Andrew Seiple

Once upon a time there was a teddy bear who rescued his little girl, saved a kingdom and thought they had their happy ending. However, happy endings don't last forever. Trouble has returned to Cylvania as a hidden conspiracy seeks to overturn the new order of things. There's also something wrong with Celia and Threadbare is having trouble determining what the cause is.

Friends with Bunny Feets, the fourth book in Andrew Sieple's Threadbare series and the beginning of Threadbare's second story arc. Readers will want to have completed the original Threadbare trilogy and the Small Medium trilogy before diving in. There were no connections back to Blasphemy Online's story or characters so far.

The first half of the book is a rough/slow start with heavy politics and a tad depressing after how hard Threadbare and crew worked in the original trilogy. The kingdom of Cylvania has undergone great changes between books.

With all the background out of the way, the story moves on into a nice adventure and the second half feels like a Threadbare novel again. There are multiple story threads happening at once to set up for the remaining books. It was great being reunited with some of my favorite characters again. I hope for more of that in the next books. I also can't wait to see how Chase and Threadbare work together. Seems like a good combo for fun shenanigans.

It ends with an interesting twist for the toys and hopefully something to help Celia out. I'm looking forward to continuing the series.

I listened to the audio book narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds. He is absolutely perfect for this series. I'm glad he was kept on as narrator.… (mehr)

Dragon Hack is the first in the Blasphemy Online trilogy by Andrew Seiple. The story centers around teenager Richard Royal, living in a church-controlled dystopia. Richard finds his only break from his broken home life and bullying at school in the online gaming. Introduced to a very illegal online game, Rich logs in for the first time and finds himself in a dragon body, a quest to see to pledge himself to an evil power and very little instructions. It's not long before Rich figures out there's a lot more to this game it appears as it seems to be affecting him in realspace too.

The series serves as an origin story for the world of Threadbare. It is vastly different from the Threadbare books, being more of a traditional litRPG, so make sure you go in with adjusted expectations.

The story has a rough beginning and is on the cliche side to start. Our "hero" being a teenage boy has the ambition of what I assume typical teenage boys want - to get laid. Since he has little prospects in reality, he thinks maybe this new illegal game may be his option. After finally logging in the story turned into a fun and intriguing adventure. Obviously Richard has been chosen for something else in Generica Online though that's not fully revealed yet. I liked seeing the early version of the world and from a whole new perspective. It gives background on the mysterious "players" from the Small Medium series along with a hint as to what may have happened to them all. The whole consciousness swapping plot turned out satisfactorily. Plenty of different ways this can go next.

I listened to the audio book narrated by Nick Podehl. I liked Nick's narration well enough so I was surprised to see that there is a narrator swap for the rest of the series. The new narrator does not get very favorable reviews so it's highly probably I'll be continuing this series on my Kindle. Assuming I can hold off from starting the second Threadbare trilogy first.… (mehr)

Once upon a time there was a halven who pursued her freedom, regardless of the risks, and paid many prices to gain the life of adventure she wanted. Having uncovered dark secrets, secrets that could shake the world if they got out, Chase and her friends finds themselves being hunted by those who want those secrets kept buried. Taking matters into her own hands, Chase and friends head off to the City of Gnome searching to find Tomasi before the Inquisition does. One thing Chase doesn't know - here there be dragons.

Well Done is the final book in the Small Medium trilogy by Andrew Seiple. What started out as a fun, litRPG adventure has turned unexpectedly deep. Sure, it still has a light, funny tone with plenty of nods to pop culture, classic online gaming and oracle shenanigans. With the reveals we get the story also turns into an interesting exploration of sentience. There is definitely more going on than meets the eye in Generica.

The thing I'd been waiting for finally happened. Part of this book has a direct tie back to the original Threadbare trilogy. It was great seeing old friends again.

While this provides decent closure to Chase's story, it is definitely not the end. There are plenty of hints into where the second half of Threadbare's story could go next. I now have more questions that need answers given some of the things revealed in Small Medium. Before heading to the final trilogy, I'm going to give the prequel books a try. They seem to be an origin story of sorts for the world these characters live in.

I listened to the audio book narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds. Reynolds' narration is a joy to listen to.… (mehr)