Still, if you're like me and out of good material to read and can get Conroe's books on the cheap (yay e-books), then you might force-feed yourself this series. Now, you might *not* like this series if you like logic, solid world building, well-rounded and ethical characters, well-written combat, or anything resembling a legitimate plot.

So you might like this series just for the nods. If you're well-read, you'll notice where Conroe gets his inspiration, and the various series' that he borrows from. If you think Underworld was the pinnacle of supernatural movies, and that the sorts of cunning/deep thought that goes into the Dresden books or any of Sanderson's novels, is *way* overrated, then you will devour this series. If you enjoy it when a writer throws scientific babble in, just to 'explain' how his characters get so powerful that there literally is zero challenge for them, then you will probably love this series. If you don't care about anything resembling character development, deep and meaningful relationships, conflict resolution (that doesn't involve violence), well thought out systems of magic and supernatural beings, you might like this series a lot. If you like Shonen-style anime (you know, the ones where the characters advance in power from episode to episode), mixed with enough tripe from popular supernatural movies and books to seem modern, you might like this series. The notes from my first review continue to apply here: As one reviewer said: you might consider this series the guiltiest pleasure you can imagine.

Unfortunately, *everything else* seems to be lagging behind at a glacial pace. John's ability to write (meaning the structure of his sentences, grammar, use of descriptive adjectives, etc.) gets better with each book.

Brutal Asset by John Conroe