I don't think this story is served well by the time jumps, I get the author wants the MC to be an adult when he faces down the big bad but the charactI don't think this story is served well by the time jumps, I get the author wants the MC to be an adult when he faces down the big bad but the character hasn't really grown, still following around his guardians and solving problems through his sword or magical luck....more
The series loses steam after the main character gets his power boost. The fact that the most important person in the kingdom with the special bDNF 60%
The series loses steam after the main character gets his power boost. The fact that the most important person in the kingdom with the special blood is sent around on random missions with a smaller and smaller entourage, without a real magician or healer, without a couple more rogues or soldiers, is ridiculous. At this stage the country leadership is aware of how big the threat is and they wouldn't send their best agents in with no support to dangerous places like the home of a cultist lord.
There is also a lack of a deepening threat, it is just more of the same monsters and amulets. No real new magic or a surprising betrayal, civil war etc.
The addition of a new POV spellcaster was not well integrated, I was hoping there would be more of a connection, and again, the best spellcaster in a country or possibly the world being guarded by a single swordsman is ridiculous. Especially one who gets killed almost instantly....more
This book's premise sounds so cool but pulling off being a god just didn't work for me. I think there should have been multiple layers of godliDNF 30%
This book's premise sounds so cool but pulling off being a god just didn't work for me. I think there should have been multiple layers of godliness since he was just average joeing and had his ability to reduce stakes to virtually nothing, his amorphous goals of get stronger and get back to the present just weren't compelling enough and the world he was in was fine but there was nothing going on to make me want to flip pages like in book 1. The visceral feeling of being powerless and hiding behind a steel gate is the exact opposite of book two. I will check out new books by this author in the future though since I really enjoyed book 1....more