I just finished book 2, very breezy, read the whole thing in a afternoon, and yeah… it is like a old school newspaper serial… Not much meat. It’s still interesting, and very much a page turner, but looking back… its kinda well constructed filler pager turner and not much depth.

I’m getting magic “and then” vibes, the rules are not consistent, but cleverly that fits into the unfairness of this universe so its easily disguised but lets the author constantly change the rules and outcomes (i.e. harry potter) but with camouflage, it wasn’t convenient writing it was the universe being unfair!

I’m getting very real made for tv A plot and B plot vibes… Most of the book is B plot, and a few pages are A plot.