Great LitRPG story. This genre can be a mixed bag, but this is one of the good ones. The characters are believable and the group has good chemistry and balance. The action starts slow and builds up at a good pace. The only issues I have are more with the goals of the antagonist outside of the game. I am hoping that the antagonist’s goals are not simply financially motivated and are deeper. There are some hint’s to that in the first book, but nothing more concrete. Hopefully that will be fleshed out more in the coming books. Honestly story wise this should get a 4 or 4.5, but I enjoyed the book enough to give it a 5. The performance of the narrator was excellent. I look forward to the next book in the series and will pick it up as soon as the audio-book version is available.
Disclaimer: I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.