Now that I've finished the first book I get that the author wanted it as a plot device.

At first I didn't understand the reasoning behind breaking up her sword when they could have turned it into a scaling item. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS I persevered for a bit as I did feel like the building blocks for a good story were in here somewhere but got lost in the shuffle of Reynolds play by play of his last Twitch gaming stream.Īll in all this was a LitRPG that started really well and avoided a lot of the typical pitfalls of the genre but that had poor pacing and never managed to make me invest in the VR world happenings.Īudio Note: Andrea Parsneau gave a decent performance of the audio. The happenings in the VR world were just so dull the story became a bit of a bore. It was a pity as this was one of those rare series where the lead character was easy to root for and that lacked a lot of the heavy wish-fulfilment and rampant misogyny that plague the genre.

The VR world was just dull! Nothing had any consequences so it was impossible to emotionally invest and felt a lot like listening to a description of someone's crappy Twitch feed. The problem came when the story transitioned to the VR world where the bulk of the action took place. The sci-fi future seemed a grim but potentially cool place and the story had the depth and stakes that made emotional investment possible. This 'real world' part of the story was good.

We were introduced to a cool sci-fi future and immediately given a lead character in Dhalia who we could sympathise with as she found herself in a tough spot. I could have finished but there seemed little point in the time investment as I was beginning to find getting through it a bit of a slog. I ended up quitting this one at the 75% mark. This was a strange LitRPG story as it did some things really well but still failed to engage me in the story.

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