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Super Sales on Super Heroes #2
Super Sales on Super Heroes 2
In a world full of super powers, Felix had a pretty crappy one.
After learning to harness his ability to modify any item he owns, he now runs a corporation that is rapidly expanding.
Legion.
After tangling with the local Heroes guild they’ve finally settled into a semblance of stability.
Sounds great on paper. Run your company, make money, be your own boss, settle down.
Except that with running a business, comes an inordinate amount of responsibilities.
Like making sure everything keeps running and your people are paid.
Worrying about the longevity of his company, Felix begins to expand into other cities.
So they’ve packed up the car, put in all the requisite forms, gotten the approvals, and set out to start Legion up in a new city.
The problem though is the local government had no idea who they were selling permits to. Approving forms for.
To Felix and Legion.
And now they’re about to find out.
After learning to harness his ability to modify any item he owns, he now runs a corporation that is rapidly expanding.
Legion.
After tangling with the local Heroes guild they’ve finally settled into a semblance of stability.
Sounds great on paper. Run your company, make money, be your own boss, settle down.
Except that with running a business, comes an inordinate amount of responsibilities.
Like making sure everything keeps running and your people are paid.
Worrying about the longevity of his company, Felix begins to expand into other cities.
So they’ve packed up the car, put in all the requisite forms, gotten the approvals, and set out to start Legion up in a new city.
The problem though is the local government had no idea who they were selling permits to. Approving forms for.
To Felix and Legion.
And now they’re about to find out.
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December 31, 2018
“Super Sales on Super Heroes 2” is not lesfic, but it continues the very entertaining, graphically (aurally?) violent world of good people, bad people, amoral people and people who are just trying to survive regardless of moral intentions, labels or outcomes that we met in Book 1.
I enjoyed Book 1 so much that I decided to immediately begin Book 2, planning to finish a few more unusual books before returning to lesfic in a couple weeks when January starts.
The pace absolutely explodes (as do lots of other people and things!) in this book. Felix decides to run for governor as his “Legion” empire has now expanded to a second city. At this city, btw, slavery is illegal, and so all his slaves were given the opportunity to leave him. I was glad to have the slavery part of his power being reduced in this book. The head supervillain, and lots of superheroes think a dead Felix would be nice.
Felix learns how to portal to another world and build “Legion World”, pretty much subjugating the natives. Then the native gods get involved.
Lots of battles, lots of action, lots of violence, and lots of politicking. Given the large number of characters involved in this detailed story, it’s amazing that everyone has very distinct personalities and behaviors. Very creative world-building without sacrificing individual characters. That’s hard to do, and it’s done well here.
While this narrator did an adequate job, I preferred the narrator from book 1. I rate “Super Sales on Super Heroes 2” as a solid 4.5*. With the previous narrator, I might have rounded up, but I’m recommending this book with a 4* rating.
I enjoyed Book 1 so much that I decided to immediately begin Book 2, planning to finish a few more unusual books before returning to lesfic in a couple weeks when January starts.
The pace absolutely explodes (as do lots of other people and things!) in this book. Felix decides to run for governor as his “Legion” empire has now expanded to a second city. At this city, btw, slavery is illegal, and so all his slaves were given the opportunity to leave him. I was glad to have the slavery part of his power being reduced in this book. The head supervillain, and lots of superheroes think a dead Felix would be nice.
Felix learns how to portal to another world and build “Legion World”, pretty much subjugating the natives. Then the native gods get involved.
Lots of battles, lots of action, lots of violence, and lots of politicking. Given the large number of characters involved in this detailed story, it’s amazing that everyone has very distinct personalities and behaviors. Very creative world-building without sacrificing individual characters. That’s hard to do, and it’s done well here.
While this narrator did an adequate job, I preferred the narrator from book 1. I rate “Super Sales on Super Heroes 2” as a solid 4.5*. With the previous narrator, I might have rounded up, but I’m recommending this book with a 4* rating.
November 14, 2018
Rating 1.5 stars
This book sucked! I didn't have high hopes after the first book and I didn't actually plan on reading this book until I found out there is a crossover with this book and Wild Wastes, which is a series I do like. so I bit the bullet and read this book. There were multiple times I wanted to stop reading. The fact that I finished the book is the only reason I gave it 1.5 stars instead of 1 star (I usually only give books I could not finish 1 star). There were so many things that did not make sense in the story. I am huge WHY person. In every story I like to know the underlying reason each character takes a particular action and I get pissed off if the reason isn't logical. (now this is case specific, if a character is a homicidal maniac and he does some crazy shit, I can understand that based on the context of the character being crazy). Felix was all over the place with his planning and none of it made sense. He expanded legion into another town and opened up a college (still don't know why). Later in the story he decided he wanted to open up a non profit prison, then later in the story he decided he was going to run for Governor. What is the overall purpose of any of that? To make money? No because he is actually loosing money. To gain power? He says throughout the entire book that he doesn't want power. So why? Then the story takes an even weirder turn.
