main character turned into a self centered girl

series started off with regular geek fumbling his way into the world of vampires. ..did a good job with bad guys using wit and unexpected powers of the dark. By book three , he's an egomaniac that wants everybody to love him and fear him but his big decisions are what "outfits" to wear, and also wants us to know the minute details of his imaginary magic..just like his side kick...give us the cliff notes version...hope erik gets bounced back to school and we can see the interesting story of how the blond chick takes over the world







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I just dont know anymore.

Loved Eric in book 1.But now i dont know. And the time skips and resets are killing me at the moment.Where the hell are we going?This inner monolog babbling is getting tired. 20% story 80% talk.On to the next.Another reset?Hope not.

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Enough "Niceguy™"

First: The good. I did listen to all three books so far, and apparently enjoyed them enough to continue listening. Also, the narrator really does a great job of keeping the story alive, i felt very engaged with the listening, even while being frustrated at the titular character. I think Bronze is a terrific horse idea, even though we gloss over how he killed several real horses to make her. Some of the action scenes are well done and

Complaints: First, it reads like a wish-fulfillment novel (i.e., the author just sorta mixes up a bag of things he wishes he could do and pulls out the base plot - ergo, i'm an immortal-vampire-wizard-deathgod-scientist who is still alive during the day, because why not sex?)

Second: He's an idiot. Eric, Halar, Vlad, whichever name he goes by, he makes me actively anxious in how unaware he is. In this third book, he escapes his "basement" and tries to make up for his lost time. This includes being a Niceguy™ up until someone disagrees with him, has a different outlook on life, or basically chooses any path but the one the Nightlord agrees with. Then, he decides he better make-up for his "evil-alter-egos" actions, and goes about righting some wrongs. But he never considers that maybe some women don't want to see their rapists face, or some children will never forgive the man they saw pour molten lead down their father's throats. Nope, if he just tries hard enough, everyone will forgive him, and let him go ahead doing whatever he wants, AS LONG as it isn't being king, because he really doesn't like kinging. He just wants to tell everyone what to do, and be left alone

And he's so bad at relationships, he can't handle all the sex that gets thrown at him, it confuses his already overtaxed relationship sense, and he has to go back to his pseudo-scientific experiments based in loose ideas and glued together with magic.

Ok, enough complaining, the story is good enough that i didn't quit half-way, so that's something!

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Recycled plot from the first two books.

Would you try another book from Garon Whited and/or Sean Runnette?

No.

Has Orb turned you off from other books in this genre?

No.

Any additional comments?

This is exactly the same plot as the other two. Same bone headed decisions by the main character. Same new romance. Same attempt to improve a world. It all goes wrong and Eric ends up dead/sleeping/lost/whothehellcares again.

Won't be fooled by this series again.

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I Loved the First 2! The 3rd Was a Waste of Time!

Would you try another book from Garon Whited and/or Sean Runnette?

I wouldn't buy another book by this author without reading the reviews of those who have read it already. I wouldn't start another trilogy by him without all 3 books having been released and knowing that I would enjoy all 3! There is nothing worse than loving the first 2 and then being let down with the 3rd book -- really let down -- as happened this time!

Would you ever listen to anything by Garon Whited again?

Yes, but with the hesitation that I just explained above.

Did Sean Runnette do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

The narrator was fine.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Orb?

I would revise the 3rd book taking out much of it and adding a satisfying ending.

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Save yourself some time....

Just listen to the first couple of hours and the last couple of hours. The rest is rambling fluff that goes absolutely NOWHERE. Generally if I buy a long book I expect it to go somewhere, resolve something. Better yet, save yourself the money and don't buy this book at all.

I loved book 1, could live with book 2, but now I won't get book 4...

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What a waste of time

The main character literally achieved absolutely nothing in this entire book. I don't think I've ever been so frustrated with any book I have ever read.

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Good, but too much going on. ending ruined it.

I really like the character and the world, but there is simply too much going on. its not enough for the hero to have 1,2, or even 3 quest. he has to have so many that most major plots go unresolved, despite being the focus of the book. The ending is a cheap cliff hanger. The author set up a great conflict and drama about dealing with consequences of his alter egos actions, facing the people he cared about and hurt deeply, deciding how to move forward and a plot against him and his crown from a traitor. then the author changed his mind in the last 3 chapters to revisit a minor subplot that escalated in an unbelievable and uninteresting way. It feels like the author simply lost interest at the end. i will finish the series only because i am this far in.

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I am tired of these endings

I am tired of these endings, every time it is the same thing a massive cliffhanger and it's annoying 40 hours just for a ridiculous cliffhanger every time this is a tiring and annoying formula and I'm t worn out from listening to these books because of it. I enjoy most of the book but the last hours of the first three are the same thing every time the same thing you know it's coming I guarantee you every book after this has the same cliffhanger at the end of it. I'm done with this series

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So disappointed

I liked the first and second book (til the end) and had hoped the third could make up for the lack luster ending. This book was so hard to read at times, the author never ties up ANY loose ends and just left me feeling like I waisted my time on the whole series. The narrator put forth a good performance but I think he was limited to the material.

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