I received a copy of this book and volunteered to provide a review.
I’m relatively new to LitRPG and I have to say that Hultberg did a fine job with the plot and the battle sequences. The characters were introduced very well in the beginning and even the mild love interest was handled tastefully. I finished the book earlier this morning while I was mowing my lawn and the ending really got me – it left me with an “oh wow.” Hultberg had a masterful ending and set us up for a continuation of the series.
I hope he would find another narrator, though. When I first started listening, I thought the narrator was a text to speech convertor – almost a robotic voice. I got used to Duregger after a while and finished the book, but I was also listening to two other books in parallel which were much more pleasant productions. If the performance were better, my overall score would clearly be higher.
If you’re a LitRPG fan, I’d recommend this listen, knowing that you will eventually get used to Duregger’s voice.