I don't understand the RPG component of this book, it seemed pretty useless and was not very well told. The Harem? What the hell is going on there? I actually like the Felix/Andrea relationship. I think it is sweet. All the other "relationships" are pointless and actually detracts from the story. Why does everyone seem to be in love with Felix and what is up with Miu who loves him so much she wants to kill any girl that looks at him and eat them? Also, wasn't Felix a middle manager at a hamburger place? How does that translate into being a corporate CEO or Governor? And what is his fascination with spread sheets, HR, and meetings all the time?
Except for the relationship between Felix and Andrea, there isn't a single good thing I can say about this book.
This book sucked! I didn't have high hopes after the first book and I didn't actually plan on reading this book until I found out there is a crossover with this book and Wild Wastes, which is a series I do like. so I bit the bullet and read this book. There were multiple times I wanted to stop reading. The fact that I finished the book is the only reason I gave it 1.5 stars instead of 1 star (I usually only give books I could not finish 1 star). There were so many things that did not make sense in the story. I am huge WHY person. In every story I like to know the underlying reason each character takes a particular action and I get pissed off if the reason isn't logical. (now this is case specific, if a character is a homicidal maniac and he does some crazy shit, I can understand that based on the context of the character being crazy). Felix was all over the place with his planning and none of it made sense. He expanded legion into another town and opened up a college (still don't know why). Later in the story he decided he wanted to open up a non profit prison, then later in the story he decided he was going to run for Governor. What is the overall purpose of any of that? To make money? No because he is actually loosing money. To gain power? He says throughout the entire book that he doesn't want power. So why? Then the story takes an even weirder turn.
I don't understand the RPG component of this book, it seemed pretty useless and was not very well told. The Harem? What the hell is going on there? I actually like the Felix/Andrea relationship. I think it is sweet. All the other "relationships" are pointless and actually detracts from the story. Why does everyone seem to be in love with Felix and what is up with Miu who loves him so much she wants to kill any girl that looks at him and eat them? Also, wasn't Felix a middle manager at a hamburger place? How does that translate into being a corporate CEO or Governor? And what is his fascination with spread sheets, HR, and meetings all the time?
Except for the relationship between Felix and Andrea, there isn't a single good thing I can say about this book.
December 15, 2017
In this second book in the series, Legion tries to expand into another city in another state. He runs into quite a lot of red tape, and after having the governor killed, decides to run for office himself.
He also discovers how to make portals into other worlds.
These lead to all sorts of complications.
He also discovers how to make portals into other worlds.
These lead to all sorts of complications.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 21, 2018
F***ing fun ;-)
I have precious little time to read now, but in the last 2 weeks I have enjoyed the hell out of Author William Arands two Super hero books.
A lit-rpg book that used the tools so eloquently, I didn’t notice until the end of the first book.
WELL done, and sign me up for the next one!
Michael Anderle, Author
I have precious little time to read now, but in the last 2 weeks I have enjoyed the hell out of Author William Arands two Super hero books.
A lit-rpg book that used the tools so eloquently, I didn’t notice until the end of the first book.
WELL done, and sign me up for the next one!
Michael Anderle, Author
May 11, 2020
The Super Sales on Superhero series is a crazy but still enjoyable blend of superhero/villain stories, harem fantasy, and LitRPG. It works mostly because Arand's writing is fairly engaging and the story is fun.
The story in this second book really just picks up from where the last book left off. Felix, along with his harem of superpowered girlfriends, just continued to spread and expand his Legion cult. With that in mind they popped up in a new city to start their expansion plans!
I really enjoyed the first book in this series despite its flaws. This second instalment of the series was OK but definitely not quite as fun as the first book. I think I did myself no favours by reading the Selfless Hero trilogy series between instalments of Super Sales on Super Heroes as that series got worse by the book and taught me a lot about what William D. Arand wants and intends for his stories and characters (hint: Not the same as what I wanted!). The result of being forewarned with that knowledge was that I was expecting, and duly seen, the negative developments in the progression of the story and the characters. Arand likes what he likes and the more the story progresses the more some of his views and preferences tend to annoy me. I can take a good male power fantasy as well as the next guy (I've been reading fantasy for the last 20 years after all!) but even I have limits and when the story goes beyond those points it begins to lose its appeal. The flaws begin to outweigh the fun stuff so to say. This story is not quite at that point but it is definitely on its way there and that is following the exact same blueprint as was set down in the Selfless Hero trilogy which only helps reinforce my original view that both series are essentially the exact same story with just the location changed (superhero world vs LitRPG fantasy world) and the character names changed and pretty much everything else just retold to fit. For what it is worth the Super Sales on Superheroes series is a better version of the Selfless Hero trilogy!
