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Mimic & Me
Mimic & Me · Book 1 · 2023
Audiobook available · 16 hr 58 min
Left dying after a betrayal, scout Damon offers his food to a mimic. The creature fuses with him, giving him extraordinary powers and a companion whose appetite runs from cake to human flesh. Staying alive now means sharing a body with something that sees people as food.
From the publisher’s blurb
“My new bodymate’s insatiable hunger for cake and human flesh.”Read the full description at Soundbooth Theater, publisher synopsis
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What makes it funny?
The mimic has few moral concerns to interrupt its pursuit of the next meal. In the audiobook, Jeff Hays gives the creature multiple voices; The Audiobook Review singled out those variations as part of the fun.
The comedy at work
The setup treats a ravenous monster as an adventuring partner. Its enthusiasm for food turns supernatural power into a practical feeding problem, with cake and human flesh occupying the same menu.
Try this if…
For dungeon-adventure readers who enjoy watching an underpowered scout acquire unsettling new abilities and assemble an adventuring party. Levels, skills and changes to Damon’s body are central attractions.
Good to know
Expect people being eaten and frequent stat readouts. Damon remains the main character, with the mimic as his companion.
A few distinguishing details
- A scout and a ravenous mimic become occupants of the same body.
- New abilities arrive through eating other adventurers.
More funny progression fantasy LitRPG
Sources & further reading
- Hidden in Pages review
Review
- Apple Books unabridged edition
Book information
- Official audiobook publisher
Publisher
- Fantastic Fiction bibliography
Book information
- The Audiobook Review
Review
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