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Still love it, but…

Review from The Price of Power →

The stats are becoming too much, and to such an extent that it is starting to ruin the story… it seems the author takes every chance he can get to list up all the stats of a character, breaking up the progression of the story. when it was just the main characters it was getting..

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Love hate

Review from The Aspects →

We are told that advancement is hard and needs to be earned…then we sit back as someone jumps two realms or is given advancement without any work of there own. 1k greater essence is a fortune..but oh wait someone got just got 100 celestial essence..next time rewards are give we are getting 10k celestial..wait now..

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Great Series

Review from Dads vs. Zombies: Year 2 →

Instead of a novel, Wallace gives us a bunch of short stories in the vein of Dads vs the World but set in the Zombies universe. I was impressed with the quality of the stories. I don’t think it’s easy to have that flavor of incompetent wit that marked the first book and still develop..

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Good world building

Review from Monsters and Legends →

Some parts seem slow but that’s an unfortunate evil of world building. A little overly complex with some of the explanations, but the plot is interesting and the back and forth between past and present day is well done.

A Compelling Idea…PMCs

Review from Federation Chronicles →

Lozito crafts a thrilling story or maybe space opera around the question of human/AI integration. This is a prescient cultural issue for our immediate future and Lozito provides an interesting and entertaining vision. The characters are rich with depth and nuance. I was unfamiliar with Phil Thron’s narration, but I’m fast becoming a fan!