So happy this series is going strong! Keep up the work plz.
This second book continues on with Mark heading into his first assignment with his battle group.
At first he is a bit nervous because the area they are headed to is the last place any group would want to go. And the monsters are definitely much harder to kill and have skills quite a bit higher than himself.
Luckily he has some of his friends with him to help sharpen his skills. As well a really skilled group of fighters that work well together.
Mark finds himself in a situation where he can greatly upgrade his power, but with some consequences of course.
This review doesn’t have any give always in it
But, this series is a must read/listen if you love this genre. I personally didn’t like this genre until I read the first book in this series, Advent.
Now I’m a true believer in LitRpg, as long as Seth Ring is the author!!

Thank you #BlackstoneAudio and #NetGalley for giving me an opportunity to review this novel. All opinions are my own.

If you liked book one, you are going to LOVE book two! I think one of the reasons I didn't rate book 1 over 4/5 is because there was a lot of ground it covered and I think it could have used a few more chapters to dive in to it all. That changed in this book, it's still fast pace with a lot going on, but it doesn't feel overwhelming or like it's hard to keep up.

The pacing was perfect, the twists were going in a few directions, and we saw a lot of character development. Yes, I will say I had a feeling a lot of us can guess certain twists, but I think it's intentional. I feel like something is coming in book three and I am excited to find out what, especially with the way book 2 ends.

I feel like this is Lit-RPG but I also feel like it doesn't quite fit into that category. A friend of mine said it's similar to progression fantasy, so now I need to go read more in that genre, because this series is fantastic!

Actual rating: 4.5/5

I’m fairly new to LitRPG books but this seems like an excellent example. Unlike the first one in this series —where we got to understand all the alchemy and powers people were born with or could develop, the world building, and relationship between brothers and his mentor— this book is all play. And by play I mean fighting. As the main character travels, he checked his levels. When he finishes a fight, he checks his levels. Sometimes before he enters a fight, he checks his levels. There are some very cool powers I wish I had (not so much the finger blades as the self-healing). And there’s a big mystery: why is he being sent into unwinnable situations without much training? Who is trying to get him killed? Unfortunately that will have to wait for the third book. The gist of this one is that he fights a lot and adds to his powers. And now girls don’t make him as nervous. But he’s not actually dated anyone yet. The hero is a fighter, not a lover. Since I’m the opposite, this book wasn’t my favorite. If you like action and adventure and don’t mind blood and guts, you may like this just fine. There just wasn’t as much novelty here.
My thanks to the author, publisher, @BlackstoneAudio, and #NetGalley for access to the audiobook of #DarkDawn for review purposes. It is now available.

This book was like reading/listening to a video game and it was wonderful. The detail and world building was incredible and the characters have depth that makes a story great.
The narrator did a great job with the voices, pacing, and providing the structure to bring this story life in a new way.