This story was ok. The characters are flat. The story is confusing and not really going anywhere. The side story about “the gods” is horrible and should be removed. The information dumps labeled as “query” need to be spread out and incorporated into the story. The author does not hold to his own standards set in the book, making things inconsistent.
Now for the pros, the book is engaging enough to keep me wanting to know how the MC will grow. A lot of the ideas are taken from Dakota Krout’s series but that series was decent. I don’t think I’d recommend this series to a friend because the books are too short. Really, two of the books equal one. It’s kind of frustrating to spend money on half a book and then have to buy the next half. Did I say pros? I guess there really aren’t any. I just like it for its video game aspect. I bought the third book, but just barely. We’ll see if I stop there.