With this being listed as a collection of the first 3 books I went into it expecting it to be much longer than it was. First let me get this out of the way, the narration was fantastic and probably the main thing that kept me listening. Now I’m not saying the books are bad, far from it in fact they are easily 3.5’s which to me means it was enjoyable enough that I liked it. The problem is they aren’t written like books they are written more like episodes to a tv series or episodic audio dramas and its reflected in the pacing. It goes from slow start up to periods of talking to fast build up and finish throughout each book very much like a TV episode trying to cover everything but not having the time to do it. There is a good amount of world building more than you would typically get from books this short and a lot of character development for the main and some of the secondary characters. I personally didn’t find the main character relatable on any level but she was still an interesting and unique read though she did repeat herself a lot and would say things like “That happened so long ago” when it was in fact less than 5 minutes ago to the reader. The further you get into the book the more it suffers from fast travel without notice as well. Some of the story did have me get a little emotional a few times so it has that going for it, and the world / universe building being done promises to be impressive. Overall it’s a very good story but I feel like it could have been a very great story if it was longer giving it the pacing and development it deserved. If you want a different experience with a unique main character give this one a shot.