How do you handle life between your destiny and your relationships? What if you're worried the hero is losing their edge?

How many throw away pulp plots to destroy/dominate the world can Martinez come up with?

The Constance Verity books are meta and it's fun to read self aware pulp.

The love interest characters can be a bit too strange and sometimes the discussions or monologues about the nature of destiny are a bit too long.

However Martinez is as fun to read as ever, fun and funny through depth.