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So, the premise of this series may sound interesting, but the execution is…lacking. This is very clearly written by an amateur writer, with lots of small issues from narrative structure to lack of expression.

The cover goes hard on fan service, and you might've expected some in the book, but the illustrations are very generic and not interesting in any way, and the few instances of attempts at female anatomy descriptions are once again very blunt and dull, with no details. Like, the author felt the need to put them there for the marketing checkmark to bump the sales.

What's particularly grinding my gears is how the narration has no concept of foreshadowing at all. There are no clues to how the events would transpire, the author builds the suspense in a very direct way, by asking the reader how the MC could overcome the supposedly impossible situations. And every time the resolution feels like it was pulled out of thin air.

The character development is lacking to being nonexistent. The in-universe rules are barely explained, but somehow feel contradictory at the same time.

All in all, I feel at least the first volume sits very firmly in the mediocre spectrum.

Kobo edition.

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