Danika is scared of what people think of her or more of what they see her has, but with this revolutionary game, Living Jade Empire, she get to come out of her shell and bloom. This happen at a very slow pace and it hard to understand why because the author doesn't say much about anything outside of the game since Danika is the narrator and why would a narrator main character describe her life in general.

It take a very long time for anybody find out where in the world she live and why she doesn't want to go on a date in real life and it the biggest weakness of the story. So if you start reading this story give it time the chapter are short and the story outside of the game only start with the second book.

This novel is not the story of a munchkin so no reason to be the best in combat it is a story of exploration, adventure, discovery and love it is not the typical vrmmo novel. The game is only a tool to connect everyone.

And if you really need to know what I love most about this story than you will need to read till half of book 2 or if your perceptive you will find out in book 1 and for the other spoiler ahead;

Spoiler

Danika is paraplegic, something almost never done. Giving your main character a major handicaps, one you can't get over but have to live with. It give the story so much to expend on and explain so many thing, it a sad true but one that give flesh to the story.

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Keerith

Status: through book 5

Aug 10, 2022

I am not sure where to start my review, so first I will say that I really love this work. ≪3 It is fun, imaginative, and wholesome; the characters are fun to follow along, the world is interesting and well written, and the writing itself is polished and high quality.

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Tophrel

Status: v1 c74

May 2, 2022

Has a decent start but drops off very quickly once she gets out of the tutorial zone.

Spoiler

She pretty much cannot play the game, yet still has to be logged in doing nothing while she waits for her egg to hatch. On top of that she is denied a proper starter zone because her NPC 'parents' sell her freaking egg to a player, who tries to make her his familiar right after she FINALLY hatches days later. Any of those events should have been reported to the game devs as major bugs, and she should have been heftily compensated for having her gaming experience ruined in such a way. And yet, she simply accepts all that BS and tries to continue, which is way more unrealistic than a full dive vr >_<

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Edit: if you can get past the stuff I described in the spoiler the story gets good again a bit after.

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