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The Wandering Inn #7

Rains of Liscor

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Pirateaba returns once again, bringing you the thrilling seventh installment of chart-topping LitRPG series The Wandering Inn.

It's raining in Liscor.

The spring rains have come and Liscor's entire geography changes with the dawning of the new year. The Floodplains of Liscor live up to their name, and the only way anyone is going to travel is by boat.

With the rains come more monsters, dungeon delving, more goblins...not to mention some unwanted attention for the Wandering Inn.

Erin Solstice is going further abroad than she's ever as far as the Walled City of Pallass, the City of Invention. With the magic door drawing the attention of world powers and the looming crisis of the Goblin Lord, Erin Solstice's inn is busier than ever.

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Published July 26, 2022

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Profile Image for Choko.
1,497 reviews2,684 followers
September 8, 2022
*** 4.55 ***

More of a transitional book, but a lot of good insight into some of our favorite characters... We still haven't gotten any Ryoka in a while. She had better be training and gathering knowledge, so she could come back with a vengeance! I need the next book ASAP!!!!
Profile Image for Rachel (TheShadesofOrange).
2,887 reviews4,799 followers
April 10, 2024
3.5 Stars
This is another enjoyable entry in The Wandering Inn series. This one is very much a continuation of the previous book. Some of the parts, like the play, were a little goofy for me. I much preferred the more serious parts of this one.
Profile Image for QuestBoundReader.
64 reviews18 followers
March 27, 2024
My rating: 4.5/5
Full Youtube review here: https://youtu.be/TYolGHVHdUc

A big thank you to all of you who are following and subscribing on Youtube! thanks for helping the channel!!.

Friends, goblins and whatever you believe you are- welcome back! I have missed The Wandering Inn immensely! I've said this before, but this is my favorite series of all time, and by a large margin at that. with that said, let's dive right in.

Story: 4/5
this was a transitional book, piecing together the events that concluded in book 6 with whatever the author is planning on the next adventure. With that said, so many small things happened in this book, that I cant help but speculate how amazing the following books will be. The story in this book was not slow by any means. There were wars, kidnappings and plenty of other awesome parts.

Characters 5/5
I am finally starting to like Erin a lot more. I'm glad she admitted to playing dumb around people so that she could get away with things. Rags is probably one of my top 5 characters from this series and I'm the book concluded with her and her tribe. Overall most of our characters showed some sort of personal growth and I was really happy with that!

Overall Enjoyment: 5/5
this series will always be m favorite, not because of its complexity, but because of how it makes me feel as I was in the book experiencing all of the things that go on in person. This is a series you don't want to miss friends. I encourage all of you to give it a shot!
Profile Image for James Tomasino.
848 reviews37 followers
August 10, 2022
It's so hard to wait for the audio books when I know the written story is so far ahead. It's worth it though.
Profile Image for Max Sarmento.
47 reviews7 followers
September 18, 2023
Best book to date. So much action and story progression. On to the next 🏡
Profile Image for Ty MaC.
180 reviews1 follower
June 17, 2025
5/5

Fell into a wandering inn addiction this month. On to the next one... just love the world so much.

Mass flooding in this book.
No Ryoka.
Very good character pacing
148 reviews4 followers
September 8, 2022
The world is in shock following [General] Shivertail's death. The people of Liscor are in mourning.

Mrsha learns to caste a spell after finding the gnoll's treasured gift from Ryoka. Mrsha quickly goes on a small adventure of her own.

[Emperor] Laken is still busy expanding Riverfarm but Magnolia Reinhart throws a spanner in the works by inviting many [Lords] and [Ladies] to his village to celebrate his arrival on the World's stage. He invites the Fae to the party too.

Liscor is attacked by thousands of giant moths that escape the nearby dungeon and the adventurer teams & Erin protect the Inn whilst a couple of drakes in Pallas give a running commentary of the battle as they watch through the magic door. The World listens in too thanks to Wistram mages.

