page.
Hook and Thesis: The allure of this book lies in its intricate blend of fantasy, action, and heart. Burke poses a compelling question – how far can one go to protect what they love in a world governed by unpredictable rules?
Praise and Critique: Burke's storytelling prowess shines throughout the novel. However, while the character development and world-building are commendable, certain parts of the book felt slightly stretched, potentially testing the patience of some readers. Additionally, some minor editing hiccups were evident, which, though not significantly detracting from the overall experience, were noticeable.
Evaluation: Despite its minor flaws, "Law of Blood" stands as a testament to Burke's storytelling capabilities. It's a must-read for fans of the fantasy and LitRPG genres.
Comparison: Having journeyed through the vast landscapes of fantasy literature, including Burke's earlier work, "Tower Mage," "Law of Blood" solidifies his position as a master storyteller. While both novels present a rich tapestry of characters and worlds, "Law of Blood" delves deeper into the emotional and philosophical aspects of its protagonist.
Conclusion: From the icy realms of HowlStrom, I, Kiba Snowpaw, bestow upon "Law of Blood" my seal of approval. It's a tale that warms the heart even in the coldest of winters. I eagerly await the next chapter in Rob's adventures, hoping that it continues to shine as brightly as the northern stars of my homeland.
It's really getting tiring reading all these harem books. I don't know if it's me, but I noticed that a lot of the books I read recently were focusing more on the harem, and less on the story. Adding more women and focusing on whatever inconsequential bull that would arise from that situation, instead of furthering the main plot in a significant manner. I'm really being annoyed by this.
Ugh. There was something I was supposed to mention, but forgot what it is.
The characters development and story are quite enjoyable and compelling, the MC is well developed as are all his supporting characters. Humorous touch stones like naming an outlaw group after boybands inject humor into the tale.
One thing I appreciate most as stated in chapter 33 in this book, stats and character sheet info is well placed and not intrusive. I can read in detail or simply skim if I am engrossed in the story. Many LitRPG writers have annoying formatting for stats or worse especially in the case of the author Stuart Grosse they use the excuse of stats to grossly inflate the page count of their books, mainly I am guessing to abuse the way kindle unlimited pays authors via page turn numbers.
So kudos to David Burke for showing concern, with good formatting, giving us the stats in a way we the reader can choose to read or skim and most importantly not inflating stats to 20 to upwards of 50 pages long as some above-named authors do.
Highly recommend to fantasy, harem, LitRPG, and Isekai lovers!
Well, The First Part Was Good Rob is continuing to develop. The quests start rewarding him with cool stuff, and escalating challenges including monster waves.
He cements his existing relationships, revealing a lot about the orc culture. Along the way he gets Mursha's brother Denne and his family to join the Sheriff's office. Mursha's father works with rob to develop guns.
A monster wave attacks the city and is easily repelled.
He goes to tour the district, and along the way meets Daria's family, and their relationship develops as well.
Then everything goes sideways. His power has grown so far so fast that all the gods of the world have taken notice, and he is bargaining with them about which one he might swear fealty to. He gets demanding. Yes, a multi-theistic world is interesting, but a main character who goes from human to bargaining with the gods in direct interactions just becomes so op as to no longer be interesting.
The MC is a crisis manager (his greatest growth spurts occur when he is under duress). He has no quit in him which is good because 3 gods want him to swear allegiance to them, another one wants to see him dead and the fifth wants his allegiance for an unknown but doubtlessly nefarious purpose. Im enjoying the development of the different characters from fox-kin Jojo, to Mursha the Orc and Im even rooting for Nimeera the cat-girl relationship.
On another front, l loved the epilogue which foreshadows a number of interesting storyline threads such as Dalcon, the dual sword wielding master that taught Josie's father. There is also Derek, another human who's being forced to "be more like Rob" yet he no idea who Rob is and is getting to hate this Rob guy for making his good cushy life turn into pain.
Love the story building. Character interaction is sweet This is a first for me when it comes to body cultivation. New concept really liked it. I really like the description of how Rob struggles through each pinnacle. And the surprise results afterwards. And yes I liked the stat listings I breezed through them quickly but found them enjoyable The moving of them into their own chapter was a little awkward I understand why, that makes it a lot easier for audible books. But the integration in the chapters worked for those of us who read letter by letter. :-) For those of us of simpler mind this was a page turner for me. Four books one week. Only because I still had to pull a 40-hour work week and still get sleep and still keep kids happy and still but hey thanks it was a good look looking forward to the next story arc.
I really enjoy the story has a lot of action a lot of intriguing things and a lot of twists and. The world building is great and the stats when he raises them is interesting. And for those who find it a little tedious they're easy to skip because they're in bold print. Our main character Rob is is interesting he truly loves the women in his life and he becomes stronger each day and learns more about the world he lives in. The only complaint I have is that towards the end of the book there was a little bit of editing error but other than that is an excellent story. I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series I hope it comes soon.
So, more of Rob pushing his limits to gain power to protect those he loves.
