Fun and worth a listen

Without spoiling anything the book is well written and amongst the funnier things iv listend to. If you enjoy fun twists on familiar consept and interactions between unique and interesting characters then i would definitely recommend it.

The narrator does a great job but their are a few issues where the dragons voice isnt put in properly breaking the flow, never enough too ruin anything in my opinion but definitely a little jarring at times.

Looking forward too seeing more from this author
P.S sry for any spelling or grammatical errors, hope i came across well enough

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my new favourite dragon

Maxime best author! Maxime best author!
The video trailer for book 3 that came out on Reddit had me looking for book one because it was all kinds of brilliant. I was not disappointed - I can tell I will read this book again coz it has so many good nuggets within. this series will lighten my day and the host of characters are the right kind of crazy. Hmm I loved how Vainqueur views the world and the manlings it was comic genius.
Thanks Maxime for respecting the black girl magic and portraying such a powerful figure.

Jack did an awesome job at narrating this book it sounds like you had fun with it.

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Stupid dragon, I mean glorious dragon

Dumb arse dragon learns that the livestock (people), have things called levels. With his trusty minion (enslaved human) to guide him, he sets off to adventure and earn GOLD!!!!!!

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fun and interesting take on litrpg, with dragons!

A strange world where humans get reincarnated into heroes to help the humanoid races against the fairies, our "hero" gets caught by a dragon while trying to steal a rapier for a quest and accidentally introduces the dragon to hero classes, questing and other such "mortal" concepts.

Great fun and well voiced, taking the piss out of litrpg basic ideas

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This was AWESOME!!

Highly entertaining!
Different from other LitRpg books.
On a good way.
I hope it'll be more like this.
Cheers!!

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A fun take on the isekai litrpg trope

This story is a novel approach to the whole “waking up in a new world with rpg super powers” format.

The dragon is both hilarious in his attitude to lesser beings and displays surprising pathos at certain points.

The highlight is definitely the dragons growing obsession with getting his favourite minion to breed and create more high quality minions. Solely for the dragons benefit.

The narrator is solid, a few hiccups where the the distortion for the dragon voices is left on during “he said” bits but nothing major and the narrators range and accents are great.

Overall a solid litrpg. I’m really enjoying this authors other series as well and will be going through all of them.

If in doubt, give it a shot. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

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Great litRPG isekai.

The narrator is fantastic, it’s funny, there’s progression, and the relationship between our human MC and Vainqueur is so wholesome. I would definitely recommend this book to people who like litRPG isekais, or dragons. The only thing I disliked was that the story is very meandering and there was no drive behind the plot. Definitely going to be getting the next one as there was some set up at the end that I want to see pay off.

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Entertaining Dragon and Minion audiobook

Loved this book from start to finish.
Recommended for everyone as I will happily look forward to a sequel to this series in future.

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Loved it.

TLDR
Comedy/satire about a dragon that becomes an adventurer, which actually had be laugh allowed in places.
Background
After foolish human Victor accidentally wakes the read the dragon Vainqueur and makes the mistake of explaining the leveling system. Vainqueur decides he wants in and that adventuring may be...profitable. With his "loyal" (terrified) new minion as a guide, and a dragon invented levelling system (for who other than a great dragon could come up with such an invention) to discover, Vainqueur takes to the world with GREED in his eyes.
Why I liked it.
Let's start with the dragon in the room. Vainqueur (best dragon) is AMAZING, the narration uses special effects to give his voice a rumbling and gravitas that really leads to the character. He is a dragon in the truest sense of the word, not a noble creature (though he will say otherwise) with a long view on the world, he lives for his horde, to gather riches and collect Princesses (for bragging rights, which he would naturally release unharmed to go forth and make more Princesses, such is the cycle of life). Vainqueur is assured highly egotistical (in the most wonderful way) assured, that dragons are infalliable and all other creatures are lesser (though he doesn't hold it against them for not being born dragons). Yet with all of this Vainqueur is written as a character that grows throughout the story, he has his own insecurities and as his world view is challenged, he has parts of genuine character growth.
Likewise in contrast to the immortal dragon, is the rather squishy minion Victor. A mortal from our world, who still wants to go home, but now finds himself as the chief minion and second in the foodchain (an important place to be) to Vainqueur. He is a character in direct juxtaposition and serves to balance and showcase the dragon, at the same time he too begins to learn his place in the world and grow.
The story is a comical/satirical one, which is shown in all aspects of the story, from the interaction fo Vainqueur and his minion to the actual world building, the nature of the Gods, but the comedy is all played straight. Vainqueur is a hypercapitalist, one dark church purchases corpses (under luctrative contracts) with the intention to spark a revolution in the labour force, and while there are absolutely ridicilous moments (which I will leave you to discover) they almost get really easily folded into the story and so get folded into the tapestry of the narative rather than glaringly stand out.
As I mentioned previously Vainqueur is a Dragon and played as a horde loving one and the reason I bring this up again is that what this does is really change his priorities, as he meets other people in the world there is always this glorious clash in ideals and priorities which keeps occuring, as people struggle to fully understand one another. Vainqueur is really written as an alien creature and ultimately this adds to a marvelous read.
Jack Vorhess does an amazing job with the narration, knowing when to ham it up to 11 and when to play things straighter. The voice modulation on Vainqueur really makes him stand apart.
Why you might not like it.
If you are looking for a serious book or epic 10 book fantasy then this isn't for you. As of yet there are 4 books (3 narrated) out so far, but having read only book 1, I don't see how it will go past 5 (and hopefully won't).
For the first half of the story there is little threat to Vainqueur with parts later feeling less tense (because he is a huge freaking dragon) than other stories. This worked really well for me and my current mood, but might not float your boat.
Overall.
I held off starting Defiance of the Fallen as I enjoyed this book so much. I'm really looking forward to seeing where this goes and highly recommend it for anyone looking for something a bit different or lighter. I really struggled working out whether to write this review as I do my others or in an in-character voice (I may do that at a later stage). Loved it.

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An entertaining take on litrpg

I received a review copy of this fun and entertaining book. The dragon is delightfully clueless and the "hero" is along for the literal ride. The narration is excellent, with the dragon and other non human creatures all given their own styles that bring the story to life. The only issue I had with the book were a couple of points in the first half where some twists and scene changes felt a little jarring.

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