This whole series has been great. I love the character-centric stories. Especially when the main character is a lovable, laughable, grandfatherly old man. The problem with this book – and honestly, I saw this coming – is that… what is there to do now? Everything? Is that interesting? I guess it can be. The main characters are basically gods now. What can possibly be a problem for them? There was a battle in the book, but it was barely even a subplot. The only thing to overcome now is to create the universe, troubleshoot it, and fix it. Problems were talked about, and then they were solved. Other problems were spoken about, but put off for another book. If they were meant to be super serious problems, then I missed the weight of said problems. So it’s another thing to solve down the line. [shrugs] OK. That said… I still loved following Artorian around. I loved seeing what shenanigans he gets up to. I love the character and I can’t wait to hear more about him and his adventures. I just hope that in the next books, there is also a substance. There is just something missing when there isn’t anything other than world-building. There’s a reason almost every book ever has an intro, narrative hook, problem, climax, then resolution. It works. It felt this book was all intro, problem, resolution. Never a climax. I hope that this means that this book is the appetizer before the main course. Perhaps the authors wrote this so the next book didn’t have to be 50 hours long. It sets the table for the next arc.