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Description
Live on Audible, eBook, and paperback.For many generations, Fin's family has been growing potatoes with a "secret" ingredient. That secret was discovered long ago when a farmer found a dragon's favorite place to produce what was discovered to be the best thing to make potatoes grow. Years later, Fin finds out that these potatoes come with side effects, but not until after he leaves home and realizes that he could really use a little dragon magic to get him out of his predicament.
Information
- Status
- Ongoing
- Year
- 2023
- Author
- Evan Kvalvik
Royal Road Stats
- Rating
- 4.6/ 5.0
- Followers
- 505
- Views
- 38,880
Chapters(6 total)
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Community Reviews(10)
- AdversusRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0This one caught me off guard in a good way. The excellent writing style, the genuinely believable characters, and the tongue-in-cheek way the hook is consistently handled all come together to form a story that`s more fun than any of its individual components have any right to be.
Thus far, the two male leads are the highlight of this one. The organic way they joke around and interact with the world around them is a large part of what sets Dragon Potatoes apart from other litrpgs. As they`re written, you could drop them in just about any fantasy world and still end up with an entertaining story.
It just so happens that the world the author has crafted around them provides no shortage of interesting side characters, plot twists, and bizarre situations to allow them to really shine. It`s not particularly well explored at this point, being only 24 chapters in, but everything that`s shown so far suggests the author knows exactly what to do with a "generic fantasy world" to keep it interesting.
The gimmick, for instance, feels neither out of place nor arbitrarily forced into the setting. You might expect the hook to grow old 5 chapters in but even at chapter 24 the author manages to casually use it to pull off absurd enough humor to motivate me into writing this review. As someone who doesn`t usually enjoy LitRPGs that`s saying something.
TL;DR: Give it at least 5 chapters. You`ll be surprised. - Bill RossRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0It is probably one of the best books I have ever read on this site. It is genuinely just a good book. The grammar is amazing, and the plot is cool. The only thing I am sad about is that it had to have an end, but it is still a great book.
- GinGearRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0I always enjoy a good read, and this one managed to stay interesting the whole way through! I definitely recommend it.
The characters were unique enough to avoid any real cliches, and consistent. There was never a point where things felt stretched for the plot, and nothing overstayed it's welcome.
I could absolutely see an epilogue, or a sequel, but it ended on a good note while staying strong the whole way. - GorrionRojoRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0A potato farmer starts shoveling dragon poop as fertilizer. His descendants eventually unlock the dragon's levelling sytem.
The system is intended for dragons only, and for dragon's anatomy. Some quests require you to fly, or to be big enough to swallow someone whole:
Quests: "drop an enemy so high that he dies when hitting the ground", or "shallow an enemy whole".
Rewards "+1 to talon" or "+1 to wings",
Abilities: "caustic breath" (throw up an acidic liquid?) "sleepy treasure" (you sleep better when you sleep on top of your treasures??)
As of chapter 20, the MC is having a lot of fun trying to trick the system, and making supportive friends along the way. - JM5109Royal Road★★★★★ 5.0The premise is absolutely wild.
A family farm that has Dragon Magic Taters and bestows these powers and very vague quests upon the the farmers.
Quite the pleasant surprise however, the writing is pretty solid especially for an Author's first on RR. The MC isn't OP or a total idiot blessed with omniscience, he takes his lumps and learns from them.
Meanwhile he finds a friend to share his journey with and they start questing haphazardly to a sketchy map and the tune of the still vague quest notifications.
Read from start to current in one sitting as I fortunately found this on a weekend. - RathgillRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0excellent adventure, fresh concept to drive the main plot, which is very engaging. Also the author has been very conscientious about catching up with minor edits, meaning the story is smoother as more readers weigh in with suggestions in the comments. A great read so far, can't wait to see where this ends up!
- XandeaRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0This is one of my favourite stories I have read in a long time. I read a lot, so that’s saying something. The author has created a book that is not too long, and maybe a bit short. It could have been milked for a lot more, but the point of writing is to tell a story, and tell one he did.
It’s a romp through a unique world of magic. With an ill-fitting system he doesn’t understand, a farmer stumbles through several circumstances that are familiar, and yet unfamiliar. Very creative in how it all plays out, and how he manages to get himself into trouble again and again, but it still doesn’t feel like there’s some god out there with it in for him, he just genuinely makes right and wrong decisions that have fairly hilarious results.
It’s heartwarming, funny, and somewhat cozy. There are dragons, goblins, dwarves, elves, fairies, trolls, and princesses. A farm, potatoes, gold, gems, magic, and hammers. It’s about all the weird and wonderful relationships people can have with each other.
mostly, it’s a story about growing up.
sure it’s got several tropes, there’s no way around those at this point. Tropes exist so that authors don’t have to exhaustively describe the history, culture, appearance, and personality, of every single race encountered. There are so many stories with dwarfs, that no reader doesn’t already know what is meant by the term.
what the author does though, is put his own creative spin on the world, and usually tired storylines somehow aren’t anymore. I don’t want to be an author myself simply because I don’t know how I would do what he has done. I could pull together a million ideas and make everything so unique that it becomes almost too complicated. I couldn’t use simple ideas and stories while also creating something unique. So good going, I really appreciate it.
honestly this is long enough. Word word word words word words word words word words word words word words and more words word word word word word word words word words word word words word word - memahaloRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0It's a finished story with humor, a non-convoluted/bloated plot, and pretty good writing. And it won't take you an eternity to read. What's not to like?
The characters are immersive to read and most of the weirder stuff still makes sense in context. Or because the MC is a smart moron. The good kind.
Go spend a day or three reading it. You won't think it's the Best Stuff ™ you've ever read but there's a pretty good chance you'll have a good time. 👍 - KkelfRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0I have, at several different moments, found myself laughing out loud while reading this. I'm definitely following this story and can't wait for more! The idea is fresh and the conflict is engaging without being stressful to the reader (this is huge for me and my anxiety.)
Three more words. - mgarvinmomRoyal Road★★★★★ 4.5Fun, fun story! There are a couple of places in the fighting that do not make sense, but the overall story is captivating and fun to the very end. Weak to strong hero, lots of interesting characters and scenarios. It made me laugh many times! It is a good read!