Selys inherits Shivertail's breastplate, a famous drake artifact. She ends up sharing her dilemma on what to do with it with Pisces and researches it's history in a library in Pallas prior to being kidnapped. Pisces rescues her and they return to Liscor. Selys has a newfound sense of self.

Rags is still leading her tribe of goblins. She has a couple of [Knights] that she captured traveling with her. They are starting to sense that goblins may not be Monsters, but people too.

The Redfang Warriors (those who remain of the Dirty Dozen from the Flowers of Esthelm saga find Erin and she takes them in. Many problems ensue because of it, but they help out as security for plays in the Inn. Eventually, they enter the dungeon and return with 3 artifacts.

This book is the start of a new volume (volume #5) of the ongoing series. The writing is still great and I love the character development.

I really, REALLY, wish this series was available in paper format (Hardback preferably) as I'd love to add them to my book shelves. I love this series.

Loved it - 4 stars
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Profile Image for GҽɱɱαSM.
617 reviews13 followers
May 20, 2025
4.7*
Setè llibre de la saga The Wandering Inn, és a dir, primer terç del volum cinc i la sèrie no fa més que millorar. La qualitat de l'escriptura és molt bona, com sempre, els personatges venen i, malauradament, van, hi ha riures, esgarrifances i tristesa, la lectura és una veritable muntanya russa emocional, és increïble la quantitat de canvis d'humor que arriba a provocar aquesta saga, generalment alegre i desenfadada, però de sobte, esdevé un fet dramàtic i la situació es torna tensa, o com litRPG que és, els personatges entren en una masmorra i la narració passa a ser una aventura terrorífica. El final del llibre amb la Rags, un dels meus personatges favorits, brutal i convidant a continuar la saga en breu.
Profile Image for R. A. Strich.
309 reviews17 followers
June 17, 2025
RTC - I blew through this again... So much listening-time atm.
Only thing slightly decreasing my excitement is that even with this pace I will likely never catch up with the story.

It's Literally insane how long TWI is, incomprehensible until you're over 400 hours in and then look at the charts and see that you haven't even passed the 15% mark of the current wordcount.

What have I gotten myself into here???
Profile Image for Blake Hurt.
58 reviews
August 18, 2025
One of my favorite Wandering Inn books. Epic fights, always balanced with slice of life, and a satisfying leveling system that’s always there, but never at the forefront. I sometimes forget this is Lit RPG with how fleshed out the world is, how great these characters are, how realized the politics and cultures are. That’s not a knock against lit RPG either; I just believe this is an epic fantasy series first, a lit RPG second. Still my all time favorite series!
Profile Image for Travis Bryant.
955 reviews8 followers
September 4, 2022
This book felt very balanced. From enough page time for all our favs, to introducing newer characters. From drama and political intrigue, to some great, heart pounding action! I enjoyed the fallout from book 6. I love this series so GD much! 👍🏾👍🏾
Profile Image for Chip.
487 reviews57 followers
April 6, 2023
A great series with so many characters that grow and learn. Looking forward to writing a better overall review of the series when I catch up to everything that has been published.

If you enjoy fantasy with a dash of litRPG, do yourself a favor and read this series.
Profile Image for Beth.
844 reviews75 followers
November 27, 2023
Has interesting philosophical & ethical moments 🤔 between humor, action, slices of life ... you can skim through the parts you're not interested in and focus on what you do. Something for everyone 😄 but it's all a cohesive whole that on re-read you see the threads.
30 reviews
July 29, 2022
Great

Another great addition to the story can't wait for the next book.

Each book gets better and better than the last
Profile Image for Wayne.
76 reviews1 follower
August 19, 2022
This series is really starting to get good the mc is getting less annoying at least
Profile Image for Susan.
547 reviews4 followers
September 6, 2022
Still reading the series and enjoying it.
Profile Image for Fernando.
555 reviews2 followers
November 23, 2025
New artifacts and titanic events! Adventures all around. Series is still as good as ever!
Profile Image for Nick Morrison.
238 reviews2 followers
April 26, 2025
Book 7 Wrap-Up Time. Let's get into the Good, the Bad and the Meh.

