I liked it but it was missing that certain something... There were exciting chapters that hooked me and I wanted to read more, but the next chapter was kinda off. In one chapter everything was described in detail, the place (Sunder/LA) and Leopold's thoughts there, but in the next chapter it was confusing what was happening and why. LA is described in a very exciting and detailed way. Even if you've never been there, you can easily imagine the surroundings. The pacing/storytelling seemed a bit aimless to me sometimes. I liked that the main character is not "the talented chosen one," but rather very average and becomes known as "Lunchtray Larry" or "Whoopsie Kid". This makes the character more human and relatable. I like the magical weapons, the "Focusers", I've never heard of anything like them in any other books or movies. I also liked that the main character undergoes a development, he becomes more and more self-confident and evolves from Larry/his old self more into Leopold. "He didn't know what he was packing for. All he knew for sure was that he'd spent too many years hoping someone else would save him." "He felt at once an ache and a longing. For all that was. For all that might've been. For whoever he might be on the other side." "The Executive called me 'remarkably unremarkable'. Leopold said dryly. 'Average absolutely to the decimal point. Unspecial by every magical metric'. If we're going to insult my abilities, lets quote an expert"