Wolf of the Blood Moon [LitRPG, Blood Magic, Progression Fantasy]

I'm a sucker for the magical girl/guardian genre so finding this story marked it as an instant try for me. Binging the first 15 chapters (all that's available for now), I'm very happy to say it delivers.

The first thing I noticed is the first-person present-tense style. I'm not reading many stories currently with that style so it already offers something fresh for me. Readers are treated to an almost stream of consciousness narration by the protagonist, Scarlet. Her thoughts in this manner really help with the world building without reading as too exposition-y. As other stories rely on character interaction with each other to unveil details about the world, this method works well given Scarlet's 'lone wolf' nature. In addition, the first-person style is great for unreliable narration, which can offer solid development when contrasted with other points of view.

The story itself, like I said in the intro, scratches my post-apocalyptic, magical defender-of-humanity itch. Protagonist's normal day thrown into chaos, check. Progression fantasy with a system, check. Well written combat with observable protagonist learning and growing, check. Nothing to complain about here.

Grammar is solid, couple of typos occasionally but nothing distracting.

As a first person narration, I'm happy to say the story is carried well by Scarlet. She's likable, thinks rationally, and her decisions and thoughts all make sense when we learn her reasoning. If there's any critique I would give, it's that sometimes when she makes a discovery or a secret is revealed, her reactions, especially her thoughts, seem muted and she's occasionally too quick to accept at face value. That could totally be just her personality coming through but it's something I took note of. Overall, still very early in the story and it will be exciting to see how she develops.

Right so I don't normally give out reviews to books with this many chapters but I felt like this one deserved it. At the time of writing this review I am at chapter 14, though not by choice I assure you, but rather because thats all that has been written/published. As far as the review goes I think this will be a wonderful book and I genuinely can't wait for more. Even with only 14 chapters it is already one of my favorite books.

Style: As far as the writers style I think It is worthy of 5 stars, even with the few chapters I had to read I found myself being pulled in to the story. Being able to pull someone into a story like that takes talent, and I truly enjoyed the imersion that the author was able to bring me.

Grammer: All things considered the grammar was fine, I noticed that a few (2) typos but ultimately so minor in scale that they didn't take away from the story in anyway. Sure It could be better but It is good enough (so far) that only the most picky of readers will probably care, because of this I am giving 4 stars.

Story: The only reason I am giving this a 4 and not a 5 is because of the lack of current chapters. I have a strong feeling that this will be an epic story after all bad stories don't draw you in the same way good ones do. As soon as there is more 'story' I will revise this section to better reflect the state of the story.

Character: I decided to give this category a 4.5 because well the characters are well written (so far), and that is the only thing I have to judge this category by so far. The characters haven't broken down in tears and spontaneously given out their life stories (It would be odd If they did) and so this early on how well written the characters are is the only thing I have to go on. I will of course update this section later on as well

I'm really liking this story so far. Scarlet has a style I find very enjoyable, and the worldbuilding (while somewhat lacking at this point in the story) is intriguing enough to keep me coming back.

Writing style is an easy 5/5, very compelling.

Grammar is nearly perfect as well, I've only caught a couple typos in everything that has been posted so far.

Story is a little generic right now so I'm only giving 4/5 stars, but again it's super early chapters still at the time of posting. Given time to grow past the beginning tropes I think this story could be something great.

Character is nearly perfect as well, Scarlet is well-defined for what chapters she has had to shine, and I feel like I understand her wants and needs.

Story spoilers below:

I have read all the currently available chapters. They have been incredibly enjoyable. The world and systems involved are well written and being revealed at a decent pace. A thoroughly enjoyable main character. I'm looking forward to more and would recommend this to anyone that has enjoyed other series somewhere for example solo leveling.

This is a First Chapter review so please no judgements.

first impressions: the first things that struck me were the existence of tiered areas, while this is not a new idea, it has an interesting blend with another important thing: the technology level. The story starts by talking about flying cars and a futuristic city. This instantly creates speculation about how the tiers and technology will synergies. And finally from this first chapter review, I would like to talk about the immediately interesting events that occurs in the first chapter:

While this is only a first chapter review, I can say I certainly will be reading more.

Very good start to the start story, easily understood start to the world, interesting lycan girl character with her own tanku shaped fae, some interesting mysteries to be explored later in the plot, a system that is both simple to understand whilst having lot of potential for growth and achievements, overall can't really see this going wrong anytime soon.

Then you'll like this too. The premise is pretty similar, modern world invaded, people become super heroes, society built around them. The inspiration is clear, but the tone of the story is different enough to not feel like a knock off. Cant say much about the story yet, but the characters are well written so far and there aren't any noticeable grammar errors.

Just a warning at the start, I am not good at being coherent due to a lot of things but I will do my best to help with feedback.

First off, the beginning is a beautiful one set with just enough worldbuilding and enough foreshadowing of future events to hook you in.

Second up, the story itself has plot! Actual plot! I feel like that sounds condescending but it's a genuine complement. I read all the time and sometimes I see a beautiful concept with worldbuilding and character development but it feels empty because of the lack of plot.

But it isn't just the fact that there's plot, it's the fact that it's a good plot.

Third is grammar. I can't say much here since I am not anywhere near the best at grammar but I can say it is clean, easy to read and each paragraph enunciates its point on the page very well.

Fourth is character development. I don't and won't spoil anything but the development is a bit slow but it's there and it's clear. It's also setting itself up for future chapters.

Fifth, the style. This is probably one of the best LitRPG's I've read and the way the technical and mathematical parts are done is awesome. This could give a lot of the top-tier books a run for their money when it progresses enough.

Lastly... well I don't have anything else to say really.

I'm not skilled enough to see if there are any faults, all I can say is good luck and take breaks!

The MC starts off with rough edges but is not unlikable (as seems to be common in origin stories).

As someone else mentioned it does start out with a bunch of tropes.  That doesn't bother me.  There are only so many starting points for stories.  It is what the author does from there that I consider and how long the author takes to go his own way.  So far, I am very happy with the direction the story is going.

About character growth, at chapter 31:

I rate based on how much I enjoy the story and it gets 5 stars because I do look forward to new chapters.

EDIT:  I just found out that if you hilight text and then hit spoiler, it deletes your text.  It is nice that one of the controls on the top bar acts completely differently than all the other controls and does so destructively.

this story is quite an unique take on the litrpg system while still borrowing some of the best parts of others.   It has a half demon protagonist that has implications for future shenanigans while having a mysterious but useful source of power that actively works for both sides.  looking forward to seeing where this goes.  Also just from seeing the comments I'd advise if you do have her get a tail make sure the consequences and implications regarding it are very clear to the protagonist.  Thanks for writing.