The Good:
- Adding Pallass as a new location and exploring a walled city in Izril.
- The general (see what I did there) grieving of Zel. A great throughline throughout this book as represented by different characters and their reactions. The end reveal of his relationship with Ironscales was beautifully done and makes so much sense in retrospect.
- The politics of the door and its capabilities was well-explored.
- Flooding the plains and making a large environment change to a key location with new threats and challenges to overcome.
- Liscor vs The Face-Eater Moths Battle. Great tension, epic battle sequences on two fronts and exciting hero moments. FINALLY something comes from the dungeon's danger alarm from Book 2. Hoping for some more big monster battles. The mage spell bulletin and sports commentator sections were clever and effective storytelling.
- Laken, The Fae and Magnolia was entertaining. Surprised to see the return of Ivolethe.
- Redfang Five and the dungeon crawl with the Face Collector (creepy as fuck).
- Selys coming off the sidelines as a main character with her own arc. Breastplate politics were interesting and a clever plan for renting it out and giving her agency. I'm digging the tease of the armor class quest. Fulfilling Zel's wishes with his remains was surprisingly emotional.

The Bad:
- Ugh. Toren's in this?
- Embria. I get the plan to start her as insufferable to give her the path of character growth, but it felt like a two-dimensional character.
- Rags. Always the worst and a petulant child, nevermind a leader. I don't care about the goblins except maybe Pyrite. Hoping the Kerrig storyline leads somewhere interesting in the next few books.

The Meh:
- The Emperor/Empress of Sands assassination plotline, but loved the stitch people and head swapping twist.
- The plays were a bit silly, but enjoyed the grand theatre skill for the inn.
- Mrsha's chapter was cute but largely forgettable. Interested to see where they go with the introduction of a druid class.
- Flos and his sword was just fine. The whole scry-casting introduction has some potential for linking stories together more fluently.

Overall, solid entry. Looking forward to Book 8 with the positive reviews and epic cover for Blood of Liscor.
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Profile Image for Stanislas Sodonon.
479 reviews106 followers
September 6, 2022
As usual, Andrea Parsneau killed it. 'nuff said.

I started this series with Erin and the "No killing Goblins" theme. So I try to stick with Erin, or events around her (and Rags when I get stuff about her). I simply skip all the rest. It's just too much ramblings, and the side stories kill the momentum of the "main story" imo.

Even so, considering the size of the book, I'm still left with a substantial volume of story. So it's fine.

The writing is still very fluctuating for me, with a tendency for redundancy and over the top lyricism. It works sometimes, and at other moments it's just too glaringly artificial. But it's bearable.

The characters are what they are: mostly interesting, with long meh moments. I'm still frustrated at the randomness of the POVs, or the total disappearance of old characters (like Ryouka). I get that the source material is "unorthodox", but some consistency would have been nice.

I'm starting to get a feeling of "neverending story" with this series, and that's not the kind of tales I appreciate. I like tales that END; the anticipation of closure is motivating. This tale, however, seems to have no end in sight. Like a huge boiling pot that one tries to keep fresh by tossing in new ingredients on a regular basis, or a paint palette on which you keep adding different colours - after a while, no matter what you add in, you're just stirring mud.