I actually do not mind the characters to much in this story. Felix is what he is but he is tolerable except at his worse moments. Though it is worth noting that he is growing less tolerable the more he grows in power. His girlfriends are a fun bunch with unique personalities and quirks of their own even if all of them are ultra sexually submissive in nature. So far Arand has managed to avoid falling into the trap he did in the Selfless Hero trilogy of adding so many characters to Felix's harem that the original characters get shoved out of the way and forgotten about. Here we stuck, mostly, with the team Felix assembled in the last tale and I thought that benefited the story as we already had a chance to grow attached to those characters!
One would think that the undercurrent of misogyny, the power fantasy elements, the somewhat cringey romance elements, or even Arand's strange take on morality would be the biggest problem for the story but weirdly that was not the case. The biggest thing that hurt this tale compared to the first instalment was the fact that a twist halfway through morphed the tale from a fun typical superpowered world setting to that of a more basic D&D fantasy world feel. I feel like this development has the potential to really hurt the story in the next instalment because it sucked!
Random thought: I think what always leaves me most puzzled by Arand's books is the pregnancy fetish. I have a basic idea of why everything else could be appealing, even the horrifically bad stuff, but this one just escapes my grasp. It is not like this even hurts Arand's stories. It is just there and...weird. I'm going to write this off as one of those things that is a result of my general lack of being able to grasp why people in general are so obsessed with the idea of legacy.
All in all this was an OK read. I'll read the third book but I'm fearing it will end up being a not particularly satisfying end to this story. Which will happen for sure if we get a retelling of Selfless Hero 3!!!
Rating: 3 stars. I still feel like Arand has some fun ideas and his writing is fairly engaging but the flaws really hurt the story.
Audio Note: We got the dreaded switch of narrator. Jeff Hays to Nick Podehl. On the surface it should not been too much of an issue as both guys are two of the best narrators in the fantasy/LitRPG genres but it still ends up being a negative because no matter how awesome Podehl is (and his is awesome!) and no matter that he clearly does try to be consistent with Hays take on the characters when still have to deal with the fact that we got a new narrator and that hurt the consistency of the audio adaptation. Moaning aside I think this was a fairly smooth change. It helps that both chosen narrators are top notch but I still wish Arand had just managed to maintain Hays for the whole series. I wonder what prompted the change? Surely it could not have been a timing or price issue as I'm certain that Nick Podehl is every bit as expensive and busy as Jeff Hays!
The story in this second book really just picks up from where the last book left off. Felix, along with his harem of superpowered girlfriends, just continued to spread and expand his Legion cult. With that in mind they popped up in a new city to start their expansion plans!
I really enjoyed the first book in this series despite its flaws. This second instalment of the series was OK but definitely not quite as fun as the first book. I think I did myself no favours by reading the Selfless Hero trilogy series between instalments of Super Sales on Super Heroes as that series got worse by the book and taught me a lot about what William D. Arand wants and intends for his stories and characters (hint: Not the same as what I wanted!). The result of being forewarned with that knowledge was that I was expecting, and duly seen, the negative developments in the progression of the story and the characters. Arand likes what he likes and the more the story progresses the more some of his views and preferences tend to annoy me. I can take a good male power fantasy as well as the next guy (I've been reading fantasy for the last 20 years after all!) but even I have limits and when the story goes beyond those points it begins to lose its appeal. The flaws begin to outweigh the fun stuff so to say. This story is not quite at that point but it is definitely on its way there and that is following the exact same blueprint as was set down in the Selfless Hero trilogy which only helps reinforce my original view that both series are essentially the exact same story with just the location changed (superhero world vs LitRPG fantasy world) and the character names changed and pretty much everything else just retold to fit. For what it is worth the Super Sales on Superheroes series is a better version of the Selfless Hero trilogy!
I actually do not mind the characters to much in this story. Felix is what he is but he is tolerable except at his worse moments. Though it is worth noting that he is growing less tolerable the more he grows in power. His girlfriends are a fun bunch with unique personalities and quirks of their own even if all of them are ultra sexually submissive in nature. So far Arand has managed to avoid falling into the trap he did in the Selfless Hero trilogy of adding so many characters to Felix's harem that the original characters get shoved out of the way and forgotten about. Here we stuck, mostly, with the team Felix assembled in the last tale and I thought that benefited the story as we already had a chance to grow attached to those characters!
