City of Fallen Souls (2nd Edition)

UnderVerse, Book 3

By: Jez Cajiao

Narrated by: Wayne Mitchell

Jax survived the Smugglers Path, as did most of his party, but he's suffered losses, found out just how far he's willing to go for Oracle, and seen his own darker side . . . as have his followers.

The City of Himnel crawls with depravity, violence, and backstabbing, and if Jax wants to keep his people, supply his growing war-machine, and have any kind of a chance at survival, he needs to not only survive there, he needs to rob it blind!

Jax's simple, honest, and straightforward methods of dealing with people would usually equate to a snowman vs. a flamethrower's chance at survival, except he's got some new tricks, some new allies, and gives even less of a damn than usual about the odds.

Join Jax, Oracle, and the squad as they explore Himnel, fight in the Arena and gather other waifs and strays not to mention making new, and far more powerful enemies than he ever dreamt he would encounter.

Find out what happened to Thomas, why the Legion is hated and reviled, and if Jax ever manages to get his hearts desire . . . namely a cold beer, people to leave him the hell alone, and Oracle, naked, and some "quality" time uninterrupted!

©2020 R J Cajiao (P)2023 Tantor

enjoyable

still enjoyable, still glad they changed the narration style so that I can listen to it. glad to finally be out of the city.

Love it

Couldn't tell you how the 2nd edition compares since I never tried the first, but the book is great so give it a shot if you're interested.

Finally entered a good state of flow, satisfied

I had problems with the first two books, albeit minor ones. I felt most of those were resolved with this book, and I greatly enjoyed the story.

Jax had less temper tantrums, he finally has a cohort of competent people, the narrator wasn't overly enunciating his favorite words and the accents were too thick, and Jax lost some of his idealistic bull crap.

The story is well fleshed out at this point in time, and things are a bit more realistic. i.e. every fight is no longer a life and death battle where Jax barely pulls through every single time where he goes through enormous pain and suffering.

Narration is still bad; Great Story

The narrator still gets overexcited during fight scenes and his acting during these periods is almost unbearable.

I love the story. If I could change two things: 1.) The MC would hold onto his naginata (spelling?) during fights, because he drops it literally every fight and 2.) get the MC a bigger manna pool! The guy nearly passes out after casting only 1-2 spells. It’s infuriating? Other than that, great litrpg.

The emotional moments, Jax’s inspirational moments from his beliefs on right and wrong. His conviction was inspirational.

I was surprised that I missed the audio book for this book and rectified that mistake. I had forgotten that I only read the book for this chapter. Missing the funny and inspiring moments that the audiobook brings out. This series deserves another reread or listen. Thank you for bring this series to life.