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Just a Bronze
Kat was a freshly graduated healer from the academy, ready to begin her life as a bronze adventurer with her three best friends. Together, the four of them entered the portal to their new city, ready to delve the beginner dungeons and gain fame and fortune.
Only three exited.
Forty years later, Kat emerged from an experimental portal to the nether-realm, eager to reassemble the shattered pieces of her life. But after decades trapped in the nether-realm, picking up where she left off is easier said than done. Join Kat as she battles monsters, makes friends, and attempts to live her life as just a bronze adventurer.
This is a slice-of-life lit-RPG-lite story, meaning that it will have stats and levels, but they won't be the focus of the story.
Only three exited.
Forty years later, Kat emerged from an experimental portal to the nether-realm, eager to reassemble the shattered pieces of her life. But after decades trapped in the nether-realm, picking up where she left off is easier said than done. Join Kat as she battles monsters, makes friends, and attempts to live her life as just a bronze adventurer.
This is a slice-of-life lit-RPG-lite story, meaning that it will have stats and levels, but they won't be the focus of the story.
- GenresFantasy
361 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 20, 2022
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August 3, 2022
Loved this story!
The author created the perfect MC for his story. This story was bright and cheery, and made me happy. I laughed out loud many times reading this book.
I recently struggled to finish a book by a different author. I was hoping the story would get better, but it didn't. Every time that MC would get ahead. That author would slap him down hard, and remove all of his progress. So I stopped reading that downer of a series.
Why read something that makes you feel bad, when you can read a great book like this that makes you feel happy? I highly recommended this book! You will be better because you did.
The author created the perfect MC for his story. This story was bright and cheery, and made me happy. I laughed out loud many times reading this book.
I recently struggled to finish a book by a different author. I was hoping the story would get better, but it didn't. Every time that MC would get ahead. That author would slap him down hard, and remove all of his progress. So I stopped reading that downer of a series.
Why read something that makes you feel bad, when you can read a great book like this that makes you feel happy? I highly recommended this book! You will be better because you did.
September 21, 2022
After [Royal Guardsman], the author wrote this book. And I have to say I enjoyed it.
Kat and her adventuring team go through a portal towards their first dungeon. Except something goes wrong and Kat ends up alone in the netherworld, a place full of monsters. She survives for forty years before a portal opens during an experiment and she finds a way out.
All she ever wanted to be was an adventurer, so she picks up where she left off to do just that.
This is a very straightforward story. If you wanted to you could pick out the bad guy shortly after the 50% mark, but I found that I didn't really mind one way or the other. I just kept reading, spending time with Kat, and her two new adventurers, Lester and Devon.
The editing is well done here, and while stat sheets don't show up at the end of every chapter like in some other books, there's enough here to qualify it as LitRPG. Still, what makes the story work is Kat, as without her it's just a boring story of bronze adventurers.
5/5*
Kat and her adventuring team go through a portal towards their first dungeon. Except something goes wrong and Kat ends up alone in the netherworld, a place full of monsters. She survives for forty years before a portal opens during an experiment and she finds a way out.
All she ever wanted to be was an adventurer, so she picks up where she left off to do just that.
This is a very straightforward story. If you wanted to you could pick out the bad guy shortly after the 50% mark, but I found that I didn't really mind one way or the other. I just kept reading, spending time with Kat, and her two new adventurers, Lester and Devon.
The editing is well done here, and while stat sheets don't show up at the end of every chapter like in some other books, there's enough here to qualify it as LitRPG. Still, what makes the story work is Kat, as without her it's just a boring story of bronze adventurers.
5/5*
January 4, 2023
This book shouldn't have worked. I fully expected it to be another DNF in the pile.
It's LitRPG, which are usually the worst of the worst books. LitRPG = the characters know they're characters in a RPG game. So they might say something like "Hi, I'm Bob, a level 23 mage. I need only 50 exp to level up, so if we kill two monsters, I'll level and then get a new skill from my skill tree..." Characters knowing they're in a game could be fun, but 99.99999999% of the time LitRPG is male fantasy stuff. Male main character, women only exist to be sex toys that throw themselves at the man, zero consequences for the overpowered main character, etc.
