The Province: A Futuristic Dungeon Core

The Laboratory, Book 5

By: Skyler Grant

Narrated by: Gabriella Cavallero

Power has two edges.

Emma has attained new heights in the Scholarium, and while that provides countless new opportunities for research, it also means things have never been more perilous. Alliances will be forged and broken when a new war with the Righteous ignites, and powerful new weapons come into play with the ability to reshape reality itself.

©2018 Skyler Grant (P)2018 Skyler Grant

A great addition to my favorite series

I love the characters in this series and the world created here is interesting. I'm anticipating some great things to come

Most previous problems fixed, one big new one

Most of the problems I noted in reviews for previous iterations were fixed but a new one popped up that made it genuinely painful to listen to. Based on the author note at the end it was intentional so as to hurry up, wrap it up and get on to the next book which should reset things. But basically the problem is this, there was no pacing everything was just kind of crammed up and rushed. No structured arc at all. Now its not always necessary to have a traditional arc structure, but they are there for a reason. So while listening they just kept doing stuff and it really felt like everything they did was just an unplanned spur of the moment kind of action that they just hoped would work out and always did. And as such I was constantly struggling to keep up and figure out what was going on. It was very unpleasant.

Lazy writing wastes a good series

Voice work is done well. writers disregarding of established mechanics is done badly. the complet drops of systems and the complete discarding of the main character's abilities for purpose of being lazy is bad writhing. also, as in previous books. The antagonist is always 2 steps ahead of the main character and there allies for no reason till the end.