DNF after 8 chapters.

The "snarky" dialog isn't funny or witty but just incredible juvenile.
Harrow and Gideon are completely unlikable characters.
The lore and world building is bone dry.
The aesthesis are less necromancers in space and more Hot Topic teen fantasy.
Honestly disappointed. I have too many books on my reading list to justify continue pushing through this one.
Lovely cover art though!

DNF at 27% mark of the audiobook

I don't mind the "this is just D&D" genre of fantasy. But this one is just too much on the nose. Had to stop after a character literally said "roll for initiative."

The humor is crude and repetitive. None of the characters are likeable and most of them are pretty stupid to the point of annoyance, not humor.

I'm sure this is for someone, but its not me.

DNF at 72% of the audiobook

Listen. I was trying to be a good bookworm and diversify what I read. Calvin's book popped up Libby's new audiobooks and I put a loan on it. The premise sounded fun, gritty, and it looked pretty short. Why not give historic non-fiction a try.

This was so boring. I was expecting a deep dive into the character that was Leander McNelly. Instead its just rambled off list of battles and wars. As well, all of the stories Clavin was telling seemed so disjoined. He spends half the book explaining the background of the Texas Ranger and Texas as a whole. Another quarter is just random side tangency. I think we only spend maybe 1/4 of the book on McNelly and their story. I agree with other reviewers that this feels more like a history book then an intimate look at one man's extraordinary life.

2 Stars because I don't think there is anything really wrong with the book. I just don't think its for me.

Guess I'll stick to memoirs for my non-fiction.