Status Updates From Conning Her Dragonkin Boss

Does ‘shared universe’ mean something different to everyone else? I was under the impression it meant that the universe setting was the same across books. Meaning the setting has the same rules in each book.
And yet between 1st and 2nd in this series that’s completely thrown out the window.
1st one monsters are conspiracy theories, and in this one they’re running the boardrooms??Continuing, but annoyed.