Loopbreaker: Book 1

A Time Loop LitRPG

By: Shawn Wilson

Narrated by: Christopher Boucher, Kitty Perrelli

The hardest part of being a noble’s first son? Nothing—you inherit most of it.

Being the ninth son means you inherit war.

Drafted to the front, Francis Lancaster has one purpose: to keep his half-brother Michael alive on the blood-soaked fields of Reevotort, where six months of fighting the beastkin army has taken its toll on the kingdom. When Francis steps into his brother’s punishment, that moment changes everything.

Now, whenever Francis dies, he wakes a few days before his death, every skill and stat he gained, kept.

Curse or blessing, the loop is a weapon—if he can stand the cost. To save his brother and himself, Francis must map patterns, stack skills, and turn each loss into a better opening move…before the next death makes him repeat everything again.

©2026 Shawn Wilson (P)2026 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

Very well done.

There's a lot of time loop books, this is one of my favorite. Doesnt get awoken by an annoying sibling. Listens to the smarter peole around him. Understands that he can improve and isn't a moron. I really enjoyed this book, both for the humor and the length of the story, as well as the character development. I am pleased with my purchase.

Enjoyed this book immensely.

I really enjoyed this book. I had to force myself to put it down to just sleep.

Good

I like to handle the time of mechanic well Could have been less worried about his brother

Meh. Micheal

The whole brother thing should have just been abandoned. Adds nothing but constant annoyance. The author trys to make his brother the whole reason the mc pushes so hard but to me it falls flat. Find a different motivation. The narration is decent, as some other have said the female comes in at random times which is jarring. Book is nothing special. Also extremely pg which is just annoying to me at the point. Avoiding swearing when talking about heavy subjects and dealing with heightened emotions is just annoying.

Existing reviews weren't plants, genuinely good

Had sworn off time loops as a general rule because in this genre, they seem to typically become stat sheet stuffing wish fulfillment drivel with either a wood block and/or supreme edgelord MC that makes me lose interest after the third or fourth reset. Even after being burnt so many times basing purchase decisions off of the horrendously biased, unreasonably highly reviewed books on here, any time a time loop was involved in the synopsis, I would opt out, because the premise in the past has always felt like a cop out for progression stories and sours the story much more quickly for me if done wrong.

SO! imagine my surprise when this one actually hits. The reviews are real on this one. While there were parts that dragged due to the repetitive nature as you would expect, this author gets character development. Meaningful, consistent and impactful character development that respects the readers intelligence. Further, the dialogue between characters whilst clumsy at times, felt real enough that you actually cared about what happened around the looper. The rest of the litrpg stuff is pretty standard for fans of the genre, but like the rest of it, it's done really well if not exactly groundbreaking. Polished, good story, worth the credit. and turned a guy who still is skeptical of the sub-genre, genuinely excited to find another that doesn't make me pray that the next refund opportunity can't come any sooner so I can afford the next read.