One would think that the undercurrent of misogyny, the power fantasy elements, the somewhat cringey romance elements, or even Arand's strange take on morality would be the biggest problem for the story but weirdly that was not the case. The biggest thing that hurt this tale compared to the first instalment was the fact that a twist halfway through morphed the tale from a fun typical superpowered world setting to that of a more basic D&D fantasy world feel. I feel like this development has the potential to really hurt the story in the next instalment because it sucked!
Random thought: I think what always leaves me most puzzled by Arand's books is the pregnancy fetish. I have a basic idea of why everything else could be appealing, even the horrifically bad stuff, but this one just escapes my grasp. It is not like this even hurts Arand's stories. It is just there and...weird. I'm going to write this off as one of those things that is a result of my general lack of being able to grasp why people in general are so obsessed with the idea of legacy.
All in all this was an OK read. I'll read the third book but I'm fearing it will end up being a not particularly satisfying end to this story. Which will happen for sure if we get a retelling of Selfless Hero 3!!!
Rating: 3 stars. I still feel like Arand has some fun ideas and his writing is fairly engaging but the flaws really hurt the story.
Audio Note: We got the dreaded switch of narrator. Jeff Hays to Nick Podehl. On the surface it should not been too much of an issue as both guys are two of the best narrators in the fantasy/LitRPG genres but it still ends up being a negative because no matter how awesome Podehl is (and his is awesome!) and no matter that he clearly does try to be consistent with Hays take on the characters when still have to deal with the fact that we got a new narrator and that hurt the consistency of the audio adaptation. Moaning aside I think this was a fairly smooth change. It helps that both chosen narrators are top notch but I still wish Arand had just managed to maintain Hays for the whole series. I wonder what prompted the change? Surely it could not have been a timing or price issue as I'm certain that Nick Podehl is every bit as expensive and busy as Jeff Hays!
November 6, 2019
This book has a great concept and even some decent writing. The problem is the author has no storytelling skills. This series started with a simple plot: build wealth in a city run by a super villain. Success brought mystery attackers so "building wealth" now included finding out who was attacking the main character. In this book the main character discovers his attacker- not through any efforts on his part but BECAUSE SHE LITERALLY COMES DOWN OUT THE SKY AND ANNOUNCES HERSELF AND HER WEAKNESSES FOR NO REASON AT ALL. This leads to a war being fought between the main character, gods, and nations THAT ENDS IN A DRAW, RESOLVES NOTHING and apparently has the sole purpose of allowing the author to drag out what should have been a straight forward story to, I can only assume, sell more books to people stupid enough to buy them.
The awful execution is particularly heart-wrenching because the original concept is so good. Still it is too late for me- I've lost money and time to this insanely bad book. Please avenge me by not spending your money or time on this dreck.
The awful execution is particularly heart-wrenching because the original concept is so good. Still it is too late for me- I've lost money and time to this insanely bad book. Please avenge me by not spending your money or time on this dreck.
December 9, 2017
The first 3/4ths of the book are ok, but there's no internal continuity. There are plot jumps that are there only to move this story along. There are some words that have meaning in our language that must mean something else in the world where the story takes place. There's too much drudgery without forward movement.
The last 1/4 of the book is great. Exactly what I was looking for in the book and series. Until this point, I was looking at a 2 star review.
The last 1/4 of the book is great. Exactly what I was looking for in the book and series. Until this point, I was looking at a 2 star review.
December 7, 2017
Action-Packed Sequel
Read this immediately after book #1, as it starts the action shortly after those events, and pretty much doesn’t take its foot off the gas for the rest of the book. (Trust me, you’ll need the fresh memory.) Once again we’re treated to well-edited continuous rolling-narrative action, along with solid humor, drama, mayhem, magic, and a mind-blowing expansion of the plot. (And yes, pancakes.)
The characters remain true and multi-dimensional, growing as we watch, sometimes with cloudy undetermined results. Relationships grow and change too, in meaningful ways. The environment changes a lot, in very unexpected ways. The editing remains awesome, and the cover artist is brilliant.
As always, it’s a real joy to read Arand’s work, and I remain a huge fan. Highly recommended.
Read this immediately after book #1, as it starts the action shortly after those events, and pretty much doesn’t take its foot off the gas for the rest of the book. (Trust me, you’ll need the fresh memory.) Once again we’re treated to well-edited continuous rolling-narrative action, along with solid humor, drama, mayhem, magic, and a mind-blowing expansion of the plot. (And yes, pancakes.)
