Zeal of the Mind and Flesh: Spellheart, Book 1

I think that by the time I bought this book, it might have gotten updated. I say this because while there were still a notable number of minor typos and editing oopsies, it's nowhere near the number that some earlier reviewers have reported. (Won't lie -- there are still plenty to catch, but not so bad that you're constantly being dropped out of the story or anything.)The story starts with the MC and two friends, and I first suspected that the 2 friends would be a part of the story. They are, but only in a historical sense, as the MC gets stuffed away for 400 years, and starts the main adventure on his own. Well, on his own if you don't count the snarky OCD AI that he brought with him. That AI is effectively translated into a dungeon core in the new world of the elves that the MC finds himself in.The MC finds himself in a world of mixed magic and cultivation, and he's starting at the very bottom. As a non-elf he has two distinct advantages: no problems with iron, and his body isn't DEPENDENT on magic to function, like most natives. The latter is because his body produces his own "vitality" in more-than-enough quantities to not only thrive without magic, but also enough to make him effectively a magic battery for other uses.I enjoyed the first book a lot, and immediately bought and read through the remaining books (a total of 4 as of this time). I like them all, and will be doing a quick review of the others immediately following this review.

I thought the book was good and will definitely read book 2. The book has a good plot and I enjoyed the character development.

I had fun reading this, I see a lot of Sava hate in the 1 star reviews but the "enemies to lovers" trope is pretty popular. Ok she had some fun with the MC with him only partially consenting and I see some of my fellow males are pretty triggered by this, but I took the story as is and waited to see where it evolved. Interesting mix of science fiction too, curious to see where that goes.

The story is entertaining and fun to read, the sexy scenes are secondary to it. There are flaws in the grammar, but the story flows well.I love it. I'd read it even if it didn't have the sex scenes in it. lol =_) Would love to read a book 2 and I understand it is on its way. The author is fixing the typo's in the first book and its going to audio book too.

Right out if the gate, my expectations were low. The names of the MC's friends, the location they go together, what happens so early on; very low expectations.However, when the first major change strikes, there's still over 90% of the book remaining, which equates to nearly 500 pages. Something significant had to happen in that time, right?Correct, something does indeed happen in that time and I felt it was done rather well. Cultivation/wuxia done with the elements and multiple tiers, empire building, alchemy, twists and turns in the plot, as well as some appropriately spaced sexy time (aside from the first, imo).This book surpassed my expectations and I'm looking forward to the next, just to see what happens. There were a few inconsistencies, some counting errors, some minor grammar issues, but otherwise a well done book.

So this book was fun. Caught a few pop culture references. Supernatural and Dr. Who. The story is Isekai and cultivation. I liked that it wasn't too predictable so it kept me guessing until the end. Really my one big question is why would elves born full grown from eggs have breast and bellybuttons. Overall fun book highly recommended.

While the story is interesting it is sadly besieged by a host of flaws. Concepts and ideas introduced and then promptly left behind and forgotten. There is a lot of places where the author uses the wrong words and even the wrong names at places. The protagonist is at times frustratingly stupid and inconsistent with his behavior just the previous chapter.The characters are ok, nothing special but all of them seems to play her part, except the Orc, which shows up and introduces mind magic and then fades into the background and is promptly forgotten.Except when I wanted to smack the protagonist I found the story enjoyable and if you can stand that and some problems with the spelling you think you should give one a try.

I’m really looking forward to the second book and I hope the Author continues to write, they seem to have a real gift for it. It’s definitely one of my new favorites and I love how the story came together. I’m not gonna lie it almost lost me in the beginning and started a little slow. But to be fair that’s how most books start. Once the foundation was laid out it progressed very smoothly. If you’re a fan of harem books I really think you will enjoyed this one.

This was a good mix of the litrpg/Gamelit and cultivation novels. I enjoyed the story as well as character development. I highly recommend this to all who are fans of these genres and it's still worth a read to those who are not. The only thing I would have liked to have seen more often would have been more interaction between the cultivation and point systems, either way still fun to read.

I really liked the story. While reading it there where points in the plot that annoyed me but later evrything flowed back together and worked outI am looking forward to the next

Give it a chance. While it lacks basic editing, this is an indie author so try to overlook. Great for light reading.Cannot say i did not enjoy this book. It mixes sci-fi fantasy and some wuxia in a nice balance that does nlot make it too hard for any hater to read. The harem part did seem a little over the top to me. But none the less believable given the fact the world was created by an elf-pimp-troll-mage.

Awesome I enjoyed the first book and will be buying the next in the series as it becomes available for purchase. There were a few errors but so what I recommend the book to all who are interested in this genre and keep the good work Marvin go hard.

This book was a good opener to what is looking like a grand story. I really enjoy this authors work and I think this series will be no different