{"id":13636,"date":"2026-02-17T16:02:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/?p=13636"},"modified":"2026-07-18T09:25:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T09:25:48","slug":"ryn-of-avonside-the-ring-outrun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/ryn-of-avonside-the-ring-outrun\/","title":{"rendered":"RYN OF AVONSIDE: THE RING & OUTRUN"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first of Amelia MacIntyre<\/a>‘s Ryn of Avonside novels<\/a> mainly stands out for featuring a remarkably unconventional plant-based magic system. The setting itself isn’t particularly common either, though in effect it isn’t much different at this point from a standard fantasy world, while the romance elements are pretty cute. Main thing to be aware of is that unlike some genderswap stories, the gender-related issues here are rather prominent and a significant subtheme.<\/p>\n

Outrun: Neon Divide<\/a>‘s setting closely resembles what you’d get by infusing Shadowrun<\/a>‘s fantasy elements into Cyberpunk 2077<\/a>. It really nails that Cyberpunk<\/em> feel to the point I seriously considered re-installing the game and had a protagonist entertaining enough to justify continuing on to the web novel version<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While for the most part events and character behavior remain on-par with that first novel, the academy arc (why is there an academy arc?) heavily shook my interest in the series. Not quite enough to drop it though and for a time it recovers well enough. Ultimately it was around the 138th chapter I had to stop, as her attempts to become a phantom thief were simply not something I cared about at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first of Amelia MacIntyre‘s Ryn of Avonside novels mainly stands out for featuring a remarkably unconventional plant-based magic system. The setting itself isn’t particularly common either, though in effect it isn’t much different at this point from a standard fantasy world, while the romance elements are pretty cute. Main thing to be aware of is that unlike some genderswap stories, the gender-related issues here are rather prominent and a significant subtheme. Outrun: Neon Divide‘s setting closely resembles what you’d get by infusing Shadowrun‘s fantasy elements into Cyberpunk 2077. It really nails that Cyberpunk feel to the point I seriously considered re-installing the game and had a protagonist entertaining enough to justify continuing on to the web novel version. While for the most part events and character behavior remain on-par with that first novel, the academy arc (why is there an academy arc?) heavily shook my interest in the series. Not quite enough to drop it though and for a time it recovers well enough. Ultimately it was around the 138th chapter I had to stop, as her attempts to become a phantom thief were simply not something I cared about at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1306,1307,1304,29,1305,62,30,511],"class_list":["post-13636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-related","tag-amelia-macintyre","tag-lost-rain","tag-outrun","tag-paranormal-romance","tag-ryn-of-avonside","tag-science-fiction","tag-urban-fantasy","tag-web-novel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t