If this keeps on the same track this will be one of my new favourites!

As I guessed it, the characters are gaining depth as they go, especially Neil, Albert and Fred!
As these are written from the perspective of Fred telling some of his advantures, there's certain scenes Fred wasn't present for and so he got the others to tell scenes from their perspective, such as Neil. This is a brilliant way of allowing us inside that character's mind!

Neil, from Fred's perspective, is an asshole. Turns out Neil is an asshole, but because of all he and Albert has been though together and he views himself as Albert's protector. He actively avoided making certain friends in high-school because he thought they'd make fun of Albert. The man loves Albert like he's family so deeply that it's almost his entire purpose for living. When Albert died and Neil raised him from the dead, it wasn't for some power trip reasons and he wanted a slave, it was because he was completely alone for the first time in his life and needed his family back, Albert.

Again, this was almost like a collection of short stories, as it goes case to case, and I'm enjoying this very much. 

There was some fucking cool lore shit happening in this book (

Buildings can be sentient, Albert getting the destiny sword and it also being tied to Neil as they're bonded through friendship and magic, but it also means destiny itself helped Albert be resurrected by Neil because it needed Albert to wield the destiny sword thing. Also Fred now being immune to silver, which should be impossible 💀

), and how it ended has me pumped for book 3!