Review: Tayra

Title: Tayra: Would You Love a Monster Girl?

Author: Cebelius

Rating: 4.5/5

Comments:

These books are essentially romance novels, but with one non-human protagonist.  Now generally speaking, I don't read books for romance.  These though are well done, and the characters are relatable.  What really differentiates these books for me, and brings them up above a four is the way Ceb is building the world.  There's no wall of text exposition where he goes on for pages explaining how the world works and all that.  No, he sticks in a detail here, a detail there, and a discussion between characters over here, and slowly builds a picture of a world that has some heft to it.  I knocked off a half a point for gratuitous POV shifting, which I swear he put in just to tweak me.  Worth the read even if you don't do "romance" as a genre.

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Review: Right of Retribution 3

Title: Right of Retribution: Book 3

Author: William D. Arand

Rating: 4.5/5

Comments:

This is the final book in the leadup to the conclusion of the Sovereign-verse meta-arc 1 and it pulls a lot of threads together from a lot of different series.  If you love cameos from his other books this one outstrips them all on that front.

I liked it, but it didn't have the emotional sledgehammer that the first one did.  I'm going to be very excited to see what happens in the next trilogy.

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Review: He Who Fights with Monsters 4

Title: He Who Fights with Monsters 4: A LitRPG Adventure

Author: Shirtaloon

Rating:4.5/5

Comments:  Another big chonky boy from Shirtaloon, but totally worth it.  I always try to finish these in one session, and I always fail.  In this installment Jason is back in Australia and he is the catalyst for a lot of change.  Well worth the read if you liked the others.

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Review: Law of Strength

Title: Law of Strength: A Litrpg Portal Adventure (Four Laws Book 1)

Author:  David Burke

Rating: 4/5

Comments: A lot of this book is fairly standard Isekai, monstergirl, harem fare, which would at best get it a "It doesn't suck" rating, but this had enough interesting characters, world building, and humor to bring it up to a 4/5.   Some light POV switching, but nothing egregious.  I'll read the next one, assuming it comes out.

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Review: An Outcast in Another World series

Title: An Outcast in Another World series

Author: KamikazePotato

Rating: 4.25/5

Comments: This is one of those rare LitRPG series that doesn't focus on the crunchy bits and focuses on the people side of the story and that is what makes it work.  When the protagonist gets dragged off to another world, he doesn't just shrug it off and start kicking ass, he's emotionally traumatized. It made everything that came after that work better and be easier to believe.  I read these back to back and I am looking forward to book 3, assuming there is a book 3.

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Review: Junkyard Pirates series

Title: Junkyard Spaceship; Junkyard Veterans; Junkyard Raiders

Author: Jamie McFarlane

Rating: 4.5/5 

Comments:

Jamie McFarlane is great for space opera that is easy to read and fast paced.  There's some emotional depth, but nothing that rises to the point of trauma.  I enjoy picking his books up when I need a palate cleanser after an emotional rollercoaster.

This series follows a Vietnam veteran who acquires an alien symbiote and they team up to bring Truth, Justice, and the American Way to the galaxy.  The covers link to the books, and from there you can get to book 1 if you haven't read it yet.

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