Oval / Earth: A Calamity Across Two Worlds
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Warbinger brought their worlds together, and now the influence of his ancient power threatens them both. Geoff and Richard from a science-fantasy version of Earth, along with Lamet and Sparlyset from the mystical alien world of Oval must work together to unlock the mysteries their worlds share and discover the power that will allow them to face Warbinger's strength in full.
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- Hiatus
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- Forestilling
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- 4.4/ 5.0
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- 20
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- NexileRoyal Road★★★★★ 4.5What is it they say about alien invasions? Dreaded? End of the world? Now, let’s say you have two at the same time. One: a tentacled monstrosity straight out of a lovecraftian nightmare. The other: cute and fluffy. Neat!
STORY: Right off the bat we’re thrust into the action, or rather the event that starts everything. The story follows two POV characters, partners in their department, and now separated and on different worlds. For the Earth side: definitely got some X-files vibes, though I believe a little more exposition should have been done there because the lack of information made it a struggle to understand the characters’ logic. Aside from that, worldbuilding is done well and slowly, sprinkling bits here and there.
CHARACTERS: Our two POV characters here are Richard and Geoff (one left on Earth, the other stuck on Oval). Richard is a kind soul, and I enjoyed his scenes on the other world as well as his interaction with one of the locals - the purens (even their name is cute!). My only gripe with him was that he left to save someone almost as soon as he arrived on the other world. The reason this felt off was because helping someone is a higher purpose motivation, while survival is raw and instinctual. Some hesitation at least would have been good.
Geoff and his more gruff personality was also fun to read about, though not as much as Richard. The reason for this was because of the lacking exposition I mentioned earlier. It was harder to connect with him because his thoughts and emotions (as well as the side characters’ emotions) seemed illogical given the circumstances they found themselves in. I mean, if you’re being invaded by some horror freak show from the sky, you ain’t gonna stop and talk – you’re gonna run. However, as the chapters went on and we found out more about the world (Earth) he slowly rose to be fun to read just as much as Richard.
STYLE: No complaints about the writing. Everything flowed nicely and the descriptions were on point. The pacing w