{"id":14284,"date":"2026-07-11T14:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T14:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/?p=14284"},"modified":"2026-07-11T18:05:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T18:05:56","slug":"academy-life-as-an-archmage-city-of-champions-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/academy-life-as-an-archmage-city-of-champions-online\/","title":{"rendered":"AcademY LIFE as an Archmage & CITY of CHAMPIONS: ONLINE"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first<\/a> of Max Pants<\/a>‘ Ardenth Academy<\/em> novels brings to mind a fantasy take on Quantum Leap<\/a>. An idea staggeringly well executed; the novel’s a practically perfect start to an overpowered protagonist series. The only nitpicks I have are that there’s a bit of repetition with the roommate’s dialog in the first classroom scenes and the mechanism behind the protagonist’s body swapping is both not explained and referenced in what may be a contradictory manner (depending on future events).<\/p>\n

Stuart Grosse<\/a>‘s first City of Champions: Online novella<\/a> is heavily (anti-)racism themed and reads a bit more like a proof of concept than a proper story. It’s not overtly bad in any particular way… it just comes across as noticeably unpolished and overly focused on its theme (particularly when compared to some of his other series<\/a>). Not sure at this point whether or not I’ll finish the rest<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first of Max Pants‘ Ardenth Academy novels brings to mind a fantasy take on Quantum Leap. An idea staggeringly well executed; the novel’s a practically perfect start to an overpowered protagonist series. The only nitpicks I have are that there’s a bit of repetition with the roommate’s dialog in the first classroom scenes and the mechanism behind the protagonist’s body swapping is both not explained and referenced in what may be a contradictory manner (depending on future events). Stuart Grosse‘s first City of Champions: Online novella is heavily (anti-)racism themed and reads a bit more like a proof of concept than a proper story. It’s not overtly bad in any particular way… it just comes across as noticeably unpolished and overly focused on its theme (particularly when compared to some of his other series). Not sure at this point whether or not I’ll finish the rest.<\/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":[1377,1379,28,1378,841,29,62,813,30],"class_list":["post-14284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-related","tag-ardenth-academy","tag-city-of-champions-online","tag-fantasy","tag-max-pants","tag-novella","tag-paranormal-romance","tag-science-fiction","tag-stuart-grosse","tag-urban-fantasy"],"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