I came across this book when I found the author's booth at a convention. They were really fun to talk to and convinced me to pick up a copy of this book. 

This book was a welcome break from some of the darker, grittier stories I've read lately. It is lighthearted and funny. The jokes felt like they were inspired by Terry Pratchet too, which I enjoyed. It felt like a great retelling of a D&D groups session where the party have latched onto a throwaway joke that the DM added in and now we're three hours deep and the DM has had to make up an entire storyline about an owl mafia (definitely not talking from experience there). 

There were great callbacks to earlier jokes and events. The world felt full and varied without getting too bogged down. The worldbuilding added to the humour and set up some great plot points later on.

My personal favourite bit is a tie between

the narrator telling you to go get a drink, you won't miss anything, only for them to then reference how interesting and exciting the bit we missed was

and

the security guard whose ID was actually a dog.

I will definitely be picking up the next installment at some point!

C - 7/10
A - 7/10
W - 8/10
P - 8/10
I - 6/10
L - 7/10
E - 8/10