AWAKEN ONLINE BOOK 9 SERIES

He is probably the one saving grace that this book had, because if he hadn’t have been here to keep this story anchored it would have drifted far afield of where it should have been. If you liked him in the other three books you won’t be disappointed here. David Stifel stays true to form, and does his solid work as always. I’m sure I’ll get it just to keep up the reviews, but that is the only reason.

AWAKEN ONLINE BOOK 9 SERIES

This is not a series that I will continue out of love. Chandler from Friends goes to visit his awkward cousin Eliza, we then spend some time with Eliza, Chandler pops back in to say good bye and next fall we have Eliza’s show, The Awkward Herbalist or the Anguished Alchemist, not sure about the title yet, but you get the idea. Again, I will reiterate, this felt like a pilot episode for a spin-off within an established series. I don’t know if I’ve said this before, but I am not liking the direction this series is taking. That was the whole book, cry about how hard her life at home was, arguing with the hippy, doing an asinine Hippy quest, and then complaining about it afterwards. Then she went and became old Eliza again. The only real moment where I saw a touch of Jason came when she confronted the PKers. Here, it seems like Eliza is afraid to get her hands dirty. I really don’t know why Bagwell is going this direction because in the first two books Jason not only out thought but he out fought his enemies. This felt like a longer more drawn out version of those trials. In his third book the most mind numbing scenes came when the team was doing the Hippy’s trials. I don’t know about you but I like my intellectual battles fought in conjunction with a sword or spear. For some reason Bagwell has decided that it is much better to have an intellectual battle or solution rather than an actual fight.

Seriously, she kills a ton of players but feel bad when she is given a quest to basically wipe out a band of pirates. One moment of real growth and it was squished quickly. Her solution for the Stag was slightly better, and she actually showed some life when she confronted the other players, but that went by the wayside as soon as she got back home.

Yes, she does come up with an innovative way to kill the troll, but it was as exciting as watching someone spray a wasp with a can of Raid. Honestly, at no point did I have a sense of danger or concern, nor even when she was killed. The quests that he send Eliza on are neither funny nor very exciting. His every appearance sends shivers down my spine. I just don’t see the appeal of the guy or the black sheep. I cannot stand Fluffy, and I think that every joke that they do or is done in their spirit falls flatter than a sheaf of rice paper. I absolutely hate every moment that the Hippie appears. The only difference is that Jason’s god is much cooler and much more tolerable. She has his crappy parental relationship, and gets jerked around by an in-game god. Eliza is just a more milquetoast version of Jason. You want the truth, the best part of this book was that there was no chance of Alexion showing up, and he still had a mention. Awaken Online is the title because I need three cups of coffee and a handful of no-doze to get through the latest books.

Here it comes, I am really getting bored with this series. Story slowing down, not a fan of the character

Awaken online book 9