Its hard sifting thu all the bad books with the inconsistency of the reviews but i took a chance here and it was good. I liked the magic/skill system and for once a young MC was not a totally idiot. I genuinely think that was the best part, the MC saw thru all the manipulation and only went along with certain things people tried to push on him because he analyzed the situation and found benefit for him. I think there was a good mix of villains getting their way to progress the story without making the MC brain dead. I think I remember one of the reviews saying there was no book 2 but i hope there is. Happy listening