RE: Monarch

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Description

Cairn is a prince who is already tired of ruling. Faced with an imminent coronation and an overbearing father, he wants nothing more than to drown his responsibilities in cheap liquor and poor decisions. With the help of his sister, he hatches a plan to escape the clutches of the throne once and for all. It all goes terribly wrong, and Cairn finds his priorities shifting in the face of unimaginable tragedy. The change of heart comes too late, however, and Cairn dies. He reawakens to find himself transported ten years in the past. He immediately begins to plan for the future, only to discover his killer has somehow followed him. To succeed, Cairn must unite the kingdom and discover the motivation of his killer, using as many tries as it takes.

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I exhausted pretty much every time loop story ever written and decided to write my own. You'll see a few similarities here between this story and some existing stories, at least initially. There's a lot of inspiration drawn from both MoL and Re:Zero, though in terms of pathos and darkness, this story leans more towards the latter. Be warned, it is something of a slow burn. The main character will grow and become powerful, but a theme of this story is that power comes slowly and often at great cost.

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Information

Status: Ongoing
Year: 2020
Author: Eligos

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Rating: 4.6/ 5.0
Followers: 4,301
Views: 677,183

What readers say about RE: Monarch

“I'm a sucker for good loop story. And altho it is a slow start, after establishing all the premises and foundations, everything afterwards is just hype! The cycles are good and never boring despite it supposed to be repetitive, the plot moves along! And the…”
vanRoyal Road5.0 / 5
“TL;DR - Read the first ten chapters and you should be hooked. If you enjoy Lit-RPG, stop read this review and start the series. Excellent characters, well written, with a great world. The time loop story creates a level a mystery, which compels the reader t…”
CarpoolioRoyal Road5.0 / 5

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Community Reviews(10)

vanRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I'm a sucker for good loop story. And altho it is a slow start, after establishing all the premises and foundations, everything afterwards is just hype! The cycles are good and never boring despite it supposed to be repetitive, the plot moves along! And there are so many factors and elements in the story that it keeps the mystery and danger all the more intriguing. He is not allowed any security even with his cheat. If it is one. The highs and lows of the story are also well done and smooth, without breaking into character or any jumps of logic. He recovered quickly but it was done logically that it doesn't break immersion. And the characters are all interesting to read about making the worldbuilding very believable and real! Like seriously, the characters shine in dialogues that despite having so few screentime, their impression are already strong.
Looking forward for more!
CarpoolioRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
TL;DR - Read the first ten chapters and you should be hooked. If you enjoy Lit-RPG, stop read this review and start the series.
Excellent characters, well written, with a great world. The time loop story creates a level a mystery, which compels the reader to continue chapter after chapter. The grittiness of the world is appreciated and i hope the author continues the dark under tones the series had
READ IT AND SUPPORT THE AUTHOR, so I can get more chappies from him.
Daoist_MattRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
START ON CHAPTER 1
I did, you will thank me later. Don't spoil the story. It's truly beautiful.
This story is extremely well written. The grammar alone is way above what else you may find on Royal Road. I highly enjoyed what I have read so far. The story, the characters. They all have depth, they all have meaning. It's obviously very well thought out and described. You will most likely find yourself going down a rabbit hole with this one. I won't say much else, it speaks for itself.
Dragonmaster150Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I'll prefacing this review by saying that this fic isn't for everyone. It's very dark, though not grimdark, and it definitly as its share of violence and despair.
That said, I would say that this story is now one of my favorites. The idea of a character constantly resetting in a stable time loop over and over multiple times to properly advance isn't a new one. RE: Zero has been stated by the author to be one of his primary inspirations and it shows. Unlike RE: Zero however, this isn't an Iseki story where the Main Character is someone from our world. Rather, Cairn is somone who was born and raised here and that ties into his main motivation to break the loops.
The cast of caracters is moderately large, but not enough to feel bloated, and each of the primary and secondary characters receive at least a modacum of development and the two primary main characters as well as the primary antagonist all receive a bit more than a little development.
The overall plot is fairly straightforwards, though each story arc is extraordinarily detailed as Cairn is forced to go through a number of loops to find the solution that gets him through alive, even if it means he's forced to make a less than moral choice, despite how aborant he finds it to do so.
The story is written in a very interesting prose. It is done in first person allowing us to see the story through Cairn's own eyes and participate in his thought process. As the story progressess we get to see snippets of Cairns past in the original timeline, particularily when he's in a stressful situation. The story is very slow burn however. It takes its time getting to where it wants to go, this doesn't mean that it's been padded with filler though. Each chapter offers some new insight into the characters and their relationships to one another, or serves to advance the plot, or introduces and explores some aspect of the world itself.
Grammer is some of the best that I've seen, even compared to a number of professionally published
HisperiaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
There’s a lot of slop out there the genre of time travel repeating is particularly well placed to be abused. However this work isn’t slop it’s actually a really solid project that has kept up a high standard. Doesn’t appear afraid to advance the project without getting cute and resorting to gimmicks or filler material.
I’m reading on after a long time thinking my recent dislike of the “repetitive” genre doesn’t apply to this work. It deserves the high rating I had it at and glowing review. I was too hasty in judgement that I would keep seeing the trend of ruining good projects in favor of creating a Patreon cash cow.
There’s a ton of people reviewing why this is a good work and placing it with popular successes and yeah it should be there.
HoloSolRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Ignore the prologue. Read to chapter 8 before making a decision on dropping it.
I almost dropped the story after reading the prologue and first few chapters. The prologue holds implications that aren't self contained because we know by its sombre tone how certain relationships probably play out in a negative way. DON'T READ THE PROLOGUE.
The story has a slow start that really ramps up around chapter 8, and boy, the quality really starts to shine through. The slow start has an excellent pay off as it increases the overall investment in the story. If you like MoL, you will almost certainly like this story after making it past the first few initial chapters.
Here is the quick rundown on what makes the story so good. The new take on the 'time loop' genre is interesting, and it keeps the story interesting. So far, the time loop operates like the check points in a video game. Honestly, this approach is refreshing, and it also keeps the story from being a totally foregone conclusion. There can't be a "perfect" run so to speak, and keeps some of the suspense that's normally not there in a time loop story (assuming you don't read the prologue).
The MC is also great. He is flawed, and his development in capabilities and personal growth is enjoying to read about. He's also rational without being a sociopath. The story seems to hint at a potential romance, but I have a feeling it'll be more akin to traditional fantasy novels like the Name of the Wind rather than RR Harems. The prospect of a story featuring a light romance like in traditional fantasy novels is a plus.
KrazeKodeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I picked up Re: Monarch on the recommendation of Caerulex, author of Menocht Loop, another story I love and boy am I grateful that they recommended this story.
This story has been a whole ride of its own and it has been quite some time since I binged a story this hard and was this disheartened to see the next chapter button greyed out.
The story starts off a bit slow as we explore the life of Prince Cairn near his Coronation ceremony. I have spoken with the author about the first few chapters and they have been considering editing it because the story gets good just a few chapters ahead.
First, the story's loop mechanic is based on Re: Zero in its death mechanics, there are save points, and each time the MC dies he is sent back to the last save point. So every time he crosses a checkpoint his actions become permanent. What I enjoyed about this story is how there is a very compelling antagonist that can also time travel, or something similar.
The story picks up speed quickly after the first 3-4 chapters as events unfold one after another. It is fast, but not too fast and we are given chapters to catch our breath only for us to be thrown in a completely new situation from which the MC has to crawl out. It is not doom or gloom either but be warned, it is dark.
The dark aspects of the story were what pulled me in. The tragic aspects hit hard and characters, even minor character ones, have motives that make sense. There are changing personalities and problems that come with looping over and over in time. The writing is beautifully executed, and perhaps one of the best uses of first-person fantasy I've read in recent memory. The story pulls you, and it keeps the tensions high making you unable to put it back down.
Cairn is by no means a perfect character, or an overpowered MC either. The story is us watching him struggle to survive as a relentless and much stronger antagonist chases after him. It is essentially a painful journey where we see the flawed character from the
Noahh56Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
It’s not impossible that my rating is exaggerated as a result of my relative newness to the genre, but as an avid reader, I have never had such a voracious appetite for a story as I do for this one. I don’t consider myself capable of speaking on its mastery of craft or composition, but I will say definitively that I consider my life improved having read it.
Prince RadenRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Note: This is my first time reviewing something. That's it. You've been warned
Story: We still didn't really enter into the main storyline, but it already seems to be good. Basically, the protagonist has to overcome certain challenges not only to survive, but also to save the lives of those around him. The challenges are well done: they seem overwhelming at first, but they also leave a spark of hope. In fact, I think the author managed to balance the emotional parts, so that they wouldn't be so heavy that you wouldn't want to continue reading, but also not so light that you wouldn't feel like they aren't challenging at all.
Also, the world seems interesting, with hints here and there of a bigger mystery (the time loop thingy)
Style & Grammar: Not much to say. I think the style is pretty good and is able to sustain the emotional parts of the story, while the grammar isn't bad enough to be noticeable.
Characters: The protagonist is quite likeable. He is semi-proactive: he has a goal and moves towards it, even though he might sometimes fall in despair. To achieve his goal he uses strategy and plans, developed thanks to the time loop. Unlike many other protagonists in RR he isn't antisocial or murderous, but instead he is more human and more honest to himself. What I'm saying is that he admits to himself that he wants to have friends (which is something I've almost never heard in a RR novel). The other characters are also quite likeable: they're smart and act for a reason.
Overall, I would advise giving this novel a shot for the first seven chapters and see if you like it.
TyrAureliusRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story takes so many of the best elements from other time travel stories, while still adding its own unique contributions. The author says that they just decided to write this after ehaustimg the genre, but that blase comment does not sum up the thought and care they seem to have put into crafting this story. If you like other time loop pieces, you will love this one.