Discovering Power

Realms of Power and Fury Series, Book 1

By: Kevin McLaughlin, Michael Anderle

Narrated by: Joel Richards

The worst day of Eric's life was capped off by him being kicked through a gateway into a universe filled with magic and monsters.

To make matters worse, he had to fight for his life the moment he arrived. Nothing could have prepared him for a world where everything either wants to kill him or eat him.

Or both.

Eric never saw himself as a hero. But the world he's been cast into needs one badly.

It looks like he's going to have to fill those shoes.

He needs to gain some power if he wants to hold his own. Oh, and stay alive long enough to take on the forces of evil.

If only that was as simple as it sounds....

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Stockholm Syndrome MC

The litRPG elements were good, the mechanics fun, and the setting neat.

The major problem I have with it is that the MC starts as a typical litRPG loser with no self discipline, no ambition, no backbone, and no personality other than being a sad sack. Expecting character growth, what I got instead was him promptly being enslaved, immediately exhibiting Stockholm Syndrome and admires and respects his new owner, and a switch flips in his brain to make him suddenly extremely hard working, ambitious, assertive, and starts taking pride in his accomplishments...as a slave.

The fact that the whole book tried to get you to like the slavers for some messed up reason, and constantly frames them as justified because "that's just their culture", all in an effort to convert the MC? Honestly disgusting.

starts slow but gets good fast!

starts a bit slow but picks up decently fast. in to book 2 now!

Really enjoyed this

This book had me all wrapped up, I purchased it on a whim and it didn’t let me down, even has some good humor.
That being said, you might want to stop here.

Couldn’t make it through the second. The authors get bogged down and fills several chapters with political bs. I didn’t buy a book to escape, only to wind up having to rehash every thing because the authors can’t find anything else to make the story more relatable to the readers. Took a decent mc and made him a simp.

Overall good and intriguing story

Growing up I enjoyed watching adventure/fairytale movie. Never grew up reading or listening to stories. So I’m tried something new and I am very much enjoying these types of stories. From a novice viewpoint I see the stories are great starting point if you want to get into these types of stories. I am for sure going to start the next book.

yes the start is painful

however. the rest of the story didn't go so badly and I think I'll try the next book and see what happens