The Carnelian Fox: A Monster Catching Gamelit Adventure
Maiyamon, Book 1
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The Carnelian Fox: A Monster Catching Gamelit Adventure
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Narrated by:
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Savy Des-Etages
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By:
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Kay MacLeod
About this listen
Monsters don’t exist. At least, they didn’t until we created them.
Maiyamon was once merely a game. Now, it's a global reality. After dozens of hit monster collecting games raked in billions of credits per year, it was inevitable someone would create real ones. Unfortunately, it wasn’t so obvious how many people would dump them in the wild....
Sam Wentworth grew up with nothing. She’s worked tirelessly just to get through college and earn her first monster. Bankrupt and exhausted, she sets her sights on fame and fortune in Maiyamon arenas. Instead, Sam’s caught between battling the rampaging elemental creatures abandoned by their owners and standing up to a toxic group intent on ending the game forever.
With her flame fox cub, Finn, at her side, Sam sets out to build a team capable of protecting both innocent people’s lives and the creatures she loves. That’s the easy part.
Monsters may fill the world, but it’s humans she fears the most....
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Amazing, captivating
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Narration 8.5/10
The narration is good, mostly through first person perspective of the protagonist. The voices do fit the characters fine, but I would like a bit more spark to it, more excitement, especially during the action parts. Sped up at 1.25 or 1.3 makes it sound better and more "actiony".
Story 7/10
I'm gonna rate this for what it is, a Gamelit Adventure. So this story has a lot of Pokemon inspiration, attempting to give a different and more mature twist to the pocket monster genre, which manages successfully to an adequate extent. It is pleasant to actually get something different served in the fantasy genre rather than usual common topics.
The story follows Sam, a young girl starting her journey as a "Maiyamon" battle trainer, receiving her first monster Fin the fox and trying to build her team of 6 while becoming a strong and world renown "Battle Prime" in the process.
The story is nice, interesting and action packed, but for me it lacks a main focus, a central objective for events to wrap around and help propel the story forward while keeping the story more interesting. "Becoming a strong Prime" does not bear the requisite gravity as a main objective to prevent the story getting a bit stale at some points. However, judging from the events towards the cliffhanger end of the book, the hinted sequel could breath more spark and enthusiasm into this.
Overall this was a good listen for it's genre and I have hopes for an improved on sequel. I would recommend for any age, but obviously younger ages and "pocket monster" fans would actually enjoy this more.
Like Pokemon but more mature
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Amazing
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Great book good flow
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I was born and raised on Pokémon/Digimon and when I first saw this I knew that it would be right up my alley.
The Carnelian Fox takes place in a world where Maiyamon exist, monsters that can be caught and trained to battle others Maiyamon. The book does just enough to differentiate itself from things like Pokémon so that it, while recognizable, becomes its own thing, going for a more adult/ mature feel. Our main character, Sam, is one of those trainers and follows her from just leaving college and getting her first Gem, Fin the Fox, with her best friend, as she slowly fills up her team of 6 gems. For starters Sam is a great character, I loved all her interactions with her Maiyamon and just how sassy and sarcastic she could be. The narrator did an amazing job of bringing not just her, but every character to life and every voice she did just fit perfectly.
The story itself is great, it contains a bunch of action thanks to the copious Maiyamon battles which are all expertly done and there are some great twists and turns that made it so I couldn’t stop listening. I won’t spoil anything but there was one specific one that had me in tears and I just knew that this would be a book I wouldn’t be able to put down. I honestly can’t wait for the next installment.
Overall this was a great listen that I’d recommend to anyone who grew up with the games and feeling a little nostalgic.
A fun monster catching romp
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