Terry Carter‘s first The System Arrives novel comes across like a pale imitation of Primer for the Apocalypse, one which curiously shares some of the flaws found in the first Isekai Farming novel (namely some early missing content and the protagonist’s unexplained sword-wielding skills). Add to that an assortment of minor contradictions and I was feeling mildly insulted enough to drop it by about a third of the way in.
The second of Robyn Bee‘s Tomb Divers novels manages keep the pace set by the first. The central three characters remain distinct with an entertaining dynamic while the lamia is given a chance to shine in her own way… although I will say that her reasoning for chasing them into the desert is exceptionally weak.