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Time to Play

Apocalypse Parenting, Book 1

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Time to Play

By: Erin Ampersand
Narrated by: Laurie Catherine Winkel
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Summary

A few minutes ago, Meghan Moretti's biggest concern was getting the kids' athletic clothes washed in time for practice this evening.

Now, it seems that Earth has been forced into participating in some high-stakes intergalactic reality television. All electrical wiring has been slagged, and most combustibles neutralized. Some kind of evil space rodents are appearing on the front lawn, too.

Like any parent, Meghan's first instinct is to keep her young kids safely away from the monsters, but an odd stroke of luck has her coming into some advanced information about this dangerous game. She learns that her kids will have to fight too.

What's a mom to do?

Time to Play is the beginning of Apocalypse Parenting, an apocalyptic LitRPG saga.

©2023 Erin Ampersand (P)2023 Podium Audio Epic Fantasy Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Epic Fantasy LitRPG
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It's easy to make parallels between the two stories, but only for all the right reasons. This series is well written, having fresh concepts and characters that feel both real and likeable. The author is creative with abilities, conflict, progression and balancing tension with levity. It's been hard to put down.

Great story, great narration, highly recommend.

Dungeon crawler carl - Suburban mom edition

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I hardly ever write reviews. In fact this might be my first one, but I can't believe only 3 people have written reviews on this before me, so I feel I had to write one.

This book was amazing and I can't wait to read the next one.

I love that so many things in this book are relatable when it comes to parenting. I like that she is strict but fair on her kids and her inner thoughts when it comes to them is something I'm sure we can all relate to.

I enjoy the fact that unlike every other similar book, when these characters gain new abilities or senses that they don't just automatically perfect them straight away, that they take time to adapt and learn how to use them.

I love the realism when it comes to the worlds population being sceptical of eachother and their need for survival overtakes the norm of being nice when meeting eachother.

I really enjoyed this book and I will be recommending it to the audiobook lovers that I know.
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A breath of fresh air!

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Love this book. Had me hooked from the start, love the characters and family element.

Cool unique story

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I usually prefer rom/fantasy this was a great listen. Something I would usually steer clear of but felt compelled by other reviews.

Converted to LitRpg lover

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It took a little bit to get me on board, but this is fantastic. I'm keen to start the next book.

Interesting and entertaining

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