The characters remain true and multi-dimensional, growing as we watch, sometimes with cloudy undetermined results. Relationships grow and change too, in meaningful ways. The environment changes a lot, in very unexpected ways. The editing remains awesome, and the cover artist is brilliant.
As always, it’s a real joy to read Arand’s work, and I remain a huge fan. Highly recommended.
June 21, 2018
I really want to give you a 5 star review. Gave you extra points in book 1 for benefit of the doubt. STOP with your chauvinistic bull. Pretty sure your writing comes from a place of insanely inflated ego. I appreciate that you learned some military tactics in this book. As a former military officer its obvious that you learned the subject... Yes your story line has great promise and is unique... No, no one wants to read about your MC being so incredibly amazing every female/beastkin in the books want him.
Oooh tell me more about how this humble middle manager doesnt want every female in the book to be head over heals in love with him, but his personality is just SOOOOO amazing that they cant help it.... STOP!!!!! just add another male character, maybe 2! EUREKA! you can still write a unique story and not have every female falling in love with a CEO who came from middle management burger flipping. I really love your story line, pretty sure I hate you as a writer though.... Impressive in its own rights.
PS: if you keep doing this bs in book 3 I am 1 star reviewing you, no matter how good the rest of the plot is. I recommend you seek professional counseling and figure out why you are writing in the manner before completing.
Oooh tell me more about how this humble middle manager doesnt want every female in the book to be head over heals in love with him, but his personality is just SOOOOO amazing that they cant help it.... STOP!!!!! just add another male character, maybe 2! EUREKA! you can still write a unique story and not have every female falling in love with a CEO who came from middle management burger flipping. I really love your story line, pretty sure I hate you as a writer though.... Impressive in its own rights.
PS: if you keep doing this bs in book 3 I am 1 star reviewing you, no matter how good the rest of the plot is. I recommend you seek professional counseling and figure out why you are writing in the manner before completing.
December 3, 2017
Good and intense
I rated this one a little lower mainly over the last part of the book. Too much chaos and too many balls in the air, feels like an open wound. That said, I wouldn't be troubled if this series wasn't Awesome! Keep up the great writing. I love the cast of characters. I'm sure the next one will rock. I didn't like Empire Strikes Back as much either. Just saying
I rated this one a little lower mainly over the last part of the book. Too much chaos and too many balls in the air, feels like an open wound. That said, I wouldn't be troubled if this series wasn't Awesome! Keep up the great writing. I love the cast of characters. I'm sure the next one will rock. I didn't like Empire Strikes Back as much either. Just saying
September 18, 2018
Wow I re-read this and I noticed that I didn't review it before, my bad. So, we have a continuation of the formation of Legion, clues about Felix's parents, more harem girls. The story was on point as usual, but it could also become a study in how a cult would form. Andrea as usual stay my favorite best girl.
May 17, 2018
Okay, so, this book isn't as bat shit insane as the first book, but the insanity levels are still pretty high. I found it just as entertaining. The world is expanded in new and interesting ways. The lore and everything is expanded meaningfully. The characters continue to grow and progress in entertaining ways. like the first book, it's one of those books that you feel like you probably shouldn't enjoy it, but you do anyway. It's kind of so wrong that it's actually kind of right. I mean, Gods start showing up, and I was just like, "Yeah, okay." Didn't even question it. It fits the world and the story, and the all out crazy that infests them. The author is great at using profanity to comedic effect, which a lot of authors try, but very few really succeed in doing well. In my opinion, this book does everything a good sequel should.
I've listened to the audiobooks of this series so far. One thing I found annoying about the first book, is that the author would give RPG character sheets for characters at the drop of a freaking hat. When you're reading a book, sure, It's easy just to glance at it. But the audiobook narrator read each and every one of them out in total. It got old pretty freaking fast. The author seems to have learned his lesson with the first book. Though he does continue giving RPG character sheets, he has cut down the frequency quite a bit, and instead of giving the entire thing, he keeps it down to just the details on the sheet that are relevant to what's happening at the moment in the story. In my opinion, this is a VAST improvement over the first book.
The big complaint I see people making is Felix, the main protagonist, seems like a completely different character from the first book. That's probably because he IS a different character. BUT it's not that the author is being inconsistent. It's more that he IS being consistent with the character development that Felix went through at the very end of the first book. You know, when he consciously decides that he needs to be more proactive, and would go full on super villain when he needs to in order to get what he needs for himself and his people. This change in his character happened right at the very end of the book, so I can see people maybe missing it, but it did happen. Felix is a different character, because he made a conscious choice to become this new character at the end of the first book. That's kind of how character development works, folks. And I do have to give the author credit for sticking to it.
