About

Exodus of Gnomes is the 2nd book of the God Core trilogy. This comes under the progression fantasy category, specifically GameLit/LitRPG, but there are no stat sheets in this series.

God Core book covers

Author

Demi Harper is a White Mage, killer of cacti and devourer of teacakes (see this /r/Fantasy AMA for more such anecdotes).

The author has also created The Fantasy Hive – a hub for all things fantasy.

Review

This was a solid sequel to God of Gnomes. The hints we got about the wider world in the first book got expanded a lot in this book. As the title indicates, the main plot is about gnomes moving their base. While doing so, they get mixed up with other escalating events.

Despite the more epic nature of this book, I enjoyed the slice-of-life aspects of the gnomes improving their life under the influence of their god core. There were plenty of hilarious moments as well as some tear inducing emotional ones.

I hope the final book continues to be an enjoying read, which is expected to be published later this year.

My rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟☆

What others are saying

Here's a wonderful summary from T.O. Munro's review on Fantasy Hive:

In Exodus of Gnomes, Harper avoids the temptation to simply revisit and extend the successes of God of Gnomes. Corey’s tale launches off (literally) in a fresh but entertaining direction with an expanded world view – and the visceral challenge of a ticking countdown clock that puts reader and god core on a perpetual nervous edge.

And this is from Julia Sarene's goodreads review:

Brilliant fun and engaging entertainment that had me giggling, snorting, holding my breath, sniff and gave me a hole bunch of emotions all around!

Bingo

/r/Fantasy/ 2020 bingo categories:

  • Optimistic SFF (HM)
  • A Book that Made You Laugh (HM)

Bonus

Just linking to a cool art I came across: Ambush