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ThesayinggoesthatwhenamanisborntheFatesweavehisdestinyandswaddlehiminit.Thenone...Readmore

ThesayinggoesthatwhenamanisborntheFatesweavehisdestinyandswaddlehiminit.Thenonedaythemandies,andtheswaddlebecomesashroud.Heavenmoveson.ItisaudacitytoquestiontheFates.OlympusisOlympus.Thelandofmenisthelandofmen.Totransgressthat,tocrossthelineofdivinityandscaleOlympusMons?TodefytheFatesandcastofftheirthreads?Thatishubris.It’samarkthateveryphilosopherbearsplainlyontheirsoul.[VirtuousSonsupdateseverySunday,Tuesday,andThursdayat8pmEST.]Collapse

HandsomeMaleLead,Magic,MaleProtagonist,MultiplePOV,Mythology,AgeProgression,SecretIdentity,OverpoweredProtagonist,Wars,EuropeanAmbience,Medieval,WeaktoStrong

Goodstory.Manwritesthisontherapeuticmethandit’sawesome

Hey...Cansomeonegivemeabriefsummaryofwhatthisnovelisabout?Causethedescriptiondidn'tsayanything..

ThisbookissogoodicantbegintodescribeitwellwrittenandwellstructuredSpoilerpacingisimmaculateandtherearelotsofplotthreadsthatformfromtheverybeginning.sidecharacterswellfleshedoutandallactionstheycharactersmakecomeacrossasnaturalandnotforcedatall.thefirstpersonpovisnotannoyingatallunlikehowitusuallyis.thebestthingaboutthisnovelishowrealitfeelsduetothecarefulattentionthingslikepowerscalingandcharacterinteractionshavereceived.didnotexpectthislevelofqualityfromwhatisessentiallyaxianxia.Thisnovelistruetoitscoreasaxianxiabuthasitsowndistinctivetwistthatjustmakesitsomuchfuntoread.Closestthingtoa10/10ivecomeacross

greatbook

ReinventingtheXianxiaGenreREVIEWEDAT:0.18[TheYoungMiss-tocrat2]BYHaltWrite02/04/202122:16:54Thisisaninspiredtakeonthexianxiagenre.ItreinterpretsthesettingthroughaGreco-MediterraneanlensinsteadofthetypicalChinesesetting,andIhonestlyfinditquiterefereshing.Theauthorhasclearlyputinalotoftimeandthoughtintomergingthetraditionalxianxiasystemintotheaboveaesthetic.Thestyleisevocativeinanepic-fantasyfeelthatalotofotherstorieslack.Ialsolikehowwe'restartingfromarelativelygroundedlevelinsteadofhavingmountainsblowingupeveryotherchapter,anditreallymakestheworldfeelmorereal(andonlyservestomaketheepicmoreepic).Grammar,spelling,andpunctuationareflawless.Theproseissmoothandiseasytoread,nowallsoftextinvolved,andthereisverylittle,ifany,bloat.Eachsentenceisdesignedtoimpartsomethingusefultothereaderabouttheworld,theplot,orthecharacters.Nothingherefeelslikemytimeisbeingwasted.It'sstillveryearlyonasIwritethisreview,butalreadywe'reseeinghintsofplotthreadsherethatI'mreallyexcitedtoseedevelop.WhathappenedtoSolusinthepast?Iimagineatsomepointwe'llalsobeexposedtothewiderworldandthat'sgoingtobelitaf,seeinghowdifferentcity-statesmighthavedifferentcults(xianxiasects)forming.Itispacedquitenicely,neitherbeingtooabrupt,butnotmeanderingendlesslyeither.Edit:Chapter18,andtheplotthreadscontinuetointrigue!Thetwomaincharactersweseehaveareallynicedynamicbetweenthem.Bothfeellikefleshedoutindividuals.They'vegotsomequippylines,someinterestingmotivations,andagoodback-and-forth.Really,whatmoreistheretolikeinourleads?

Thiswaslastreviewedatchapter18,butjudgingbytheamountofupvotesonthisreviewi'dsayitholdsup.

3upvotes.

I'mtalkingabouttheupvotesontheoriginalreviewonRoyalRoad,ijustcopíeditandpostedithere.

TheWritingPOV...IsNotMyCupOfTeaSoICan'tReadThisToBad...ItSeemedGoodAtFirstChapter

WhyAreYouTypingLikeThis?

IsThereAProblem......???

Yes.

Whyistheresomanydownvote?

JustSourLosers...BecauseOfMyCapitalizationTyping...ItLikeRanobesIsNowASchool

It'sjustannoyingtoread,it'ssortofbotheringbutnoharmdone.

IthinkIsawthisonroyal

Publishers:Royalroad

GladtoseemyrecommendationputonthesitethisstoryisbeautifulitistheperfectcombobetweengreecmytologyandXianxiaIrecommendreadingthistoeveryone

Howmanymaincharactersdowehave?

twomaincharacters

2?Thatsoundslikeanono

Why?TaketheexampleofNarutoanime,ithasNarutoandSasukeastwomaincharacters.

Greekmythology?Sothegodsarepresentinthestory?

Idon'twanttosaytoomuchbecauseitwouldspoilthepleasureofreadingit,buttheauthorknowsalotaboutancientGreece,eventhoughitisobviouslyanalternativeworldwithimportantdifferences.

Unrelated,butIamamazedathowpeoplecangetawaywiththesepfp

Iwouldarguetheymightknowtoomuchforthereader'sgood.Ireadafewchaptersandputitasideasapotentialtoread,buttheamountoftimesIhadtogoogleawordbecausethey'reusingtheancientgreektermwaskindofannoying.Igetit,it'ssetinanancientgreeksettingsoofcoursethey'llusethoseterms,butitwasfarmoreofachoretoreadandactuallyfullyunderstandwhatwasgoingonthanmostotherbooks.Nottomentionsomeofthemseemedentirelyunnecessary.Ifit'ssomethingthatdoesn'thaveadirecttranslationoryou'dactuallylosesomethingbytranslatingit,fine.Butmaybehalfofthemseemedsoarbitrary.MaybeI'mjustsofamiliarwiththetermsinAsiannovelsIjustdon'tnoticethesameproblemsinthem.

isitharem?orhaveromance?

Askingtherealquestions

Noharemit'salmostsure,the2MChavepotentialloveinterestsbutthestorydoesn'treallyfocusonthat.(fromwhatIhaveread)

Signsofgayromanceappearlateron

That'sveryGreek...

ManIloveyourpfp

hahaha