Book Review: BuyMort Smart Shopper

After the wild ride that was Book 1, I went into this one fully strapped in — and I wasn’t disappointed. While the tone shifts slightly from the chaos and rapid discovery of the first book, what we get instead is settlement building, resource management, and revenue streams—basically, LitRPG catnip for someone like me.

Book 2 takes its foot off the gas just a little for the most part and leans more into the strategy side of things. We’re talking revenue streams, production chains, staffing, infrastructure—the good stuff. If you’re the kind of reader who loves watching a protagonist go from broke survivor to competent, spreadsheet-wielding overlord, you’ll be in your element here. The pacing reflects that shift too: slower in parts, but more deliberate, like the story knows it’s laying down some seriously juicy groundwork for what’s to come.

Now, I do have one small, slightly silly complaint.

The snake lady. She says “BUYMORT” far less in this book. I noticed. I missed it. There was something so perfectly ridiculous and iconic about the way she hissed it in Book 1 that hearing it less this time around felt like losing a weird, scaly friend. I hope she’s just saving up her screen time for a dramatic return later in the series.

That said, the system’s still alive and kicking. There’s a clear sense that everything we’re building is going to matter hugely later on, and I love that feeling of slow-burn setup done right.

So no, it doesn’t have quite the same punch-you-in-the-face energy of Book 1—but it doesn’t need to. It’s smarter. More grounded. Still funny. Still clever. Still completely addictive.

Oh, there are a few dungeon dives though, and lots and lots of getting hurt, then healed by the magical starfish.

And clippy’s there. Yes actual clippy… and he’s… kind of weird.

And you better believe I’ve already cracked open Book 3

You can get it here: https://amzn.to/3GpKyv8 (affiliate link)