Viridian Gate Online: Resurrection

The Heartfire Healer Series, Book 1

By: E.C. Godhand, James A. Hunter

Narrated by: Eunice Wong

The end of the world sucks. The end of the world alone is worse.

So when Dr. Lisette Chen discovers her staff have uploaded their consciousnesses into the massive MMO, Viridian Gate Online, she reluctantly takes a chance and logs in. Her goal? Discover why her colleagues abandoned her when she needed them the most.

In a blink, she finds herself in a fantastical world where her healing skills—both as a doctor and a Priestess of Gaia—are sorely needed. A group of dark priests is spreading a digital plague that threatens NPCs and Travelers alike, and somehow it is all connected to her old coworkers. Lisette is the only one who can unravel the mystery before time runs out on humanity's new safe haven.

Lisette's already lost one world, and she sure as hell isn't going to lose another.

©2021 E.C. Godhand and Shadow Alley Press, Inc. (P)2025 Tantor Media

Full range of characters

This book does a great job humanizing its characters. It offers many different perspectives from the real world end is LGBTQ I a a inclusive. It allows free space for people who have genders other than the binary. Just highlights the struggle of finding purpose in adversity, dealing with trauma, and holding true to your personal values. I loved

It's a tough one to get through

I have to say up until this point I've really enjoyed every Veridian gate online, I found this character to be pretentious and very thirsty For the first half of the story with every chick she meets like seriously she needs to take a drink and get on with it. second half of the story felt more viridian gate online but the first half detracted from the overall story itself and it made this seemingly short story of multiple week story for me because I kept stopping and coming back to it later on, overall nowhere near par for a Veridian gate online!

Good Start w Great Potential

To start off, thus story has a lot of BIPOC and LGBTQAI rep which, as a BIPOC trans man, I really appreciate. Because, yes, representation matters.

The performance of this book is absolutely stellar, though as is very common for American narrators, the Irish accent is a little bit rocky. Not so much that it distracts, but it's definitely not a great impression. Other than that the narrator does a great job brining the story to life.

The story is a little but rocky, it has some really good moments that had me laughing so hard, I had to replay them. There is a bit of insta love which is not my personal preference, but will satisfy those readers who like a little extra romance. All-in-all a good start with potential to be a great series.

Entertaining and Well-Performed

I enjoyed hearing this story from another perspective. I look forward to future books in this series.

Adult female heroine is exactly what I needed

There is a serious lack of adult female MCs in the fantasy genre. This book delivers on that need. It's extremely LitRPG focused, I did fast forward a couple times when she was looking at her fact sheet. There is a tiny bit of romance, though it's more like a few side comments on how pretty someone is. If there's actually going to be a relationship down the road then it's a very slow burn. The story was good, I love that the MC is a healer as that is what I play in FFXIV. I've read a few LitRPGs and this is the only so far that has a true dedicated healer as an MC. Overall I really loved this book for the story and the characters and am really hoping the rest of the series comes to Audible.