Out of Spite, Out of Mind

Executive Summary: I liked this better than [b:Fight and Flight 36372116 Fight and Flight (Magic 2.0 Book 4) Scott Meyer https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1507432381s/36372116.jpg 54145455], but not nearly as much as the earlier books.Audiobook: Luke Daniels is awesome as always. If you follow my reviews, you know that already. One of the main reasons I started this series in the first place was because he was narrating it. Full ReviewPretty much every character in this series is awful. I knew this before, but for some reason this book really hit the point home for me. There are some I like more than others. Martin grew on me as the series went on, but I feel like in this book he reverted back to his most annoying form.I normally like Gwen, but even she got on my nerves in this book. Gary is the worst. Possibly worse than Jimmy. OK, maybe not that bad, but close. Tyler is probably the only one I'd want to be friends with.I've always been so-so on the time travel aspects of this series, and this book probably does the most with it out of any others. It focuses heavily on Brit, who'd I'd probably like a lot if not for her the major recurring theme of her hating herself. I get it, most people hate themselves to some degree or another. Again it was just a bit much.That isn't to say this book was all bad. It was still pretty fun at times, although I probably found myself laughing less often than normal I will say I am intrigued by some of the developments near the end of the book that has me more interested in reading the next in the series than I'd probably have been otherwise.This series continues to be a (mostly) fun/light summer listen that is all the much better in audio (which is probably why Audible signed it to a 6 month exclusive window on new releases). I'd like to see things get a bit more light-hearted in the next book, although maybe that's just not the direction Scott Meyer wants to take it.