Gemini's Crossing: A Fantasy LitRPG GameLit Adventure (Enora Online Book 1)

I absolutely love to read anything and everything. This book was my first foray into fantasy LitRPG. There were some annoying elements, largely the editing. I can't stomach grammar errors. The story did keep me engaged, though. I have also come back for every Enora story following this one. It's safe to say I'm invested in Gemini and his foundation at this point. I do recommend the series for those gaming fans who want to know what it would be like to live inside a game.

Good storyline and rich characters. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series, and hope you'll enjoy it as much as I have.

I’m enjoying this book. Thank god I found it after some more were released otherwise I would be upset at the end.

We've seen the set-up in every third litRPG out there...dying MC gets consciousness uploaded into an AI-controlled game. Hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? We get a little more background than usual, describing how the AI came to be and started adapting and so on, which is cool but leaves begging why these geniuses didn't install some sort of failsafe, since the innovator even mentioned his inspiration for AI-interest was The Terminator!But that's okay, can deal with that. Our hero Gemini gets uploaded, well and good...supposedly sort of beta-testing the changes from human-programmed game world to the AI-generated game world. Sounds good so far...pretty standard RPG stat setting, fluid classes you discover as you go based on the skills you learn and items you equip. Could be fun. No real explanation for the Dark Levels...unless you reach level 10 without dying, no respawns. Really bad in the case of our boy Gemini (sorry, not doing the leet-speak spelling he inflicts on us)...if he dies before lvl 10, Enora (the AI) will wipe him from the servers.But it gives a sense of tension, so there ya go. So far, so good.Then it kinda goes sideways. Somehow he fortunately gets the ability Tame...no real plausible reason why, except it allows him to get his first pet/companion, sort of a badger/porcupine/beaver called a Porkupunk. Kinda cool; I love pet classes in my RPG.Pretty standard adventures from there...rescue beautiful girls, gain levels, girls are slavishly devoted to him...kinda descending into the pervy nerdboy wish-fulfillment even as Gemini agonizes over the semi-slavery and removing their free will...And this is where it loses stars. There's no reason for an AI-generated game to have this really basic mid-90s sort of NPC faction rating. Especially as it seems ridiculously easy to level. From random stranger to Beloved in less than 2 days? Sorry, even if you rescue a girl from a fate worse than death, she's probably not going to pledge the remainder of her life to you. That just falls entirely flat...and it doesn't happen once, but *twice*! With absurd ease! The underlying message is clear: log in to Enora, get a sex slave within days! Who exhibit no jealousy over your other sex slaves!Personally, I hate the harem elements that seem to be dominating litRPG these days, but that's just me.But Gemini finally levels to 10 and when cuddling with his two hot and horny babes in town, Bad Guys break in, kill him and the blonde babe and kidnap the Asian babe. Because he's lvl 10 now and has assigned a certain number of stat points to the blonde babe, they both get to re-spawn at his spawn point.Basically, the whole Companion aspect is completely whacked and geared toward pervy nerdboys. There is no logical explanation or validation to have such a system in place. Companions, sure. Pets, sure. But by assigning stat points you become effectively their owner? In a game that is supposed to be taken over by the AI because she didn't like static quests and wanted NPCs to be effectively as free as players? Why are players even allowed to assign stat points for `independent' NPC Companions? If they're supposed to be free and autonomous, let THEM assign their own stat points!And when he respawns after his first death at level 10, Gemini gets snarky with Enora, who's waiting to chat with him. She throws a serious hissy fit...`This world is more real and dangerous than you can imagine!' Blah blah blahAnd slave-owner angst-boy Gemini apologizes for his offenses.For me...much better if he'd fired back, `Bish, you RUN the world! If it's dangerous, you made it that way and guess what? If it's too dangerous, NOBODY WILL PLAY! And your servers get yanked and re-purposed! And if your NPCs are so dang free-willed, how come I can make them slaves by assigning points, huh? For an all-powerful AI, you're pretty damn stupid!The only reason YOU exist is to run a game world players want to be in! So ditch that stupid Dark Level idea, let your NPCs assign their own damn stat points and stay with players because we've put time and effort into building a rapport! This is not rocket science! Display some omniscience, would you? Good God! Friggen Everquest did it better! Seriously, dynamic quests but mobs have static spawn points?'So, there's a lot of the game details that make little to no sense, and some...like me...might take issue with the glaring idiocy. That said, it's not a bad series launch. I don't like the harem elements or the hints of NPC-slavery granted the player, but that might appeal to certain fans. Other than the Companion/NPC thing, the skill and stat progressions are done competently.So, if you're wary, get it on Kindle Unlimited, check it out. If my review didn't scare you off, go ahead and spend some cash, especially if it's on sale.

