In the aftermath of the alien kaiju attacks on earth, Aaron Moretti has sworn off having anything to do with the so-called game, Kaiju Wars Online. Because the game isn't really a game and the kaiju he created and fought with is real. As are his victims. The problem is that Aaron wasn't the only player and the others have learned how to bring their kaiju from the game to earth. And each of them has some serious anger management issues.
As Aaron's former friends turn on him, he races to reunite with his sort-of-but-not-really girlfriend Isabella and step-cousin Lusitania, herself a normal player. But the aliens the players attacked in the game aren't through yet and soon Las Vegas becomes a kaiju war zone, locked down under quarantine in the wake of a new alien kaiju that spreads a fatal disease every time it appears. Trapped in a now dying city and armed only with his kaiju Taisaur, Aaron must fight a war on two fronts while trying to survive an apocalyptic nightmare.
The only real connection that this story has to LitRPG/Gamelit is the fact that the MC needs a device to access his Kaiju. The levels matter very little, progression is really non-existent, but what a great story!
I actually enjoyed this second book more than the first. Characters are more developed, world has been nicely built up and the stakes are higher.
I'm looking forward to the next one. Kaiju vs. Kaiju Pacific Rim.
A better book than the first part because some of the characters get more defined and have better motivations behind them.
The stakes are getting harder, as our MC fights against the addiction to the feeling of being a kaiju. At the same time more players have figured how to get their Kaijus on earth, and it's not looking good.
The ending, though sort of logical, paints a very different story concept for the next part of the series, and I don't know if I'm going to like it.