A review by meetmeinmalkovich
Darkstrider by Aaron Hodges, Aaron Hodges

3.0

Thanks to BookSirens, and Aaron Hodges for this novel, that i received in exchange for an honest review.

I am very new to litRPG as a subgenre, and this book popped up and it just felt like kismet to give it a try. I initially liked the cover and the title is badass.

It starts off strong and with some action, a good mix of showing and telling the reader and introducing them to the MC and overriding hero -- add in what seems to be a trope: new character wakes up with amnesia, having been dropped into a new world -- end with some ok SFF writing and BOOM you have this book. I didn't hate it, I just didn't love it as I was hoping I would. It's just pieces of it that made it hard to connect to.

With some tweaks I think this could be a cool series and would continue the series. I think the universe as a whole, if expanded on, could be worth reading about, too.