Lots of improvement from the first book. Fortunately more crafting being done, though the drunk stat is still pretty much a throwaway ability. The zealousness has also been cut down by a good deal, as well as the super cheesy preaching. Its still there but more tolerable. The characters have more depth (mainly Miller and Amber) but work still needs to be done. Cliche plot points make a good deal of things able to be guessed, the harem yet not a harem aspects aren’t a deal breaker but still don’t really go anywhere, and random ninja is random.