Judicator Jane 6 by Brian Rouleau
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Out of hell, alone, almost friendless, on the opposite side of the world, we've got new peoples to judge, sea creatures to eat you, massive human populations to free from slavery, and the omnipresent need to get back across the world to defeat the prophesied hero of light.

How silly, no? Also, not a bad adventure. Looking forward to the next.

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Judicator Jane 5 by Brian Rouleau
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Well now, welcome to hell. It's a fine place to practice unity.

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would after the turnaround in the last book. Fortunately. But the OP leveling is real. Very, very real.



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Judicator Jane 4 by Brian Rouleau
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Good novel all the way up to the end. But that kind of showdown? I know it is fully set up from the start, but damn... it's annoying. I did enjoy everything else.

Funny bits when people don't know who she is. Deception bits that win wars. All that is pretty great.

But when you get this far and the "baddie" is being manipulated that hard instead of just being pleasantly surprised (my personal hope), it just feels like a setup for a tragedy.

These books have never really been that. So, yeah. I'm annoyed. Not enough to quit. I have to know what happens, of course... but still.

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Judicator Jane 3 by Brian Rouleau
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Pretty interesting worldbuilding regarding the System and the intelligent races within it. Getting to know the elves makes them a bit less stereotypical than you might expect, but beyond that, I love how Jane's Consequences are coming back to bite her. Far-reaching, indeed. But best yet, I love how she deals with her own mistakes head-on.

This class could REALLY be a true nightmare for all peoples, no matter if it's all about justice. Just goes to show, its all in how you use it.



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Judicator Jane 2 by Brian Rouleau
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Great start in the first book. The second isn't nearly as funny because it's necessary for characters to grow and not just be wildly OP for hardly any reason. Especially since this IS a LitRPG where leveling is everything.

But I DID enjoy the weird juxtapositions and the heavy reliance on Wisdom versus Justice. It's refreshing.

Subverted expectations are also pretty great, too. :)

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Judicator Jane by Brian Rouleau
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A fun, different kind of LitRPG. Instead of fighting, or any kind of fighting for our Jane, it's a hilarious take on min-maxing. I immediately fell in love with the setup. And with everything that happened soon after, it's absolutely absurd and I loved it.

In fact, I couldn't stop chortling whenever high-level characters built up their fears of the demon army. The terror of the demon lord.

I could almost see a little sweat drop down Jane's brow each time.

Delightful. Utterly delightful. And how she goes around leveling up in her particular way? I swear it's like we're watching Domino from Deadpool 2.

If that tells ya'll anything at all.

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Butterfly Effects by Seanan McGuire
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Interestingly, we get TWO main PoVs in this. Antimony and a greater amount of Sarah. As far as I can tell, this is a break from previous installments. We generally keep things simple. But here, I suppose it's kinda necessary to have a new queen be both the heroine who saves herself AND be the one needing to be saved.

That being said, it was pretty fun. We go off-world again and see ALL the wasps in their natural territory and make new friends along the way. And, very nicely, we get a wrap-up for a poor character who's had it pretty bad up till now.

Well worth the wait.

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