A pleasant, low-stakes cosy adventure with found family learning how to get along with each other. The story’s told in first person, past tense by MC Tar. They are sympathetic and we get a full flavour of their challenges and difficulties without (imo) being bogged down in terms of story progress.

I am not, personally, a big fan of portal fantasy. I found this one fine as the focus was on the characters. Sure, the other-world elements were necessary, but the author integrated them nicely into the plot. The LitRPG elements are fairly understated (no pages and pages of stats) although I’m not sure how much the story would appeal to a reader with no RPG experience.