Anyway, had a lot of fun with this book, and I look forward to more. Definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the first book, and this series in general to anyone who has the right sort of sense of humor. But, if you're not really in on all the jokes, this one probably isn't for you.
Also PANCAKES!!!
I've listened to the audiobooks of this series so far. One thing I found annoying about the first book, is that the author would give RPG character sheets for characters at the drop of a freaking hat. When you're reading a book, sure, It's easy just to glance at it. But the audiobook narrator read each and every one of them out in total. It got old pretty freaking fast. The author seems to have learned his lesson with the first book. Though he does continue giving RPG character sheets, he has cut down the frequency quite a bit, and instead of giving the entire thing, he keeps it down to just the details on the sheet that are relevant to what's happening at the moment in the story. In my opinion, this is a VAST improvement over the first book.
The big complaint I see people making is Felix, the main protagonist, seems like a completely different character from the first book. That's probably because he IS a different character. BUT it's not that the author is being inconsistent. It's more that he IS being consistent with the character development that Felix went through at the very end of the first book. You know, when he consciously decides that he needs to be more proactive, and would go full on super villain when he needs to in order to get what he needs for himself and his people. This change in his character happened right at the very end of the book, so I can see people maybe missing it, but it did happen. Felix is a different character, because he made a conscious choice to become this new character at the end of the first book. That's kind of how character development works, folks. And I do have to give the author credit for sticking to it.
Anyway, had a lot of fun with this book, and I look forward to more. Definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the first book, and this series in general to anyone who has the right sort of sense of humor. But, if you're not really in on all the jokes, this one probably isn't for you.
Also PANCAKES!!!
December 4, 2017
Amazing sequel to this story! (Slight spoilers)
Already can't wait for the next book to this series. I did not see this going in the direction it went but I can honestly say that's great. Yes I was reminded of several other books for example the Otherlife series in how the power base evolved. It made sense the entire time how things escalated with his powers and I can imagine the direction it's going to go with Legion's "cult" mind set as he put it(cough new religion cough) and his new machine that could possibly turn faith straight into points. Can't wait to see how Legion world and Felix evolve!
Already can't wait for the next book to this series. I did not see this going in the direction it went but I can honestly say that's great. Yes I was reminded of several other books for example the Otherlife series in how the power base evolved. It made sense the entire time how things escalated with his powers and I can imagine the direction it's going to go with Legion's "cult" mind set as he put it(cough new religion cough) and his new machine that could possibly turn faith straight into points. Can't wait to see how Legion world and Felix evolve!
June 1, 2020
Audiobook listener here. Nick Podehl does a great job taking over from Jeff Hays
The most enjoyable thing about this installment is the pacing. Time skips are used, mentioned and really allows the events in the book to flow quite nicely. There arent a lot of boring moments in this book and each of the events or dialogue actually have importance. The characters are still unique and (despite the harem aspect) are each there own and can be easily distinguishable by thier dialogue and mannerisms alone. The main issue is the end goal of the book. It has a great climax but the ending is kind of meeeeeeeh. It fits the main character's personality but is really unrewarding to me as the reader/listener. Overall it detracts for the book. 4/5. Everything was good except for the ending.
The most enjoyable thing about this installment is the pacing. Time skips are used, mentioned and really allows the events in the book to flow quite nicely. There arent a lot of boring moments in this book and each of the events or dialogue actually have importance. The characters are still unique and (despite the harem aspect) are each there own and can be easily distinguishable by thier dialogue and mannerisms alone. The main issue is the end goal of the book. It has a great climax but the ending is kind of meeeeeeeh. It fits the main character's personality but is really unrewarding to me as the reader/listener. Overall it detracts for the book. 4/5. Everything was good except for the ending.
December 11, 2017
Great
Very good sequel. It could have benefited from some more reminders of the characters back stories, I could not for the life of me remember where Eva came from, but all around a great read.
Very good sequel. It could have benefited from some more reminders of the characters back stories, I could not for the life of me remember where Eva came from, but all around a great read.
June 26, 2020
So much crazy action. I cannot believe how much is jam packed into each book. Just when I think the book is ending, it keeps going... Can't wait to read book 3!
June 23, 2018
I enjoyed it as much as the first book. It had a great deal of depth that kept me interested, and Felix is one of my favorite protagonists.I also liked the tie-ins with the author's other works and the similarities to earlier books. It's looking like a universe has been constructed behind the scenes and I'm looking forward to reading about it.
May 9, 2018
As fun as doing homework or filing your taxes
While I had mixed feelings on book one I did enjoy it immensely.
