Slow Burn starts off pretty solid. Zed goes from someone with no real direction to a guy with purpose, and that early character growth kept me interested. The first two books actually show him developing in a meaningful way, but after that, things just stall out. Zed stops growing, and honestly, the story does too. It starts repeating itself, and by the time I hit book six and a half, I had to tap out.
There were already flaws before that point, but the repetition and super obvious twists just wore me down. On top of that, the writing quality slips. Characters feel more shallow, and the darker moments seem to be there purely for shock value rather than serving the story. If the characters had stayed strong or the storytelling kept its earlier momentum, maybe it would’ve been different—but it just didn’t hold up.