If you’ve read a ton of LitRPG and you’re going through the beginning of this book, you’ll start to wonder if it was false advertising. Sure, there are stats but they don’t really matter other than being a goal for the protagonists. But then you keep reading and the wonderful writing shines through. Plenty of mysteries kept me reading and I binged this title in two days. I’d be curious enough to get a sequel if one comes out. This is also a better coming-of-age story than most with characters that act their age and none of them are morons with plot armor. Travis Baldree is, of course, a wonderful narrator once again.