I feel like the series is flagging for me. The narration is top notch and the combat remains a high point, but so much of the banter feels forced and many of jokes miss the mark. Many of the background and support characters feel hollow, like NPCs who only exist to provide a specific interaction with the main characters. Additionally, it feels as if the protagonists frequently act out of character or do something stupid just because the author needed a way to advance the plot. Things like that break the immersion too frequently for me to get deeply invested.
I finished this one, but I don’t think I’ll get any subsequent books in the series.