Status Updates From Archipelago of Light

I entered a bunch of goodreads giveaways for the hell of it, and this is the only one I actually got. I'm trying to give this a shot but there has already been some AI art and some issues with prose and pacing. I like that there is a bird sidekick though. Side note: It says that this is a USA Today best seller but so far only 5 people have rated the book...