I feel like my time with this series is coming to an end soon.
But I just might give it one more volume.
2,345 reviews
July 30, 2022
It's just so nice to slip back into The Wandering Inn-verse again! Comforting even. I would even state that it's pirateaba's best book to date!
The Rains of Liscor takes place right after bk6 The General of Izril and the world is still, reeling over Zel Shivertail's defeat! Liscor is still in morning as is everyone in the Inn, especially little Mrsha who had a special connection to him!
Pirateaba is genius though, within moments of starting The Rains of Liscor I found myself overwhelmed by my own emotions and teary eyed sadness, but that was quickly followed up by one of the funniest scenes that I've had the pleasure of reading... yes, you can chalk that up to the doings of Erin Solstice! Oh, and monsters keep up the pressure and attack!
Ohhhh yeah, pirateaba's genius really shines, as they continue to ratchet up on the reveals and every section of the story has it's secret 😳 reveals as you get to each of 'em, and I expect that those reveals to blow yer mind... As pirateaba quietly weaves the story-threads together. I was even surprised by the threads left undone by the story's end! But don't get me wrong The Rains of Liscor is a full course buffet, not a cliffhanger... and you'll still hunger for more guaranteed! Don't bother looking the next book it isn't listed for pre-order yet, I've looked 😆!
Profile Image for Nico Wendland.
283 reviews18 followers
October 5, 2025
4,5 Sterne
Und zurück geht es in eine meiner Lieblingsreihen und dieser Band kommt zurück zur alten Größe. Mit dem bisher besten Mix aus Cozy und Episch, startet der Band mit einem absoluten Banger. Erin ist natürlich wieder das absolute Highlight, wobei ich aber auch die letzten paar Kapitel um Rags geliebt habe. Außerdem wird die Welt wieder etwas größer und wir lernen viel mehr über Drake-Kultur. Außerdem wird wieder gezeigt, dass Pirateaba ein Meister in Kurzgeschichten ist (Mrsha, Toren, Selys…)

(+)
- Wir gehen zurück in den absoluten Horror und haben ein extrem heftiges Kapitel voller Motten…
- Die Faemagie bringt so ein interessantes Feeling in die Geschichte
- Keine langweiligen Abschnitte

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- War halt in erster Linie Aufbau für später

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Profile Image for Walker.
86 reviews1 follower
December 31, 2023
Well, in this one happens a lot of stuff and when i mean a lot IS A LOT. It feels like the begging of something bigger, like a global change and is in this sensation that all the parts come together.
This is my final book of the year at 19:58 of 31. This year, as always, is/was a shitty one but the close ones to me really know that was a little too much for me. My friend Alex show me this webserie and seriously dude thanks, this one was my perpetual objetive to go on. Thanks to show me one of the best things that i ever read. Im thank you Pirateaba. You really cheer me up in my lowest points and you created something where i could go to evade my problems and stop thinking in my shitty life. You really wrote something wonderful and special.

Pd: i really like the goblins and the Antinium ( Pawn and Bird) :3
Profile Image for Nirkatze.
1,370 reviews28 followers
October 19, 2022
So many good moments in this installation! Erin v. the obnoxious Walled City Stuckups! Bird v. Fish Birds! Selys & Pisces team up against the world! Mrsha makes new friends! Redfang Goblins FTW! I laughed, I cried, I loved every minute of it.

Several points hit really hard in a good way--especially the Zel aftermath, and Goblins=people darnit. Some bits were a bit slower, but I think the slower bits were fewer and far between in this volume. This book is definitely more leisurely in general after the frantic climax of the last book (though it has its battles too) but that is one of the things I like about this series--that it handles the daily ins and outs of innkeepers and receptionists with as much grace as that of adventurers and emperors.
Profile Image for Laura Cremers.
442 reviews1 follower
June 15, 2024
This was my favorite so far! The pacing was so good. The action in this book…yes!! I need more. Mrsha’s chapter?! Double yes!!! The love and care that I feel for this world and the characters is so deep!

One of my issues with the last couple books was how long each POV was; it felt like a drag at times. This one was perfect. The author did an amazing job jumping from storyline to storyline.

I never want this story to end.
Profile Image for Holly.
832 reviews1 follower
August 9, 2022
This installment of The Wandering Inn carries on with the superb character-driven fantasy story penned by the creative genius known as Pirateaba. The world-building is stunning, the plotting is surprising and the characters are unbelievably compelling. Most of them. This was a rich, highly enjoyable segment of the mammoth, ongoing story.
2 reviews
August 7, 2022
Superb world and character building.

Pirate a is doing for fantasy what The Expanse did for Science fiction. The meat of the story isn't adventure but moral conflict. What defines a monster; what Makes a monster? How beliefs change; both individually and as a society.
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