Candlelit Lives {Serial Reincarnation LitRPG}

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{Volume 1 Synopsis}:

It is an exciting time for the people of the Eurial continent. The new [Mage] Class has allowed the powerful to begin uniting the fractured tribes and villages intokingdomsandcivilization. A century on, and the continent is quickly consolidating into competing states.

Amelia, student and daughter of a humble [Hunter], just wants to learn [Fireball] and become a [Mage] in service to her [King]. She succeeds. All is well as the months fly by, eagerly awaiting her Classing. One day though, she receives a (unique) Trait: [Reincarnator]. And then, she dies.

And so begin her many lives.

{Volume 2 Synopsis}

Other tags: Serial Reincarnator, Experimental Storytelling*

*The "Experimental Storytelling" is that each life is approximately a chapter-length (even if a very long chapter). That means things move very, very quickly (my Excel spreadsheet hates me) and, regretfully, we often spend very little time with the people, places and things in each life. Some might call it an anthology. In Volume 1, each life is literally only a chapter. In Volume 2, the word count is in the same range, but some lives are split into multiple chapters.

Comments suggesting fixes for grammar, misspellings, etc. appreciated.

Volume 1 (Lives 1-16), Volume 2 (Lives 17-25), and Volume 3 (the rest) have been completed and released, concluding the story. Volume 3 is regretfully not up to par, but I don't intend to return to the story to fix it.

Cover art for all three Volumes courtesy of gej302. Fiction cover art is my bad photography of a dark corner with candles.

Information

Status: Completed
Year: 2021
Author: luda305

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1Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Candlelit Lives has had a place on my futurre reading list for a good bit of time, as the premise was supremely interesting, but other stories took priority as they were ongoing, and thus, higher on my follow list. I have to say, after reading this, I should have taken the plunge sooner.
The setting is a fairly standard fantasy world, with a magic system that makes sense in-story, and a whole lot more than meets the eye.
There's a lot of positives to highlight, but most of my praise boils down to the author not being afraid to experiment with the story, and a premise that enables that tendancy to the extreme.
For style, I truly enjoyed the concise brevity. The plot threads were few and far between, but coalesced together in a satisfying way. Grammar and syntax were immaculate, as far as I could tell. The characters were absolutely central to my enjoyment of this story, particularly their bond through shared experiences, stronger than death itself.
I found it to be entertaining, poignant, shocking, relaxing, and a great deal of other things. It really does make you feel, though. This gem was a delight to read, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
AlejoTheBearRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I love a well balanced world. I love the challenges a not over powered main charcter faces. I love slow growth, time to meet and fall in love with other charcters, and detailed progressions.
All those things are a great steak and potatoes kind of meal.
I also absolutely love shoviling popcorn in my face like a feral beast.
This story, an anthology in the authors own words, is like popcorn. Fun, easy to consume, and just good overall.
MulvadRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
After reading volume 1 for the second time and making it trough volume 2 I can conclude that it is one of my favorite stories on RR. The edit of volume 1 has made the experience of reading it even more enjoyable and the story more cohesive.
The concept of one chapter one life makes volume 1 thrillingly paced and gives an excellent examlpe of how a form can carry a story. But even though volume 2 do not fit to the form it seems understandable to sacrifice the form for a creater plot.
I eagerly anticipate the promised volume 3 :D
QuintuscusRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
It's an amazing experience to read in one go. The impacts the other lives gave were a little small for my taste, but it was good altogether. I want to share this experience with other people and I want to thank the author for writing such a funny and fun piece of fction.
RazRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Not really any plot, and characters aren't super fleshed out. This story takes place over thousands of years, and the majority of it consist of timeskips. We see a world develope and our MC direct some of this development. Every chapter is another life, which leads to massively different chapter lengths. To be completely honest I I have no idea why it's so good, but it is extremely entertaining. 10/10, would recommend.
Roof MonsterRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Inspired by other work where a main character keeps coming back for more, this chain reincarnation story aims for a more anthology feel.
The premise is simple: in a litrpg setting someone picks up a trait that brings them back to life in a new form, over and over again. They form a bond with another being, and the pair moves through time and across the world having adventures and misadventures and sometimes taking a life that's a break from fighting. Each chapter is the entirety of a single life, so often it means you get a quick start and an abrupt end around a section of growth or discovery. The author is lax enough to let themselves add a few multi-part chapters but generally stick to the forumula to keep things moving.
There were times while reading I was hungry for more details of the life or world, but the spirit of the story is about touching down to a part of the world that the characters find themselves in, perhaps in strange bodies, and giving us a window into it, then lifting off to the next time period. They might build a kingdom in one life as royalty only to spend the next watching a village's crops.
I found it a page turner with the advantage of a story anthology where, if I didn't find a section as engaging as the whole, I knew I'd be reading about something else in a few pages.
That being said: this isn't about dialouge and it's not a slice of life deep dive into a setting either. The prose tends to be closer to something like a Glen Cook novel where the author has places to go and is willing to bash through the hedges to get there, so expect that sometimes the narration is going to sum up a lot of time in a few broad strokes.
All and all, I would recommend any person who enjoys RR fantasy reading a few lives worth of stories and seeing if the format and style clicks. It did for me.
hihiloveRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Honestly amazing, I started reading on a whim and read through the night and forgot to sleep. Definitely worth reading, and I am hoping for a volume 2 that the author has kind of said might happen.
apparently reviews need to be at least fifty words long.... who new I definitely didn't. And yeah read the story well worth it. Hoping for more.
schlesiRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story is a good and intersting mix of slice of life and adventure . It has some clear inspiration from In Lokis honor but spins them in a good and origanol way . When you like Lokis honor than you will like this story as well . I personally like the style of the first book more. But that has more to do wiht the way the story is written and not wiht the story it self .
sonizmaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
A worthy tales of serial reincarnation.got very well planned plot.pack of interesting tales and myth.each life is really entertaining and epilogue of each life is greatly done.sometimes got side character view on the mc life add some mystics and spice to the story.recomended, very fun to read and not your typical over power mc story.
wolfeflowRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
A truly enjoyable romp and genre experiment in the vein of In Loki's Honor. The nature of the experiment makes it a quick and satisfying read, and my main complaint is that there isnt (yet?!) more of it. I can't wait to see what comes next. Thank you for bringing this story into the world!