This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 i am so looking forward to reviewing this! alrighty。 so this book was great! i really like the new days of the week, although prior to book 7, aethrian wiki stated that the week went almsday JOURNSDAY KILNSDAY, not craftsday and questsday。 i shant point out the elephant in the room-that is the release date-but ill comment that i think the book was a tad short for the release。 quite a few illustration errors, for one, at the start of the book, it mentions pancakes, but in the next picture (and th i am so looking forward to reviewing this! alrighty。 so this book was great! i really like the new days of the week, although prior to book 7, aethrian wiki stated that the week went almsday JOURNSDAY KILNSDAY, not craftsday and questsday。 i shant point out the elephant in the room-that is the release date-but ill comment that i think the book was a tad short for the release。 quite a few illustration errors, for one, at the start of the book, it mentions pancakes, but in the next picture (and the rest of the book), its all about waffles。 also in the scene where runt and emerald run from the angry shopkeeper, runts missin a nose! also, a strange bar appears overlapping runts redstone fishing pole whilst fising with breeze。 i really loved the involvment of emerald。 shes quite funny! but dang, the picture in the dungeon is very wel done with emerald casting ice bolt… the cover art is great! id have to say though, for the other pictures, i liked the old style better。 this new one is to messyish。 dang this is a huge review。 ive been waiting for four years tho, and i never lost hope in you ck!im waiting for book eight now!Until then, L33T5P34K out!p。s。 asof this day, ive read it two times, going on three 。。。more
Ethan,
After many years of waiting, Shadow Over Aetheria, the seventh book in the 8-Bit Warrior series has finally arrived。 And it's epically EPIC。The story begins with Runt and his crew saying their goodbyes and leaving Villagetown。 Their destination? Lorica Academy, the greatest school in Aetheria。 Runt soon finds out the training is very difficult and not for noobs。 Even the training golems are hard to defeat enemies。 And to top it off they have to constantly eat these smelly vegetables that suppose After many years of waiting, Shadow Over Aetheria, the seventh book in the 8-Bit Warrior series has finally arrived。 And it's epically EPIC。The story begins with Runt and his crew saying their goodbyes and leaving Villagetown。 Their destination? Lorica Academy, the greatest school in Aetheria。 Runt soon finds out the training is very difficult and not for noobs。 Even the training golems are hard to defeat enemies。 And to top it off they have to constantly eat these smelly vegetables that supposedly boost their magic powers。But there is more than the prestigious academy in the big city。 Many secrets hide in the shadows that are slowly darkening Aetheria…Cube Kid may not be pregnant but he didn't fail to deliver all right, all right, I won't use that one, but still。 This book was very awesome, trust me; I stayed up quite late reading it。That being said I wouldn't say it was worth the wait because we really waited a long time just for this。 But it's far better than being left questioning if there ever will be a new book。I personally like the art a lot, it had more life to it, and seemed very unique。 I also liked how CK mentioned a lot of stuff from the older books and didn't completely sweep it all under the rug。 Anyway, it's a great book。 So excited that we finally got it!!! 。。。more
Laura M Barton,
BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!!!!!!It’s been for ever and I was so excited when I saw that this book was coming out! I can’t wait for the next book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Runt is the best!
