Confession time, I was sure that I had listened to book one of this already and so I asked for a copy of book two. When it started, I realized I was wrong and this was a completely new world and story for me.
That said, I was up to speed in the first 20 minutes or so and the story didn’t suffer at all from having missed the first one. I think it would probably have been better listened to in order, but its already a triple 5 star, so how much better could it get short of zapping me into the book. (just kidding, nobody would want to live on Ludus).
This is essentially a lit rpg novel and it contains the leveling up mechanica that I really enjoy. It also contains the one thing that it seems most LITRPG’s contain, and that is at least one Main character seems to always be shouting at everybody. It might be the rage culture in video games these days, who knows. In this version, the loud, obnoxious hero isn’t annoying to listen to. He is so well written and so well performed, that he seems like a natural fit to the group.
I hate that I found another book series that I absolutely must own, but the combined talents of Corvin and Hayes were enough to truly transport me to the alternate world.
I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.