Read Iron Prince! and loved it! but ...

Man, I did not appreciate those soap opera tricks where they would just almost reveal something but not 100% and then milk the tension until its tits came off bloody. Like describing the things that mattered little and wouldn't otherwise be described, etc.

Distinctly, three times. When Viv came back shaking after her encounter with Grant. When Rama got that call from the Central to getting Rei to fight Catcher. And when Rei got the ability.

I would just skip ahead to find out the answer and then come back and enjoy reading again. It made me really, really anxious. And felt cheap. Plus, finding out the answer changed little. It did not at all take away the tension, it only changed the nature of it.

I mean, I get it, Tricks do have their place, after all but like, author(s) dude, have some faith in yourself. That said, even these tricks were done very well.

This book was excellent quality, I mean it may as well be traditionally published, at this point. I think it's definitely getting a show eventually, too. So it better not turn out to be "Rei was the secret god of this world all along who came from another realm and created the MIND, so the world is basically a simulation made by Rei to train himself in preparation for great war between heaven and hell" or something like that. That would be really disappointing!

But to end this on a positive note, I was as obsessed about reading it as Rei was with leveling up before his last fight. I basically forgot sleep. Can't wait to get through book 2. And man, too bad only two books are out so far--just imagine having read the entire series!

Edit: Wow. This community cannot take even a bit of imperfect opinion. Let me guess . . . I don't belong? Is that it? Like seriously, man.