The world is changing, altering its very foundations to accommodate one tiny healer with a dream of making it rich, while stuck being Broke. It’s in her blood, and her soul, yet she is still limited by her past flaws. With nothing but her magic and wits about her, Cass has possibly the most perilous task of all; keeping a low profile, while trying to win at high stakes poker tournaments.
To win, she has two rules that she follows
If you can’t Win, Cheat.
Even if you can win, cheat in exceptional ways.
Unfortunately, others try to cheat right back, forcing Cass to delve deeper into her magical bag of tricks. In the end, the winner will be the person who can play the final card. The rewards are simple and straightforward. If she succeeds, she will gets millions that she can never touch. Lose and they will take her everything. They don’t just want her money, they want her sweat, tears, and her Royal Blood.
Enjoyable with lots of progress and focus on one big plot point for most the book. More growth in abilities than levels for most the book. Develop of the character and their goals.
The bad part? For some reason thinks it's okay for old men to be attracted to thirteen year old girls? First book the character makes a huge deal when some old mage is looking at her when she's a 'little girl' at 13. Now months later when the Orc outright stares and admits to finding her attractive. Even kissing her hand. It's fine since...she finds him attractive? No longer creepy that a grown adult is getting attracted to a child? Why?
Yes she is an adult in a child's body. Yet the orc doesn't know that. To the orc she is literally just a thirteen year old dark elf girl. That's it. And he gets the hots for her. Yet she doesn't find this creepy? Doesn't find him to be scum getting attracted to a child? She calls out anyone else who even seems to notice her looks due to her age but now it's okay?
It just comes off really creepy and like she's endorsing old men hitting on children. No clue what the author was thinking but this nearly made me stop reading. Luckily it was just a few chapters.