Overall Score: 7.3 out of 10
Individual short story reviews:
Lion Start By: Rohan Hublikar
This is a story about a little dungeon dive to save a friend and clean his core. It’s not a bad dungeon dive and has some likable characters. I especially liked the relationship between the teen characters.
Score: 7.3 out of 10
Legacy of Thunder By: Steven Willden
This is a norse and lightning god themed short story with the cultivating nation of Azguardia having a special festival and competition that gives lightning essence. It’s a cute story but kind of predictable based on the names used for characters.
Score: 7.2 out of 10
Flight of the Glitterflit by Ryan Ball
What happens when a cleric keeps adding fire to his healing? You get many crispy and annoyed people. In this story the main character must rescue a kidnapped Glitterflit and try to fix his essence problem. It's not a bad story but the kind of wand wavy end didn't work for me.
Score: 6 out of 10
Splat! By: Raymond Johnson
Splat is the name of the dungeon goblin that keeps dying by being splatted. It’s a funny story, with a cute funny main character.
Score: 7.6 out of 10
The Spirit Dungeon By: Alexis Keane
I liked the idea of an alcohol producing dungeon but the story had issues. The story itself was just ok but had over long cultivation details for a short story. Where it lost me was with the characters. I never really cared about them, so I never cared if they survived the dungeon or got in trouble and the end was just a bit abrupt to satisfy me.
Score: 6 out of 10
Hidden Lantern By: James Auwaerter
This is a cameo story. It's set in Mountaindale, and lots of the main series characters make brief appearances. The story adds some details to events you've read about before or just little interactions with characters or groups you know. But not much more than that.
Score: 6 out of 10
Butcher Boy By: Dakota Krout
This is a story about a street urchin that gets a chance to better himself, just not the way he expects to. It’s such a good story. It ends way too soon though. I wanted a dozen more chapters.
Score: 8 out of 10
Axiom By: Dennis Vanderkerken
The story starts off with a group of kids get their names in particular ceremony and feels more like a fantasy coming of age story. However, It eventually connects to the Divine Dungeon series, explaining the lore behind the first half. It becomes enjoyable and may be a direct link to an upcoming Divine Dungeon side series.
Score: 7.3 out of 10
Overall there are some good stories here and it was really nice to spend more time in the Divine Dungeon universe
Overall Score: 7.3 out of 10