This one however I can't recommend.
For a story about a guy building a harem with as many super heroes and villains (all drop dead gorgeous women cause fantasy!) this one sure went off the rails.
Pages and pages dedicated to character stats in a point system that I kept skipping. The main story shifting to paperwork, attaining business practice permits and powerpoint presentations... you know, the fun stuff in life.
Then there's the MC. One thing I notice the writer staying away from was Felix's actual job from book one. Before this he worked flipping burgers in an MC knock-off store. Literally a greasy average Joe.
And yet in this one he had gotten a degree in politics, MBA, urban development, managing your own cult and whatever other degree the story needed after the mid way point where I lost interest. His detailed knowledge of this is never explained by the way, he just instinctively knows it now.
While book one was right in shifting the focus to the women and giving them each a distinct personality I couldn't tell who was what in this one as they all blended into "we love Felix" with zero personality and the focus shifted to Felix. With one pulling a Yuri from DDLC when things got too bland.
Because Felix himself is plot driven his personality is all over the place and will change... sometimes contradicting himself in the same page. To me he just came off as someone trying to play the villain while more suited to be the greasy royal adviser that thinks he can do better than the king if given the chance.... Minus the charisma points! Felix is down right unlikable in this one because of the flip-flopping.
In Summery:-
This was as enjoyable as doing homework. You are reading about a character that has no arc and had already peaked two chapters in his first book. There is more fan service in this one as the author is peppering more sex related jokes and scenes but honestly I was too bored by the beurocracy talk, the endless charts and unbelievable amount of forced angst to care. Skip it.
While I had mixed feelings on book one I did enjoy it immensely.
This one however I can't recommend.
For a story about a guy building a harem with as many super heroes and villains (all drop dead gorgeous women cause fantasy!) this one sure went off the rails.
Pages and pages dedicated to character stats in a point system that I kept skipping. The main story shifting to paperwork, attaining business practice permits and powerpoint presentations... you know, the fun stuff in life.
Then there's the MC. One thing I notice the writer staying away from was Felix's actual job from book one. Before this he worked flipping burgers in an MC knock-off store. Literally a greasy average Joe.
And yet in this one he had gotten a degree in politics, MBA, urban development, managing your own cult and whatever other degree the story needed after the mid way point where I lost interest. His detailed knowledge of this is never explained by the way, he just instinctively knows it now.
While book one was right in shifting the focus to the women and giving them each a distinct personality I couldn't tell who was what in this one as they all blended into "we love Felix" with zero personality and the focus shifted to Felix. With one pulling a Yuri from DDLC when things got too bland.
Because Felix himself is plot driven his personality is all over the place and will change... sometimes contradicting himself in the same page. To me he just came off as someone trying to play the villain while more suited to be the greasy royal adviser that thinks he can do better than the king if given the chance.... Minus the charisma points! Felix is down right unlikable in this one because of the flip-flopping.
In Summery:-
This was as enjoyable as doing homework. You are reading about a character that has no arc and had already peaked two chapters in his first book. There is more fan service in this one as the author is peppering more sex related jokes and scenes but honestly I was too bored by the beurocracy talk, the endless charts and unbelievable amount of forced angst to care. Skip it.
November 8, 2019
Another fun book in the SSoSH series. Arand does a great job on giving his characters interesting and fun personalities as well as powers. It strikes me just how similar The Pen is Mightier but vastly inferior it is to this series. The relationships in this are actually rather touching, the main character is more likable, and while the power mechanics are still a bit more fast and loose than I would prefer, it does have a solid grounding.
I just wish he'd focus on a set plot line and magic system. This book would have been improved considerably simply by leaving out the whole religion system adds on out of nowhere. Keep it simple, keep it focused.
Over all, very enjoyable and I look forward to the next one.
I just wish he'd focus on a set plot line and magic system. This book would have been improved considerably simply by leaving out the whole religion system adds on out of nowhere. Keep it simple, keep it focused.
Over all, very enjoyable and I look forward to the next one.
March 18, 2019
This one was definitely more polished than the first book, but the fact that Felix remained flat and never actually grew as a character was disappointing, and took some of the enjoyment away. Still a solid installment and an enjoyable read though, and I'd recommend this series to anyone interested in this genre.
This is now the 4th book I've read by this author, and the theme really seems to be that his male characters are pretty two dimensional and really lack development, while his female characters have depth and demonstrate actual growth as the stories progress. I think if he were to write a book from a female perspective, centered around a female lead, he could really shine.