But this book was different. The main character was a young girl. (Rarely a LitRPG features a male player stuck in a female character's body, but she's always got massive breasts and is the sexiest thing on the planet.) This main character was nothing like other LitRPG book characters. She was young, nervous, and very very limited in powers. Where other mages have an animal familiar, she has a plush toy.
Most of the plot was really interesting. The story started with her brand new adventuring party teleporting. There's just a tiny tiny fraction of a chance of something going wrong with a teleport spell, and it happened to her. Instead of arriving with the rest of her party, she ends up in a hell plane, were she's trapped for 40 years. The plot starts with her escaping that plane.
The story follows her as she makes new friends and becomes confident with her skills (stuck at the same level they had been before she got trapped in the hell plane, sort of). I really enjoyed that part of it.
I skimmed the last 10% of the story or so (a power-hungry politician kidnapped her friend and took him ). It wasn't bad, but I had been enjoying her day to day life a lot more. Makes sense for the story to have ramped up in the end, but I really had like the "slower" parts better.
I'm really surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. The writing/editing had some issues (though next to the average LitRPG book, it was PERFECTLY edited), but the story was lighthearted, fun, and the main character was just such a good, positive person, I really enjoyed spending time with her.
It's LitRPG, which are usually the worst of the worst books. LitRPG = the characters know they're characters in a RPG game. So they might say something like "Hi, I'm Bob, a level 23 mage. I need only 50 exp to level up, so if we kill two monsters, I'll level and then get a new skill from my skill tree..." Characters knowing they're in a game could be fun, but 99.99999999% of the time LitRPG is male fantasy stuff. Male main character, women only exist to be sex toys that throw themselves at the man, zero consequences for the overpowered main character, etc.
But this book was different. The main character was a young girl. (Rarely a LitRPG features a male player stuck in a female character's body, but she's always got massive breasts and is the sexiest thing on the planet.) This main character was nothing like other LitRPG book characters. She was young, nervous, and very very limited in powers. Where other mages have an animal familiar, she has a plush toy.
Most of the plot was really interesting. The story started with her brand new adventuring party teleporting. There's just a tiny tiny fraction of a chance of something going wrong with a teleport spell, and it happened to her. Instead of arriving with the rest of her party, she ends up in a hell plane, were she's trapped for 40 years. The plot starts with her escaping that plane.
The story follows her as she makes new friends and becomes confident with her skills (stuck at the same level they had been before she got trapped in the hell plane, sort of). I really enjoyed that part of it.
I skimmed the last 10% of the story or so (a power-hungry politician kidnapped her friend and took him ). It wasn't bad, but I had been enjoying her day to day life a lot more. Makes sense for the story to have ramped up in the end, but I really had like the "slower" parts better.
I'm really surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. The writing/editing had some issues (though next to the average LitRPG book, it was PERFECTLY edited), but the story was lighthearted, fun, and the main character was just such a good, positive person, I really enjoyed spending time with her.
December 26, 2023
Just a Bronze is a wonderful story about a hyperactive extremely snarky main characcter who is just a fantastic character. The humor is all throughout the book, and it makes it well worth the read. If you don't laugh out loud at least once, then your funny bone is probably broken, and you should seek medical help.
I so want another book in this series. I'm keeping my eye on this author, and especially on this series. I don't think I've read anything as good as this all year.
I so want another book in this series. I'm keeping my eye on this author, and especially on this series. I don't think I've read anything as good as this all year.
January 20, 2023
Nice enough but a little tame
A little tame, what do I mean about that? Well at the start of the book our MC Kat is finally rescued from a place called the nether realm and then... Not a lot happens. She just sort of meanders along, even finding her skills don't work, she's 40+ levels higher than someone her rank should be and that she's been gone for 40 years and her friends are in their late 50s are events met with very little fanfare or drama. It's a nice enough read but any actual "action" doesn't happen til about 70% in and even that is fairly easily resolved.
