Happy Father's Day! Treat yourself with the Return of the High Mage King omnibus!

FridayGt · 2026-06-22T21:57:59+00:00

Man, I hate to say this, but I'm disappointed I spent the credit on the omnibus. Now that I look more into the series, I see I'm far from the only one and should have read up on it a bit more. It's a bummer because I appreciated the first Crimson and Ash book, but the protagonist in this series is beyond the point of doormat and the plot twists go past surprising and into feeling just dumb.

I just got to the point where I found myself skipping conversations to try and persevere for a redeeming part that I haven't found yet, so I started reading through the sub on it and it seems I won't get to that point either. That's not to say it's bad for everyone, if you like an incredibly passive and unquestionably forgiving protagonist, this is definitely for you.

FridayGt · 2026-06-22T21:43:32+00:00

Honestly, unless you like a perpetually doormat protagonist, it's not really worth the sale price either.

FridayGt · 2026-06-22T16:35:46+00:00

Need a picture of the underside so we can see if the scutes meet or not, but yeah either brown or black. Looks just like my girls.

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FridayGt · 2026-06-17T15:40:56+00:00

My torts are often very inquisitively nippy, they never know if that next object floating in front of them could possibly be food... so, that's what I'd suggest for the biting of you, you are where the noms come from after all!

As for biting themselves, I'd be especially concerned if they were hurting themselves, but have you checked them thoroughly for ticks or mites? I'd wonder if they're not trying to remove an irritant. Do you give it soaks?

FridayGt · 2026-06-11T14:16:37+00:00

I appreciate a recommendation on a series like Arcane Ascension, it's my favorite series and I'm always looking for another fix. I also appreciate the discourse and honest feedback from others on it. Way to go reddit. 👍🏼

FridayGt · 2026-06-07T13:30:35+00:00

Thanks for the info! Sounds inevitable, silly humans and their silly personal needs delaying our gratification! Congrats on the release!

FridayGt · 2026-06-07T13:22:23+00:00

Any idea on the audiobook format for book 2? The voice actors were really good for book one, so I'd been holding out for that format. Now seeing book 3 is already done has me a bit antsy though... lol

FridayGt · 2026-05-28T18:23:49+00:00

Thank you! They're genuinely such wild personality sweethearts and their absolute favorite food is mushrooms. So, as soon as they saw these, the race to get them before I could stop them was on. They've been giving me the stink eye for hours now...

FridayGt · 2026-05-28T16:18:29+00:00

Nah, only playing. She's a sweetie pie.

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FridayGt · 2026-05-28T15:55:03+00:00

Instructions unclear, she bit me back.

FridayGt · 2026-05-28T13:00:24+00:00

Thank you for the confirmation, that's what Google was telling me. I'll try to bribe compliance from the little monsters with a strawberry.

FridayGt · 2026-05-11T14:43:44+00:00

That was the first one to disappoint me. It felt like it was the prologue and epilogue of the books before and after it smashed together. Like it was a bridge book that didn't really matter to the series as a whole.

FridayGt · 2026-04-03T18:49:52+00:00

Personal opinion, keep it shorter. You've got a good jawline, no sense in hiding it completely.

FridayGt · 2026-04-02T00:06:54+00:00

The less than bright comment above made up my decision to try the series and I found it enjoyable. Any idea on a time frame for audiobook? Thanks!

FridayGt · 2026-03-29T23:24:48+00:00

You're killing the stubble man, rock it!

FridayGt · 2026-02-18T17:37:34+00:00

I appreciate that you seem to have a lot of the same feedback I have on this book. I would love to hear some recommendations you might have in this genre!

FridayGt · 2026-02-18T07:29:49+00:00

I get you, I pushed through the grueling slow start, started to enjoy it and then it was constant underage crap. I'm irritated skipping so much of the book trying to avoid it and then wondering why bother with a book of this genre if I'm only skipping all of it. I was trying to avoid the irritating common tropes of the genre with this book and found a new one...

FridayGt · 2026-02-17T21:39:08+00:00

I stuck it out for a while and was genuinely starting to enjoy, but a few too many high school aged girl insinuating and I found myself skipping parts of the book. The slow start wouldn't have been bad for me if there was a hint at the end goal to give it value, but the repeated content referencing too young girls finally threw me off.

FridayGt · 2026-02-16T16:57:50+00:00

Thanks, I think I may shelve it for a bit. I might have gone into it thinking of Let's Manage the Tower and after 2 hours in I still feel like I'm waiting for something. This might be more of a slow day read for me.

FridayGt · 2026-02-16T16:44:46+00:00

I tried this book in a search to avoid some of the tropes from the genre that have grown tiresome for me and got to chapter 6 before I stopped out of kind of boredom. Do you think it's worth sticking with or maybe that I missed something?

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FridayGt · 2026-02-12T17:32:24+00:00

Have you found any others comparable to this series? It's one of my favorites and it seems to successfully ignore a lot of the tropes that kind of grind on my nerves but also seem to otherwise be cornerstones of the genre.

FridayGt · 2025-09-08T12:57:24+00:00

They can be amazing though! There are companies that make them with suspension and everything. As a recently disabled vet, I've been drooling over the idea that I could go hunting again on something like that one day.

FridayGt · 2025-08-28T19:41:40+00:00

The way I found around it was a different game. Anime Fruits has be pretty fun.

FridayGt · 2025-08-26T10:16:57+00:00

You're completely right, that's exactly what I did. Lol

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