김윤희,
omigoshCube kid is as amazing as always!His fabulous humor, his magnificent descriptions, and moody uses of character are just astonishing!!LONG LIVE KING RUNEHAMMER II
Engel Dreizehn,
ARC Copy。。。Well Minecraft fans alike will be happy to know it will another fun adventure with the crew and I must say the art-illustrations has vastly improved or at least it has gotten a lot more colourful and extensive。
Aditi Misra,
I have been waiting for this book for the longest time ever!!! I am so happy this book came out!!!I can’t wait to read this book。
Ms。 Yingling,
E ARC provided by NetgalleyRunt seems like he knows everything that he could possibly need in order to vanquish illagers, villagers, and pillagers, but it's not enough! Along with Emerald, Ophelia, Stump, and Max he's heading off to the magical academy, where students receive training before they head off to save the kingdom, after meeting with the king and being assigned a job。 The trip to the school is a long one, but luckily the group's bedrolls have a warming spell on them for when they are E ARC provided by NetgalleyRunt seems like he knows everything that he could possibly need in order to vanquish illagers, villagers, and pillagers, but it's not enough! Along with Emerald, Ophelia, Stump, and Max he's heading off to the magical academy, where students receive training before they head off to save the kingdom, after meeting with the king and being assigned a job。 The trip to the school is a long one, but luckily the group's bedrolls have a warming spell on them for when they are camping under the stars。 There's a nice map of the kingdom, and the group finally arrives at Dawnsbloom, which is a good thing, because they run out of food。 Eventually, they get to Dawnsbloom, which is very different from their village。 At the school, Runt meets with an advisor who tells him he only has an MP of 3, but has some good skills。 She also gives him some coins for the quest that he went on, which is a huge improvement from when he was a noob and had a single carrot。 The dorm has a questboard, and Runt is super excited to be able to go on fairly safe quests in order to gain training, but he can't go quite yet。 In true boarding school fashion, there is even a human who is very mean to him, Bayard。 Runt often struggles to stay awake in class or answer questions, and gets very tired of always being with Emerald, especially when Stump and Breeze are away。 When things start to go wrong in the kingdom, Runt learns about the evil wizard Herobrine, or the Eyeless One, who is causing destruction。 He and Emerald learn that Otherworlders can be effective against him, and go in search of Mike and Steve, who are from Earth。 They find Mike, but Steve has gone missing from the ruins under the city, most likely teleported far past the void by demons。 Not only that, but Herobrine has a very evil plan involving monsters and experience points。 Runt isn't able to solve that problem, but meets Elodi, the daughter of the King, and continues on with his education。 It looks like his time at Greater Aetheria Academy isn't over yet, and I hope that we will see more adventures。 Strengths: My readers who want Minecraft books usually want stories that read like playing the game。 Given how much food is discussed, and how many times Runt and his friends talk about different skill levels or items they have to acquire, I'm going to guess that this will fill the bill。 It is fun that Runt gets out of the village and learns information about the world around him。 The school is very ornate, and has all of the elements that magical academies usually have, so fans of that type of story will appreciate the Greater Aetheria Academy。 The art seems a bit different from the other books, and this is another full color, heavily illustrated novel with Geronimo Stilton type font that is larger when words and phrases are emphasized。 Weaknesses: Runt still hasn't learned to think things through, so is goaded into doing silly things by Bayard the Bully。 As much as he would like to be able to pick from the Questboard and increase him MP level, he doesn't seem to concentrate very well and use more discretion in his actions。 I guess this makes him the quintessential middle schooler!What I really think: I was sorry to hear that Cube Kid had experienced writer's block, but am glad to see him back。 While these books are not my personal favorite (since I've never played Minecraft), my students enjoy them, and I'd rather have them reading the books than playing video games。 They'll be glad to hear about this new volume。 I always buy these in prebind, because they get a lot of use。 。。。more
JeromeGWillikers,
*I received an advance copy from NetGalley for Review*Review from my 9yo son: Amazing。 I love this series and have read all the books over and over。 I really liked the story-line and can't wait for the next book。 This series has a lot of plot twists, and I'm always excited about getting the next one。Review from 12yo daughter: This book is absolutely amazing。 I'm very excited about the books to come in this series。 I found the plot really exciting。 The art in this book is very pretty in compariso *I received an advance copy from NetGalley for Review*Review from my 9yo son: Amazing。 I love this series and have read all the books over and over。 I really liked the story-line and can't wait for the next book。 This series has a lot of plot twists, and I'm always excited about getting the next one。Review from 12yo daughter: This book is absolutely amazing。 I'm very excited about the books to come in this series。 I found the plot really exciting。 The art in this book is very pretty in comparison to the last six volumes, and the story was definitely funnier to me。 。。。more