This is now the 4th book I've read by this author, and the theme really seems to be that his male characters are pretty two dimensional and really lack development, while his female characters have depth and demonstrate actual growth as the stories progress. I think if he were to write a book from a female perspective, centered around a female lead, he could really shine.
May 17, 2022
Awful book.
The 1st book was good even if it was intolerable about certain things... But I let that slide because it had a decent plot to it.... However this book is just trash it is absolutely horrible and the way he ended it was absolutely stupid. The story started off good going to another city and trying to expand but all of this different worlds and the godhod and all that was just stupid. I'm sorry but you should have just stick with your original premise about a guy just wanted to get rich and make money And have a happy life not this crap that was written I cannot recommend this book at all please do not waste your time on this.
The 1st book was good even if it was intolerable about certain things... But I let that slide because it had a decent plot to it.... However this book is just trash it is absolutely horrible and the way he ended it was absolutely stupid. The story started off good going to another city and trying to expand but all of this different worlds and the godhod and all that was just stupid. I'm sorry but you should have just stick with your original premise about a guy just wanted to get rich and make money And have a happy life not this crap that was written I cannot recommend this book at all please do not waste your time on this.
May 16, 2023
Still very enjoyable, though the harem ting is irritating to me, as it's getting more prominent taking spotlight away from the actual plot. I feel like I should be a horny teenage virgin in order to enjoy that particular aspect of the book...
Despite that, the dialogues are well written, plot is imaginative and the humor is good enough to enduce actual chuckles at times, so I'm considering this a book worth reading :)
Despite that, the dialogues are well written, plot is imaginative and the humor is good enough to enduce actual chuckles at times, so I'm considering this a book worth reading :)
April 29, 2022
Started off good. Then it took some turns plot-wise. First the decision to go the political route. Then the introduction of gods. In the first novel, we got world-building with a mainly single-plot story. This one felt like it was trying to do too much in one book. I still enjoyed it and would like to see more entries. Just maybe more focused story telling.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 20, 2018
Another great book by this author. I am not sure if it is a strong as the first book but I for sure liked it and have no issues giving a 4-star rating. I wish this author had more book as I have like all by him so far and I think I am now finished with all that he was out.
Again, great book and great series, pretty much a light book and somewhat funny in its approach.
Again, great book and great series, pretty much a light book and somewhat funny in its approach.
September 19, 2018
Yeah, this didn't match the level of outrageousness the first one had.
The whole thing started going nowhere really fast.
Pity.
With so many books in my TBR pile, I just couldn't stomach the drudgery, even though some reviewers say it gets better towards the end.
Might pick it up again at a later date, who know...
Nah, not bloody likely.
The whole thing started going nowhere really fast.
Pity.
With so many books in my TBR pile, I just couldn't stomach the drudgery, even though some reviewers say it gets better towards the end.
Might pick it up again at a later date, who know...
Nah, not bloody likely.
May 17, 2022
2022: Re-read
Interesting continuation
The story is told well and improved from the first book. But I disliked the Mui character and may be Felix should correct her mental illness because he can.
The other world and Gods and goddess are cool. Hope to read more about them in the next book.
As always, Love you Andrea/Adriana. Wonderful character.
Interesting continuation
The story is told well and improved from the first book. But I disliked the Mui character and may be Felix should correct her mental illness because he can.
The other world and Gods and goddess are cool. Hope to read more about them in the next book.
As always, Love you Andrea/Adriana. Wonderful character.
December 7, 2017
Wolf Beastkin rule!
Absolutely without a doubt a great read!
You will have needed to read book one, or you will feel lost.
Really looking forward to book three.
Highly recommend as this author just keeps getting better and turning out fun stories.
Absolutely without a doubt a great read!
You will have needed to read book one, or you will feel lost.
Really looking forward to book three.
Highly recommend as this author just keeps getting better and turning out fun stories.
March 25, 2024
Not quite as good as the first one, but still really good. Worth a read. Things get more hectic as the world starts crashing in on everything Felix is making.... I can wait to see what happens in the next installment.
February 12, 2019
A lot of fun
This is slightly better than the first. With a delightful surprise for everyone who read Wild Wastes first and didn't know the secret.
Some weird moments of anti moralizing about the stupidity of being good, but meh, just consider the source. all in all a fun ride.
This is slightly better than the first. With a delightful surprise for everyone who read Wild Wastes first and didn't know the secret.
Some weird moments of anti moralizing about the stupidity of being good, but meh, just consider the source. all in all a fun ride.
December 4, 2017
Well done. Better than book 1
Can i just write “fan girl squee” over and over? Love this series... now I’m in for the wait for epic book 3.
Can i just write “fan girl squee” over and over? Love this series... now I’m in for the wait for epic book 3.
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