Acme: A Divine Dungeon Series: 5 (Artorian's Archives)

I'll admit that I missed the motivation of lost children as a plot driver but there was plenty to like about this new chapter in Artorian's life. I look forward to the next one!

So this is definitely more world building than the other Artorian books and a different step from the previous books. As a result it has some serious slow down issues that can make it hard to keep focused as the main area focuses changes greatly from moment to moment. At the same time they have done really well keeping the upbeat and playful nature of Artorian with some very fun well you mucked that up moments. Yet when I was drawn back in there were some really profound hard hitting moments that showed the Love node clearly. I am looking forward to seeing where they take this.

Alright, haven't finished the book yet but I love Artorian. He's the perfect grandfather, and reminds me so much of my own, when he was still with us. Completely non-judgmental and accepting of everyones faults. One of the best books in the series. To finish, a non spoiler quote from the book which resonates deeply with myself in real life: “Everyone makes mistakes, my boy. Everyone. There is nobody and nothing that does not stumble. Everyone feels at times that they are not doing enough, or not doing well enough. That’s not a slight on your efforts, that’s just life. You try so hard to be perfect, my boy, but perfection is unattainable.”

The best thus far ... slow start ... almost picked up a different book and was close to making this my filler ... then all he'll broke loose ... and I never picked up a filler ... GREAT READ ... FANTASTIC Fantasy ... O am still hooked ... Characters keep. getting stronger ... and the strength of their characterization ... makes the new additions that much more fun. Please .... keep them coming!!!

This book was all about the adaption from life in the outside world to life within the Soul Space. Understandably that was fairly chaotic and full of constant changing structures but it made this book hard to read in places, especially early on. Even with that reasoning it's hard to really connect to the book because the entire magic system has been thrown up into the air and things stop making as much sense and just feel far more like they have been tossed into place. Still interesting in big sections but much harder to read even though I feel the author did a pretty good job of the change. Much like the first book I had to stop and come back to this book a few times as it got hard to get through. A tough one in this series to get through.

It's a bit of a change of pace to the previous books, new setting, new issues. But overall an enjoyable read, interesting to see the setup here for completionist chronicles, curious to see where it goes

I didnt think I would like Artorian so much and now by book five I want moar sunny. This is fun.