Lorne Ryburn

This story was originally published as a web serial, so a little overly wordy in places and not significantly edited, but unlike many works in that genre without any distracting spelling or grammatical errors. I have read dozens of traditionally-published Fantasy novels that seemed more amateurish.

A progression Fantasy story that begins with a time loop, and expands into a character-focused romp broken up by occasional creative magical fights. This isn't an action heavy story, and there's as much focus on problem-solving and avoiding conflict as on simply whacking things until they aren't a problem anymore.

The setting is a Fantasy/Sci-Fi world that feels very expansive though never comprehensively revealed. The worldbuilding is mostly light and the magic systems are a little fuzzy, but they remain directly in service to advancing the character development, so overall I think they work well.

If there is one thing I wanted from this story, and wasn't getting, it was lighter moments with more humor. The slice-of-life scenes worked really well for me, and the characters are compelling enough that I want to get more of them just interacting with one another.

Overall, I was very happy I spent my time reading this book and I am sure I will stick with the series to the end.… (mehr)

A strong continuation of an entertaining story. The story arcs of this book are a little less serious and allow the characters (especially the protagonist) the chance to breathe and expand some more. As the protagonist's importance in the world grows and events outside his control lead him into conflict, the author focused a lot on the difficulty of making decisions with imperfect information. This isn't the sort of story where there is a threat of the protagonist dying in a fight, so having other sorts of conflict and sources of tension was a really great move.

I am still very strong on this series and excited to see how it develops.… (mehr)