A little tame, what do I mean about that? Well at the start of the book our MC Kat is finally rescued from a place called the nether realm and then... Not a lot happens. She just sort of meanders along, even finding her skills don't work, she's 40+ levels higher than someone her rank should be and that she's been gone for 40 years and her friends are in their late 50s are events met with very little fanfare or drama. It's a nice enough read but any actual "action" doesn't happen til about 70% in and even that is fairly easily resolved.
January 3, 2024
Excellent Adventure
I don’t know why the Author put the stuffed cat as the cover, but he’s kind of like Wilson in Castaway. This story of a just graduated girl going through a portal and being lost in neverland was fantastic. I really enjoyed this story but I rather the Author add more to the Rogue series first.
I don’t know why the Author put the stuffed cat as the cover, but he’s kind of like Wilson in Castaway. This story of a just graduated girl going through a portal and being lost in neverland was fantastic. I really enjoyed this story but I rather the Author add more to the Rogue series first.
July 16, 2022
Adorably good
I wasn't sure what to think of Kat and Snuffers, but I chuckled quite a bit while reading this. It reads quickly and I love the Dr. H's explanation of the nether realm. I don't like to give spoilers , but I laughed really loud about the nightgown.
I wasn't sure what to think of Kat and Snuffers, but I chuckled quite a bit while reading this. It reads quickly and I love the Dr. H's explanation of the nether realm. I don't like to give spoilers , but I laughed really loud about the nightgown.
July 28, 2022
This is good.
It has a fast pace, it has filled out characters, it has villainous figures that are easy to hate. It has a everything it needs for a fun, quick story. It is just good.
It has a fast pace, it has filled out characters, it has villainous figures that are easy to hate. It has a everything it needs for a fun, quick story. It is just good.
September 10, 2022
Very satisfying!!!
There are many books in this genre. Finding a new take on it was great. The fresh perspective and amazing world building together with rich characters make for a story you just can't put down. I can't wait for more!
There are many books in this genre. Finding a new take on it was great. The fresh perspective and amazing world building together with rich characters make for a story you just can't put down. I can't wait for more!
September 23, 2022
Fun story!!
Likable characters, cute MC funny original storyline. I enjoyed the book the pacing was good and held my interest until the end hoping there will be a continuation of the series!!!!
Likable characters, cute MC funny original storyline. I enjoyed the book the pacing was good and held my interest until the end hoping there will be a continuation of the series!!!!
February 16, 2023
This was great! I had so much fun reading about Kat and Snuffers and all the new friends they made along the way. This was very quick and slice-of-lifey and it was exactly what i wanted from it. 9/10 i really hope more books in this series come out so i CAN READ THEM ALL.
January 2, 2025
This was fun
This was a fun read. The MC is an awesome character and really easy to root for. It went in a few directions that I wasn't expecting, but that was a good thing.
Highly recommended.
Oh, and Snuffers is one of my favorite characters of all time.
This was a fun read. The MC is an awesome character and really easy to root for. It went in a few directions that I wasn't expecting, but that was a good thing.
Highly recommended.
Oh, and Snuffers is one of my favorite characters of all time.
July 26, 2022
sweet
A nice fluffy story with a very likable protagonist. I’d prefer to have more evil and brutal antagonists and bullies and the MC killing enemies.
A nice fluffy story with a very likable protagonist. I’d prefer to have more evil and brutal antagonists and bullies and the MC killing enemies.
August 15, 2022
Worth the read
I had my doubts but I'm glad I read this book. I don't see how anyone can not smile while reading about Kat.
I had my doubts but I'm glad I read this book. I don't see how anyone can not smile while reading about Kat.
October 31, 2022
Freaking adorable and a quick read
November 15, 2022
Good story, good world building, nice twist on the adventuring in a new world/Isekai genre.
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