I'm still really enjoying these. Patrick Warburton's cameo was inspired.

The card game / Yu-Gi-Oh rip off was a cool gimmick. Uzi Jesus and Shi Maria were fun. More crude humour from Samantha which is always welcome. IWILLKILLYOURMOTHERRRRR.

It was interesting to learn more about Carl before the series kicked off. The series is definitely getting darker and grittier as it progresses. This is the first one I've felt like I missed a lot of stuff and probably want to reread.

A criticism would be that the mechanics and threat level etc are so elevated now that it's sometimes hard to follow or guess how things will be solved. That said, I like that some solutions to the major plot points are already being floated, and I'm hooked to see how they will inevitably be subverted.

Having to wait a few weeks for the next book to come out from soundbooth is going to be hard. Seriously, Jess Hayes is a prodigy.