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Tenacity

The Completionist Chronicles, Book 9

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Tenacity

By: Dakota Krout
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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An Epic Fantasy LitRPG Adventure

Resources? Zilch. Shelter? Ha. Monsters? Hungry, and closing in.

Joe the Ritualist fled Alfheim with the remnants of the Dwarven Oligarchy at his side. Though the hairy warriors number in the tens of thousands, they stand at the brink of extinction; and the new world they landed on isn’t pulling any punches. Jotunheim is a winter wonderland featuring a vast array of monsters: the least of which are hulking lizard-ape Hoardlings, and carnivorous penguins standing a dozen feet tall.

The world is massive, deadly, and empty: But all Joe sees is free real estate. Thanks to Specializing in magics that allow him to rapidly create buildings, the Ritualist starts carving out a defensible area for his allies. Dense walls, workshops that churn out weapons and armor, even magical edifices that rain death upon the swarming creatures. Being so new to the world, they mistakenly believe that expanding quickly equals safety.

But on the world of giants, ramping up production just means ringing a bigger dinner bell.

©2023 Dakota Krout (P)2023 Mountaindale Press Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Magic LitRPG
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I listened to the series so far and grew to love the story. It is worth the listen and i am waiting for the next book in the series.

I love the story, but the narration takes the cake

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I am a fan of the series, however this story feels like it was stretched only to fill one extra book. The whole story could be compressed to a third of his length and be much more interesting. The whole "dwarfs dont trus me suddenly" after all he did and was doing makes no sense to me.
I hope it doesn't end up to be another series whit to many books released only because it is popular. (like Astorians chronicles). For me it starts to feel like it is more about dwarfs than about main character.

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I love this series and have to say I really like the path this series and this book has taken. ***Spoilers****(sort of) The additional world building mechanisms like karmic luck that are not yet explained because Joe hasn't met a Karmic race yet are really interesting. The use of the message system to underline the reputation system and the damage that could be caused due to your standing with a faction because of who and what your mail contains was a superb addition, like a WW1 period drama. Safe to say, the Dwarfs are trying to teach the humans they are no longer short-lived (not a dwarf joke) and can slow down and start to look at the long game. I am looking forward to the next book to be a slower build that's focused on creating a foundation for the city that can weather anything. Joe is still as scatter brained and forgetful as usual but still as funny and crazy as a bag of angry squirrels. But seriously Joe, get a damn reminder system or notebook in your life. The only thing that had me stumped was the fact they don't use Ice in the building of the wall or Joe using the ice/frost aspect as a target in his rituals. Such a simple solution to the frost exuding monsters.
In short.... a brilliant addition to the series and narration outstanding as always

Another outstanding book

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like always, I enjoyed the ride, but I got to be honest, Dakota's books are starting to seem a little superficial and forgettable...
it's all show and little tell these days which is a shame

great fun

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This book had a few things that made it more enjoyable than the previous two books which I didn't enjoy that much. Firstly the main legion dwarves were both dialled down in their annoying jock/ bro dialog and were not interacted with as much as the previous books. This made me happy as this was one of the most annoying things about the recent series. Secondly it has some town build and tower defence aspects. I do like both. Though, it was at a insane pace like a speed run. No time to saviour either.

This isn't a return to the heights of the first few books where Joe was actually trying to complete everything, find hidden classes and trainers, etc. I think he needs his guild to make an appearance soon because Joe and the series is missing capable team mates who bring different skills and expertise to the table. Havoc is great (the only dwarf I like, Cleave is pretty close) doesn't have much book time which was a real shame.

[Note - I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]

Slightly better than the previous two books

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