The Butcher's Masquerade: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 5

This is my second time reading through the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. I got through the first four before I finished this site and I'm not reviewing anything without taking the time to read it and that includes previously read books. This is currently my favorite series. This is a pretty basic concept lit-RPG book where the main character, Carl, ends up inside a dungeon with typical RPG style rules. The execution of that concept is the best I've seen in the lit-RPG space. The pacing is excellent. The characters are well developed and clever. Despite having a more open ended combat concept than other lit-RPG books such as He Who Fights With Monsters - it is generally easier to follow and feels more natural. This book is the strongest (so far - only 7 are out when I am writing this) in the series. The author was self-publishing when this book came out but has now been picked up by Penguin Random House. It will be interesting to see what impact that has on the books going forward.