Gank: A LitRPG Adventure (The Crucible Shard Book 4) Kindle Edition

These books just keep getting better. I really liked this one. It went to some interesting places and added a lot to the story. The only issue I had with the book was the "dating game" part. It was interesting but it seemed to break up the flow of the story and went on for to long. It just seemed like something that would have been better suited as its own mini story.

So far this has been the best book in the Crucible Shard series that I've read. Characters felt the most real in this story as well as being well written. This story is amazing for all it makes you think.

I did not see that ending coming. Omg, everything comes out of left field and you're ending the book wondering what is "real" and what is a game.

I base my ratings on Dread Empire and The Black Company series, this series keeps getting better as it goes, more please.

Nothing major this round few twists and turns it's an ok read and since your here you will be for the next 😂

nice but plot gets very twisted.

Mild Spoilers AheadAt the end of the last book, Liam and his group planned to counter attack the elves that were invading his kingdom. However, the plan to attack the elves doesn't go as planned and the airship they’re on is forced to shift realities. Everyone ends up in a dating sim! (25-40% section of the novel). Which are a combination of time management system and social building game systems. Think non-combat stuff from Persona 5. It’s actually a rather nice change of pace.Then the elves somehow find them and they flee somewhere else.At about the 40% mark, things seem to fall off the rails for me:In addition to the characters being able to shift realities now, the story adds time travel. Some stuff happens that changes the timeline and undoes some of the harsher events of the last novel. Not sure if I like the results but it’s an interesting way to hit the undo button.After that even more random seeming events occur. There’s more shifting to other realities including Cobalts home reality, the main characters original reality, a creation of a new pantheon, main characters losing all their memories and going through total shifts in personalities.So many things happen in the last half of the story that it’s confusing to keep track of it all and it feels really fractured.Overall, I really enjoyed the first half of this story. The addition of a new temporary game world was cool and added some variety to an action oriented story. However, the last half was just messy and contradictory and I didn’t care for it.Score: 6 out of 10.

I enjoyed this 4th book in the Crucible Shard series for a number of reasons, such as the solid writing and unpredictable plot line. But what really sticks out is the balance between humor, self introspection, and horrific events which might otherwise be creepy.It's crunchy LitRPG with leveling and system prompts but the leveling and new abilities don't come into play too often, instead the main characters tend to rely on their allies and clever thinking.I looking forward to the next book.