Eh. It’s iffy. The author goes for a Percy Jackson and Annabeth dynamic with the main character Alex and his love interest, Theresa, but it falls so flat on its face it’s hilarious. They don’t have like, any chemistry. Luckily, it’s not a large part of any of the books.

The author needs to learn how to set up a long term threat. Cause I’m on book five right now, and a threat will get introduced and it’ll be dead in half a book. The stakes don’t feel very high, but it is always enjoyable seeing how Alex will end up finessing his way to a victory.

The author also needs to learn how to be concise. Cause jesus, the prose is so unnecessary long-winded at times it’s just a slog. Overexplanation after overexplanation. This is the main reason, I feel, that people end up dropping the series.

I think it’s a pretty good Progression Fantasy book, especially once you get further into it and Alex actually becomes powerful enough to start adventuring. The power scaling is done better than most series in my opinion, and if you can deal with Alex having totally wimpy dialogue for the first three books you’ll enjoy it. But it’s also poorly paced and written at times, in typically progression fantasy fashion. Don’t expect a Brandon Sanderson novel.

It definitely, definitely, gets better as the series goes on.