SLAY

I really liked that this book had chapters from so many characters' points of view. It gave you an idea of the wide variety of people who were affected positively by the game; what they had in common and how they were different, and how having access to a space like SLAY where they could be themselves was important. Both of the main characters are interesting as well, though Kiera occasionally bugged me because she was so complacent about her boyfriend being a jerk to everyone.

It did feel like the author doesn't know a lot about MMOs though - a high schooler and a college student programming a VR MMO completely in secret is a bit far-fetched, and any MMO with 500,000 subs and 2 mods is bound for trouble eventually. The reveal of the identity of the troll is also not exactly surprising but still kind of disappointing.