With over 500 fantasy titles and 100s of LitRPG, this is easily in top 5. This series would be an epic streaming series for anyone brave enough to do it. For those looking for other gems like this, check out “The Wandering Inn”, “HWFWM”, Life Reset(Also Jeff Hays i believe) in that order. The Wandering Inn and this stand as my favorite 2 LitRPG. They are both incredibly good for different reasons.
As far as how this book in the series contends with others, its probably one of the best. Definitely top3 of the series. This is the climax to alot of other plot lines that have built up over the entire series. Id say Samantha is one of the funnier characters as well as some of the cards or “totems” you will meet.