Review: This Inevitable Ruin

This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Full Disclosure:  I received an Advanced Reader's Copy of This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman from Ace via NetGalley.  This book is available now.

I had a real dilemma around This Inevitable Ruin, the seventh book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, by Matt Dinniman.  I just finished the sixth book, and I know the eighth book is maybe not even a twinkle in Matt's eye yet.  I was going to hold out.  I was going to read a 900 page book before I even picked this up.  I started that book, but this book was calling to me.  I resisted for almost a full 24 hours.  Then a friend sent a couple of paragraphs of this book.  I broke.  I ditched the other book and picked this one up.  I read and read and read until it was finished.  That took about 48 hours.  I don't regret it, but I am worried I have become a little too obsessed with these books.  If you haven't started reading them, you should start with book one.  You have plenty of time to get through all of them before book eight comes out even if you pace yourself better than I did.  

If you have been reading the series, I don't know how you haven't already started this one.  We are at the dreaded ninth floor, Faction Wars!  There will be blood.  But hey, they have permission to actually kill those horrible people who think this is all fun and games so there's that.  This book is intense. I laughed a lot and cheered, but I also cried a few times.  While I read it in a marathon session, I don't recommend that.  Take breaks.  Stay hydrated.  Eat something.  This is war.

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