If you've gotten this far, you're invested as well. The book gives more clues into the overarching plot of the world, with the gods and such.
Why 3 stars? Well, it was a solid 4, I have some nitpicks that keep it from 5 I thought the demon creature "Her" was a typo at first, some other things that just felt like gratuitous porn plottage. But the editing... wow it missed the mark this time. Places an orc is called an elf bad. So it loses a star for that. Burke is normally much better with only a few errors hopefully these are corrected at some point.
This is a good story and interesting enough but for some reason I couldn't get into it much till the end. I enjoyed much of the book but the parts that were truly interesting were spread far enough apart to keep me invested but also far enough that I got bored in between. I'm hoping the next book picks up. I can appreciate how things no longer feel so luck based though like they did in the first 2 books. Dying and other stuff where they just seemed like luck allowed him to survivor or in a couple cases come reform, rebirth, ect
This is an entertaining series with several novel features. Why does it only get 4 stars? Because it's Litrpg!. Though the author does try to clean it up by putting the last stat sheet display (4 pages) in a separate easily skippable chapter this dry and mostly unnecessary material is otherwise too common. Making the separate chapter a standard should make future volume's in the expanded series more palatable. But it also emphases the fact the the books are good enough to stand on merit without the redundant stat sheet information.
There are so many typos, parts of the story repeat, at one point the author abandons all pretense of a story and speaks directly to the reader, and there is this cowardly half attempt to include Lucifer (Old Scratch) but the author won't commit to it for ... IDK ... Fear of religious reprisal? Well ... Then why even go down that road? Also, the epilogue has like five or six parts and they are all fragments of scenes that largely mean nothing BUT supposedly this book concludes the first story arch of the series. It's all gotten rather dumb and boring.
The series itself is fun and the world building is spectacular. Characters are all quirky and unique and it's always a joy reading how close they are with each other.
And with the Gods, plots and interference in Rob's life, it's definitely getting crowded.
But a quick warning that these books have a few spelling and grammar errors, with inconsistencies with character descriptions. But not enough to cost a star.
The Four Laws is an excellent series. Taken from earth to be a Sheriff of a town in a new world, Rob has grown, added to his harem and survived, no thrived through incredible adventures. Now the players are out in the open, three young gods that want to use him to elevate themselves, one who wants him dead. All want to keep him from Old Scratch. I'm looking forward to the next in the series! You really need to do yourself a favor and read these books!
Absolutely love this series. It has a ton of action with a high paced story that draws you in. Well written adult content, but this might be the first book with a decent amount of typos. Not enough to ruin the story or to even change my rating about. Already looking forward to reading the next one and see what happens to Rob and company and what new challenges they face.
I get the impression that his proofreader got fired or something. If the story wasn't so damn good, I doubt I would have been able to finish this one. Every page seemed to have multiple typos, missing or duplicate words. Hopefully, the next one will be better.
Seems like the first 2 books got all the editing, while the second 2 got a rush job. He fixed calling his hawkkin a monkey but this book refer to the MC’s bestie as an elf instead of the proud orc he is. I like the switch to stats as chapters rather than constant inserts. Story is still interesting so on to the next.
This is getting less interesting The series is plodding along unchanged and I'm starting to lose interest and get fidgety. This is the part where you look at how much you have left to read and calculate how bad you want to finish this thing. I'll keep going for now, because I know if I stop now I'll never come back. I started skipping the sex scenes a book ago.
What an awesome world the author gas created for our imaginations!!! A powerful but not OP MC, beautiful and powerful ladies and an extremely important back story!!! More nore
Can a book leave you hanging while also not? Yes it can. We now know Rob is much more than he knows. Even Old Scratch knows something is off with Rob. What is a foundling? How can it free the “Gods”?
Usually I drop a star for a harem book. The MC usually says he loves them all but never shows it. In this book that's not true. He divides his time and pays attention to all his girls. I actually like this guy.
I have enjoyed the first 4 books in this series and will be starting book 5 soon. I like the pace of Rob's development and enjoy the action scenes and dialog. Good LitRPG fun.
Another sexy romp in the western version of magic and cultivation a lot better than most generic beat the bad guys romp with sexy beast women books repeat ad infinite, this at least has a a great continuing story that you want to know more about.
This is by far the best book of the series. The author outdid himself and this was both action packed and funny and the women all were solid developments. For sure a great read.
ollow the continuing adventures and challenges of Rob and it's growing family. If you know this series you know what you get, if you don't pick up book one and see if this is for you.
I absolutly lovethis series it's so good the characters are perfect their growth over the course of the story is amazing hopefully some of these enemies will join rob soon ;)
I feel that the writer at the MC up to fast, he progressed in power to quickly. And not he had no way to go. No challenges that aren't over the top fantastical. We shall see.
I get that it's free on kindle unlimited...but this series needs a better editor. It's been getting more frequent with little errors, inconsistencies with names/descriptions, and basic grammar since the first book.