Hit the spot nicely

I was on another quest for sci-fi comedy, which led me to these little gems. I found them light, frivolous, and humorous, which I badly needed.

They are four separate stories, the only connection being the places. My favorite is #4. If you end up buying the books separately, it doesn't matter in what order they are read.

Loved the books -- must mean I love the authors, right?

Jus Sargeant is an excellent narrator!

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Great fun

if you like comedy/parody, you'll love this. listen for reference of other stories and movies in the reading. listening to it again.

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Humor? What's that?

I love good fantasy books, and books with good humor. Pratchett. Eric Flint. Michael Stackpole. Stasheff. Others.

This, however? It's not even a "young-adult" book. It is a book for adolescent entry-level readers who find fart jokes and feces-smearing jokes hilarious, and crack themselves silly because of silly names of characters.

And the few good jokes the authors come up with, they repeat, and repeat, and repeat, and explain. Gah!

The plot is best described as "a bunch of people I don't care about doing weird stuff for unclear reasons". Plus, the authors preach and moralize.

There is no doubt that they had some good ideas and lots of good intentions... but these do not make a good book. At best, a very average one.

The only great thing about this book is the narrator. He has a unique voice for every character, while managing to make them all understandable.

Probably for the return bin, although possibly not... To be fair, it's not like it's the worst book I've read - just not one of the good ones.

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Actually truer

to Terry Prachett's Discworld than most books compared that incredible series. The author has a dry sense if humor but had plenty of LOL moments. The stories and characters are not stereo typical and neither are the plots. Highly recommend this series and hope there are more coming soon! LOVE this feel good series! The reader is amazing and does multiple accents well! A great read all around!

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So much fun

Firstly, 4 books for 1 credit is an awesome deal. All of these stories are well written and supremely funny. While there's adventure, magic, different races (humans, gnomes, ogres,etc) it's light-hearted and full of really silly , tongue in cheek, puns and jokes. The world building is great. The narration is absolutely fantastic. There are different voices and sound effects to really bring the story to life. I do want to add that the author had free codes up for grab & I was lucky enough to get one for an honest review. Will definitely continue with the rest of the series.

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a joy to listen too

good stories third one lil short but all in all entertaining and a pleasure to listen toq

Great fun!

A lot of fun to listen to. The reader was great and very articulate, the comedy was good and I feel relatable. It was just a lot of fun to listen to.

An enjoyable bundle if ya like weird and silly thi

it's rather enjoyable, albeit, the first book like to repeatedly stating how the wizards get their magic, otherwise it's fine. the weakest of the set is the last one, at least in comparison to the others.

Such diversity in characters and voices

Absolutely adore this set:the stories, characters,& world building are diverse and extremely entertaining. This narrator has one of the most diverse and wide range character acting abilities that I have ever come across and I don't mean exclusively in audiobooks but in anime, tv, movies, EVER. It's a great fun, light-hearted, whimsical adventure that I can listen to repeatedly especially when I need an escape to feel better

Must buy!

First books I have enjoyed in a long time! light hearted and funny. I also really like the narrator.