I guess this is another example of the LitRPG genre being very hit and miss. I actually dnfed this at about 85% but I'm sure as hell giving myself credit for it because ... uff, this was a rough one to get through.

The main thing that triggered me was how unsympathetic the MC, a retiring half elf wizard, is (and really not in a good way). I think it's between this one and the MC of Gideon the Ninth (which was a book I hated, although for different reasons) for being the most annoying MC I have ever read. I realize that this is most likely done on purpose but this guy is so arrogant and condescending and it was frankly just insufferable to listen to at times.

The story and worldbuilding parts are not fairing much better. The whole progression/rpg system seems to be very uninspired and generic. It has one very distinct feature though that separates it from other sorts of those stories and that is the whole system of actually building the wizard's tower and the magic within it. I guess the game equivalent would be like a housing/basebuilding system in an rpg or similar type of game. If you're into that I think there could something for you within these books. I am not a particular fan of these systems in games and in this book it just left me being bored most of the time.

I am giving this book a + half a point though and that this because some of the audio book narration. The reason I picked this up was because Andrea Parsneau and Jeff Hays are credited as narrators for it. Unfortunately they only speak side characters and some of them actually were fun and made me chuckle a little. And of course their wide array of different voices is always fun to experience. 

I got three of those books for one Audible credit but I am so gonna dnf this whole series.