I have loved this story for years, but the last few books have really started to get annoying. I get that you have to have strong antagonists, but it has gotten out of hand. Arthur hasn’t won a fight outright since the war started. That’s 3 whole books of the main character losing, getting dominated, or getting bailed out of every major fight. I’ve been tempted to skip the last two fights in this book because I already knew the outcome. The MC getting owned in a one sided beat down. Whenever these Scythes come up against someone powerful, it’s like they get a power that can completely negate them. I’m going to start listening to the next one because I already spent a credit on it, but I’m only giving it a few chapters till I say screw it and do something I’ve only done twice in the 8 years I’ve had Audible and return all the books in the series I’m allowed to and cut my losses.