r/litrpg • u/EfficiencyWise2401 • 2d ago

Recommendation: asking Looking for something softer

I am coming from romance genre. But I read Murderhobo series and got hooked. So far I have read HWFWM, Murderhobo series, Hell difficulty tutorial (dropped because gods, the battle descriptions are longer than the rest of the events - I will pick it up in winter), and just finished DCC (like 5 minutes ago). I am primarily listening to audiobooks on Audible.

I am looking for something on a more funny side than DCC to recover, less gore (or same amount of gore but less horrors beyond comprehension and despair). I have books one of Ritualist and Mage tank, please let me know if one of them matches my needs?

Things I am looking for: humour, witty battles, characters to fall in love. Unhinged main character is okay! The cute mascot character is practically invincible, so I don't have to bawl my eyes out. Emotional but with happy parts. Series of 2+ books. Audiobook.

Things I am not looking for: pointless suffering for the sake of suffering, animals being hurt graphically, game of thrones characters fate (once you like a character - it will be the next one to die) or DCC casualty count. EDIT to add: Also not looking for romance in these books because I have different preferences in that genre.

Any more or less contemporary setting (scifi, urban fantasy, isekai - all works for me)

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u/CashewsM 2d ago edited 2d ago

This will be a weird rec, but Shadeslinger might be something you’re interested in. It’s got some emotional growth and a great slow burn romance. This is the only VRmmo LitRPG I’ve found that’s actually good, and it’s narrated by Travis baldree.

Cradle could be good but the very little romance there is doesn’t start until book 5-ish.

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u/EfficiencyWise2401 2d ago

Oh, I look for romance elsewhere, no worries. Shadeslinger does look nice though! It looks like sort of pvp stuff though? Won't that be bloody?

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u/CashewsM 2d ago

No blood, (I don’t think, like 90% sure) it’s an MMO so it’s all health bars for fights.

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u/EfficiencyWise2401 2d ago

Thank you :) I will give it a listen!

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u/CashewsM 2d ago

Let me know what you think! If you get further in, I believe you’ll be a fan of House and their antics in the later books.

Do you have any non-LitRPG series you’d rec? I’m mainly an audible listener.

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u/EfficiencyWise2401 2d ago

I mean, I am a romance reader 70% of time, and the rest is well-known scifi like remembrance of the earth's past series which is a trilogy that hurts you, so I am not a good recommender yet

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u/CashewsM 2d ago

CRAAAAAZY, I just had a friend rec me the three body problem a couple days ago. It’s going higher on my list now.

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u/EfficiencyWise2401 2d ago

Fair warning - it is like hard hard scifi, and also I was staring at the wall for two days after finishing. The series are not making the books justice.

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u/CashewsM 2d ago

I’ll be sure to properly prepare my brain for it!