Adopted by the Mob (An Astoria Story) [LitRPG Elements]

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Description

Kimber grew up in the system at a time after The System was introduced to Earth by the Empress of Astoria. Used as a recruiting grounds for gangs and businesses, Orphanages remain funded just well enough to keep kids alive long enough to initialize into the System at age sixteen. With an abusive girlfriend and negligent caretakers, Kimber works toward being selected by The Warram Group's Organized Crime division and finding a purpose other than surviving.

Set in the Astoria storytelling universe set by "Charting Course", twenty years after System introduction to Earth and humanity has had the time to collapse and recover in some areas.

Status sheets are not a focus of this fiction, but advancement alerts are shown and referenced throughout.

LGBTQ+ MC

Cover Art is AI generated

Information

Status: Cancelled
Year: 2024
Author: Zhantsa O. Drake

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★★★★ 4.0
The writing and story are decent.
My main issue is that this takes place in a strange alternative universe, where everyone is either *not straight* or *is a creep*. (And is usually proven to be via alt pov or etc, too, like a certain doctor)
I know trauma and ptsd and paranoia are a thing (being anxious/paranoid myself), or maybe it is an exercise in showing how someone hurt might see the world, or just a blindspot that straight people can exist who aren't creeps,
But it ia rather annoying and requires some suspension of disbelief.
Also, in this universe, where do babies come from, if everyone is either lgbt or a creep?
Other than those plot holes it is decently written, but it is rather annoying (and monodimensional) for every character to be either "hero lgbt character archetype" or "creepy straight person who touches kids or the opposite sex inappropriately and without permission etc"
Contrary to popular belief, normal people do exist
Also, sexual alignment doesn't determine who you are as a person, but this story definitely has a LOT of correlation going on...