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** spoiler alert ** Wish I could've reviewed this right away but... Yep. Dunno that it would've been much different, though, honestly.

This was way too long. Also, and mostly waay too many POVs. We had practically every "MC" POV here, and a few side-characters! Finn's would've been more annoying... Or maybe it is more annoying actually, because he has his own series. (Admittedly, I did listen and enjoyed Finn's books, although they were going downhill.) Bagwell has a tendency to repeat, and frequently. Could've cut out half the words from just "arcane words spilled from his lips" or "multi-colored energy spilled" or... Well, you get my meaning. I'm trying to do this from memory since I listen to the audiobook version and finished a few days ago.

I also... With the whole billion POV in mind, just am not a fan of the story-telling aspect of this for most of this book: where it's a retelling of past events to someone else and they're walking through it. This just always annoys me. I do think it (even though it wasn't at all unexpected) was done well as far as intergrading the two timelines together.

Partially interested in real-world stuff but don't like the legalese necessarily (rarely do). I ended up liking where Wesley's character went, though. Again, expected, but I thought it was very fitting for multiple reasons. Jason also really isn't evil, or even really depicted as such. He's more... dark. He'll toy in shades of grey with what he's willing to do. Definitely chaotic and, I suppose, in a game, and in general, it is easier to depict it as evil...

Finn's POV. It probably wasn't so bad for people who hadn't read/listened to his series, but... Rachael, Rachael, Rachael! Omfgosh. I GET IT

*ahem*

It was great how Jason and Finn did the thing against Alex. There were some great scenes here with all the characters (and yes, as is stated, there is a huge patch coming to AO, lol!). Had some fun parts but I also tuned out some.

I do find myself more interested in continuing and seeing where this series goes after this so... That's great!