A bit of a gamble

You could call it a LitClickerRPG book, the story overall was enjoyable enough, but the focus was on grinding. No value for life enter the dungeon kill as many monsters as possible, hope for lucky drops, rinse repeat.
The dungeon building was basic. Both sides of the story were about getting lucky with loot boxes.
Lots of probabilities covered that had little impact on the story.
It was well read and the characters were nice enough.
Not the best book ever but by no means bad.

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Won't be disappointed

A nice start to a series with an amazing narrator, lovers of dungeon core won't be disappointed

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The gacha dungeon

Overall very likable characters and story. This dungeon core story is delivered in a well thought out world of heroes and monsters. The rules that govern the dungeon and hero growth are both consistent and detailed, ehile not being overly convoluted.

If you hate cats you might just have found a kindred spirit in this young dungeon core

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Brilliant! Bring me the next book!

Let me get this out of the way: I don’t like Dungeon Core books. I’ve tried several and have never wanted to continue the series. Usually the “fairy” that is supposed to assist the new dungeon core is just too annoying or cutesy or stupid. It must be traditional or something because every book I’ve read has been like that. This book had a little of that but it wasn’t bad and it made sense, but I won’t spoil it by explaining more.

The one thing I love about LitRPG is the stats and there is just the right amount here! I loved every moment of it, although the monster lists did get to be a bit long, but still good.

The main character who became the dungeon core was likeable and his evolution as a dungeon core made sense. I can totally agree with his dislike of cats! He still did a couple of stupid things without asking first but almost all of them made sense. The one exception was where he exchanged life for things he could’ve bought eventually from the store. Oh, yes. The idea of the dungeon core having to “buy” eggs from a store (much like in-game purchases) to randomly get monsters or traps is novel and worked very well.

The reason for dungeon cores (to train heroes) and the reason for heroes (to fight world-threatening monsters) makes sense. The way they are selected and what happens if they decide to quit are also well handled. The main group of 5 heroes was interesting, although I’m conflicted about the support character (you know, the woman with the enormous...). Having no real attack or defense and having to dance and sing to use their power??

The world-threatening event was well handled as well.

Despite one or two niggles there is much more to recommend this book. Well worth a listen and I will definitely get the next one in the series.

I received a free copy of this book and chose to write a review.

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Great family listen for those with game lovers

I love the perspectives this story is told from. The main character Clay is relatable and I enjoyed interactions between him and Dwight.
Narration is amazing. I have already bought the next books in the series so I can continue.

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great story well narrated

good balance told between two viewpoints with enough but not too many stats. Very well narrated conveying additional depth to the characters.


Will be looking out for book 2

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Interesting Concept of a Gacha Dungeon Core

First and foremost I love the few twists that Jonathan does balancing the story of the D.C. and the Heroes, it is such a good way to create the environment for the whole story and that is what keeps me wanting more of his books.
The narration by Miles is really good pace and understanding.
Give this book a chance even if you don't like Gacha games. The story is really good.

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One of the better Dungeon Core Books

I got this book as part of a code give away from the author but that hasn't effected my opinion of this book at all. This is a fresh take of some of the usual Dungeon Core books with monsters and traps bought by the DC in a gotch'a style mechanic with random drops instead of the DC deciding they want say a goblin or something they could get a rat or it could be as good as a golem. It's a nice detail and changes things up a bit. The world building is also handled quite well by being done conversationally rather than through exposition dumps. Now the not so great bits. The characters while not bad really need more fleshing out as we learn very little about them. The author also needs to work on the mini chapters of stat dumps. I like crunchy litrpgs but these are a bit too often and too long. All that being said, the story was enjoyable and the narrator was great and I can't wait for book 2 and will be looking at some of the authors other books

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Very good dungeon Core

Reborn as a dungeon core, Clay has to learn a whole new way of living guided by Dwight the dungeon guide. great characters as usual with this author and a good solid game mechanic with a twist from the normal. There are lots of stats tables but they are presented as separate chapters so if you don't like stat updates they can be skipped. Personally I like them, it is Litrpg after all. Miles Mili puts on a great performance.

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Good story

I like the change and new perspective for Dungeon Core. I definitely look forward to the next one

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