Deal Of a Lifetime Ruyo, small-time merchant, makes a bargain with a desperate spirit to restore an ancient shrine. The catch is that she's now the new Goddess of Water! Divinity might seem like the ultimate gift, but it's really something she'll have to earn. With one barely-working ancient shrine and a handful of spells, can she begin to claim full power -- and forge a personal legend that makes her worth praying to? "Wavebound Sanctum" is the start of a high fantasy adventure about freedom, obligation, and being in over your head.
One of the best lite fantasy I’ve actually read so far. The best thing I loved about this book is the fact that the protagonist is not like all the other generic fantasy RPG protagonists who are all bitter and angry. Instead, he’s more of the guy who’s curious and wants to have fun (kind of like the guy from Konosuba, with all the water and stuff). The worldbuilding is also well-made for a short novella, although I do wish it would be longer and more descriptive words were used.
The downside of this story is the grammar. Like seriously the first page literally has the phrase “much mind” which is non-existent in the English dictionary. Dependents on adverbs too became annoying in the later chapters. Overall, does that make the book bad? No, as long as you’re a person who’s already adapted to reading self-published books. But still, it’s a good debut series and I think the author would be able to do more in the future.
The concept of becoming a goddess was fun and the execution was also good. I liked the main hero and the world. I'll definitely continue reading the series.