Godsfall

by T.B. Mare

A cynical law student must learn to harness magical powers while navigating a world of gods and monsters in the first book of this LitRPG fantasy series.



Lukas Aguilar does not believe in gods. Despite—or perhaps because of—his deep knowledge of mythology and lore, Lukas has always valued what is practical, factual, and verifiable, eschewing faith for what he can see right in front of him. That is, until an earthquake destroys his home, and he wakes up in a dark cavern infested with bloodthirsty and unearthly creatures, wielding strange powers and hearing an even stranger voice in his head claiming to be a goddess.



Now Lukas must learn to embrace the unbelievable, leveling up his abilities and cooperating with the devious deity in his mind—and fast. Because wherever he is, it isn’t friendly, and he’ll need to fight to stay alive . . .



Filled with unique characters and intricate world-building, Godsfall launches a captivating series that will appeal to fans of epic fantasy, progression storytelling, and clever spins on classic mythology.



The first volume of the hit LitRPG adventure series—with almost a million views on Royal Road—now available on Audible and wherever ebooks are sold!

Genres: Fantasy

560 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 15, 2022

About the author

T. B. Mare is the pseudonym for the authors of Stranger Than Fiction

Reviews

[Doug Sundseth · Rating 1 out of 5]

The first third of this book was a solid 1-star read. Technically bad writing, multiple unrelated POVs, terrible dialog, distractingly bad names, incoherent world design, and disruptive reading of character sheets.

For a time in the middle of the book, I thought it might actually reach as high as 3 stars.

No such luck.

The plotting is turgid and muddled, the characters do not react in a way that is recognizable as human (or whatever), the "game" system makes little sense (and what sense it makes is unbalanced).

There's probably more to say, but I can't be bothered.

[Kevin · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first quarter of this book is very convoluted. I don't know if it's the author's first book, and he is trying too hard to show that his world and characters have depth, or if it's just uninteresting.

The start of these "other world" books always suck trying to get the protagonist from point A to B, but this is one of the worst offenders I read for the year so far. Maybe the author is trying too hard to make this "mythology is real bro" work?

What is with all these Japanese terms? Did the protagonist get transported to a Japanese magic world? Kami? Yokai? Shogun? I hope the author isn't trying to make some anime in book form.

I'm fifteen chapters in. If I was a different person I would have dropped this by now.
Maybe I'm too in a bad mood to enjoy this? Maybe power fantasy has ruined my capacity to sit through lots of needless padding before the good stuff happens? Maybe this just isn't for me? Or maybe it's just poorly executed?

I'm not enjoying this book, things are too confusing. The author is trying too hard to come across as different and original.

What this basically boils down to is that the protagonist's world was destroyed, and he was reborn as a walking independent "dungeon core" in human form. He can absorb others to make their abilities his own, he can manifest objects from raw energy. He was tasked with destroying another "dungeon core" by a bunch of "Japanese Yokai". He has a Goddess in his head who acts as his spirit guide, helping him survive, at a price of course.

I don't even know if I want to continue the series. Things were needlessly complicated. Also I didn't want any stats of compatibility percentages.
I have a few more chapters remaining, and will decide if I continue the series then.

This was a "meh". I will probably read the sequel in the future. Hopefully the author doesn't continue to try so hard to sell his world.

2.5/5 Stars

[Koffe · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars Okay so at the end of the day I really enjoyed the book although it was a very slow build up. I can honestly say that this is unlike any other litrpg or Isekai I've read to date. The change of PoV's was annoying at times but I do understand it now that I've finished the book. The action was well decent the abilities were far from unique or amazing but good enough. I actually paused and listened to other books in between finishing this one. The story was very well written. However I found it lacking that thing that sucks you in and won't let you stop until you've finished reading it. I will listen to the next one when it's released on audible but it's not a series I see as having the potential to reach top 10 in Litrpg or Isekai. The world building was top notch though.

[Felipe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too bloated. Some great things but unfortunately too dispersed. It could have been a 5 star book (easy) if it were more focused on the story without so many layers of information of pantheons and mythology. And if one adds the sometimes unnecessary ramblings of introspection and spelled out insight of the MC, it just becomes tortuous. Only because you really want to know what happens next. The skip button was a must halfway through the audiobook and the only way I could finish it.

[Matthew Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book.

Started a bit slow but once it got going, oh boy!

On the surface it may seem like your standard "the world ended and I got portaled to a gamelit fantasy world" story. It's anything but.

It's exciting, and there's only a handful of gamelit/litrpg books as well written.

Definitely worth reading! 👌

[Kory Ullrich · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dragged in some places, but good

Took a while, but ended up liking it a lot. The change in character from one to another wss a bit annoying, but over all, a good book. Will buy the next.

[kain daniels · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unexpectedly Awesome.

This book sucked me into its world. I was so hooked that I read the entire thing in one sitting, and it kept me guessing the whole time. I can’t wait for the sequel.

[Brent · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good world building that gets just a little too deep into the lore to easily follow. Still very enjoyable, I can't wait for the 2nd book.

[M · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF
Absolute snoozefest and nothing more.

[James Riley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good

I really liked this book. It was very well written and engaging. I highly recommend it.

The only problem is that the epilogue is a tad abrupt.

[Ralph Trickey · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a stand-alone book, I wasn't impressed. I'm not into uber powerful MCs who are saved at the last minute. However, there was enough ambiguities in the world and the final twist was enough that I will probably look at reviews for the next book and likely purchase it. It was an interesting world.