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Not as funny as it thinks it is, but not terrible, either.

Kill the Farm Boy (The Tales of Pell, #1) by Kevin Hearne & Delilah S. Dawson

December 13, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I was hoping to like this a lot more than I did. And because I’m probably going to Review Amnesty the third book in this series, which I read in November for a book club meeting I didn’t end up attending, this review will also touch on that one a little and the series as a whole. Which is not as funny as it thinks it is. I like the idea of taking traditional fantasy tropes and structuring a book so as to poke fun […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, Delilah S. Dawson, kevin hearne, Kevin Hearne & Delilah S. Dawson, Kill the Farm Boy, narfna, parody, spoof, the tales of pell

narfna's CBR14 Review No:214 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, Delilah S. Dawson, kevin hearne, Kevin Hearne & Delilah S. Dawson, Kill the Farm Boy, narfna, parody, spoof, the tales of pell ·
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