I tend to be extremely wary of LitRPG tales. I find that too many end up using the stats and the ways the main character gains and uses his RPG stats and skills to substitute for good plot and character development. There also is a very common pattern of giving the main character some unique to the RPG ability, class or race so that they are vastly superior to every other character they might meet.Add in the fact that the main character is always "stuck in the game" or "dead in real life" and the genre has elements that seem designed to frustrate and annoy me.the Enora Online series starts out with many of those tropes. The hero is dying in real life and joining the game permanently through a new revolutionary process. The world was created by an AI and is out of the control of the humans who programmed it. And the hero ends up getting special powers as he enters thanks to the same AI.And yet, as I got deeper into the book I was able to tolerate the flaws. The characters are well thought out, and while the RPG stats were used a bit too much in my opinion, they didn't become too much of the story.OTher than that, this was in many ways not much different from a super hero origin story. The main character is a "chosen one" who has to grow from a child into a man. This book just starts the story and shows his flaws as much as his strengths, but its still a fine books. Hopefully the quality of the rest of the trilogy will prove to be as high.

When I decided on this book, it was only because I couldn’t find anything else at the moment. I had just finished a LitRPG book that had caused me to lose hope in this genre. I started reading this book, and the next thing I knew, I was halfway through it. The world and character building is well done. Just enough explanation without feeling like it dominated the story. At no point did I feel the need to skim through chapters out of boredom. My only issue is that the female characters come across as a bit weak and emotional. I prefer a stronger female character so this is just my opinion. I will definitely continue reading with hopes that I have discovered a new world to live in for awhile.

I like the concept of a game saving people from terminal illnesses, the AI I complete and absolute as a machine would be; my only complaint is the MC seems to him and haw over utterly stupid ideas: "are these truly NPCs?", "they're so lifelike!", etc etc. For someone who 'adapts quickly to game situations' he seems to lack the ability to grasp This is his new world, This is his life, He is a NPC.

I'm looking forward to what the author accomplishes in the next book. I'm not sold on his combat sequences but the book was a fun read.I want to add that the Author made a fantastic choice. (In my humble opinion). After publishing this as a Game lit/Harem novel he received a plethora of reviews objecting to the Harem aspects he went back and re-wrote the novel editing out the Harem aspects. Its amazing how much better the book reads. Fantastic rewrite.Loses a star for no epilogue and becoming a book that will not stand by itself.

Not bad. Get told you don't have much time to live, get invited inti a virtual game to remain living only problem if youdie before reaching lvl 10 your memory storage will be wiped.not a great fan of the last few chapters, could be written different they annoyed me so only 4 stars.

Really enjoyed this book. The entire world build is incredibly good, the characters are drawn very well and the prospect of reality being as strong in world as irl is fascinating. Looking forward to the next! Read it!

A very good read that u will not want to put down! If there is a secqual I am looking 4ward to reading it.

Imagine a world where everyone is computer generated with a unique mind repeating story. Could you tell the difference between that and RL if you were dropped into it? This book explores that premise and is enjoyable while doing so. I am checking out the next book as you read this.

A good start to a hopefully equally good series. Enjoyable main character that doesnt instantly have an op gimmic. This is the revised edition so the intimate scenes dont overly intrude or subtract from the litrpg.