Fight and Flight

Could not get into the story and I think the concept of this universe has been stretched thin. I loved the first and second installments. Even the third was good. At this point, I feel the fun just isn't there.

The series had taken a turn for the better.

I thought this was the weakest of the series however this is the first time I listened to one rather then read it so that might have made a difference. I very much enjoyed the narration of this novel though, but it stayed true to the book and read all the repetitive and dumb choices/conversations that was in the novel. The Scottish shepherds, almost everything Gary said or did, Honor and her greatest heroic act (sarcasm) are all examples of parts that needed work or needed to be cut down seriously. I gave this three stars as I very much enjoyed the voice narration of the audiobook and enjoyed coming back to this world but deducted two stars due to how weak the storyline is.

Didn't feel like a full story. Felt like a mini-adventure, which I'd assumed was because it was tacked onto an otherwise-complete trilogy ... but the epilogue indicates there's more coming. So this is a mini-adventure between real stories? I'm annoyed, because the tease at the end and the foreshadowing throughout is way more intriguing than this story was. That said, it was fun to pop back into this world, regardless.

Executive Summary: I love Dragons. What fantasy fan doesn't? Yet somehow this book wasn't quite as good as some of the others. It's still pretty fun if you enjoy the series though. 3.5 Stars.Audiobook: Another excellent job by [a:Luke Daniels 2978188 Luke Daniels https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1331514576p2/2978188.jpg]. He really brings these books to life. For some reason Audible has a 6 month exclusive on the book, but I would have gotten this in audio anyways. If you haven't tried the audio, and don't want to wait until November, this may be a good time to give the audio a try.Full Review[b:An Unwelcome Quest 23249416 An Unwelcome Quest (Magic 2.0, #3) Scott Meyer https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1412456562s/23249416.jpg 42792043] is easily my favorite book of the series so far, so I was really itching for a 4th book. Instead Mr. Meyer took a break from the series and did a few other books ([b:Master of Formalities 24602307 Master of Formalities Scott Meyer https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1430403854s/24602307.jpg 44211513], [b:The Authorities™ 26850099 The Authorities™ Scott Meyer https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1443754942s/26850099.jpg 46886866]) instead. They were alright, but what I really wanted was the next book in this series.So here we are, a 4th book. And it's got Dragons! I enjoyed it, more than his two non-series books, but not quite as much as the other books in the series. Part of why I love this series is how it blends fantasy with computer programming and gaming. While the main premise is based on a coding mistake, most of the focus was on dealing with the problem, and there just felt like less of the computer/gaming stuff than previous volumes.This book focused more on some non-wizard characters too. Unfortunately I found those characters very annoying. Which is impressive given that many of the Wizards themselves (Martin, Jimmy, Gary) are quite annoying already. It did make for a nice change of pace, but I wish he had focused more on the Bishop and less on Honor.After reading [b:Assassin's Fate 30688013 Assassin's Fate (The Fitz and the Fool, #3) Robin Hobb https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1492869860s/30688013.jpg 44600531], this was a great book to help me recover from how emotionally draining that was. I do enjoy a nice light/low stakes book. The humor is always great too. I especially love Philip's snark.Overall, a decent, but not great addition to this fun series. I hope we'll get a 5th book eventually. Maybe one that has some more of the gaming/programming humor that originally pulled me into the series to begin with. Either way I'll be picking it up on release day again.