A Place To Bloom

Self-Published

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Description

Caleb of Gath wants nothing more than to climb mountains, hunt in the forest, and chase girls around the village, until he's called to war.

He's never held a sword.

As the truth unfolds, he must sacrifice everything he thought he knew about the world and grapple with the darkness in the mirror before he loses everyone he ever loved.

Information

Status: Ongoing
Year: 2023
Author: Dismai Naim

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 3.4/ 5.0
Followers: 32
Views: 24,351

What readers say about A Place To Bloom

“The world is thought trough and the story is really original at least I haven't read something like it. You can see how the MC turns from a boy who don't think about the choices he makes to a man with a purpose and head on his shoulder. He still gonna make…”
bilinatorRoyal Road5.0 / 5
“Woah. After all those lit-rpg&system series this story feels like a fresh breath. I'm not good with words+ This is my first review . I mean after reading first 4 chapter and noticing empty review page , I made myself to write this . It reminds me old school…”
liquid cloudsRoyal Road5.0 / 5

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Community Reviews(3)

bilinatorRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The world is thought trough and the story is really original at least I haven't read something like it. You can see how the MC turns from a boy who don't think about the choices he makes to a man with a purpose and head on his shoulder. He still gonna make mistakes but starts looking into them and trying to better himself.
liquid cloudsRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Woah. After all those lit-rpg&system series this story feels like a fresh breath.
I'm not good with words+ This is my first review . I mean after reading first 4 chapter and noticing empty review page , I made myself to write this .
It reminds me old school books. Early to say anything about story but style make me fall for this gem.
puglordRoyal Road
★ 0.5
Writing reads as stilted and the flow of chapters don’t flow as well. Character appearances are dumped oddly in ways that interrupt the flow of pacing. Long descriptions are rendered in a way that is wooden and wordy with adjectives crammed in. They read a lot like textbook info-dumps thrown in rather woven naturally. Sentences with all-caps are forced in and overused. There’s lines that feel weirdly contemporary/colloquial considering the time period and setting. Caleb as the MC is a Gary Stu with female characters treated as props who are interested in him and throwing themselves at him, despite no good reason being given. MC comes off as very passive, being pulled along by the plot, rather than having any agency. Not very compelling and gets handed everything. The plot is done to him rather than him doing anything or working for anything. He just gets handed a sword, gets girls throwing themselves at him, etc. As opposed to a more active character who may go out of his way to track down a sword for his war, to actively flirt with girls into him, and so on. Behavior doesn’t seem to align with his background as growing up in a church yet mindlessly has girls make advances towards him. But there’s no interiority or emotional grappling with how his behavior may conflict with a religious background. There’s like no internal reflection even when other characters point out the ‘hedonistic debauchery.’ There doesn’t seem to be any conflict or even any internal struggle or consequences. Plot doesn’t even seem to make sense either. MC gets given an order to go to Carthia along with his friends, except no one knows where it is at all? So what’s the point of following the order of there’s no authority or system in place to make sure they actually arrive properly?